A comprehensive vocabulary unit focusing on twenty sophisticated literary terms, including altruistic, quarantine, conscientious, wizened, meek, reminisce, dissipate, solemn, assess, unison, agitated, defiance, grandeur, ailing, benediction, veritable, notorious, incentive, delude, and precede.

Students will master the art of "the bridge," learning to construct logical explanations that connect their evidence back to their claims using scientific principles or general rules.

Students will dive deeper into the quality of evidence, learning to distinguish between strong and weak support and identifying different types of data used in arguments.

Students will master the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning framework through a detective-themed investigation, learning to support their arguments with clear reasons and credible evidence aligned with MA 6th grade standards.

Students explore the structural components of drama by mapping plot elements onto a diagram and analyzing how characters evolve through theatrical conflict.

The final showdown as Matilda uses her powers to reclaim Miss Honey's home and the family's sudden departure (Chapters 18-21).

Matilda shares her secret with Miss Honey and discovers the heartbreaking truth about Miss Honey's past (Chapters 15-17).

Bruce Bogtrotter's heroic feat and the introduction of Lavender's prank (Chapters 11-14).

Matilda begins school at Crunchem Hall and meets the angelic Miss Honey and the terrifying Miss Trunchbull (Chapters 7-10).

Matilda's escalating war of wits with her father and the introduction of her psychic potential (Chapters 4-6).