4hD Landlady & Literary devices.

Hi all, 

I've been struck by a bad case of the flu. That means, that you'll need to finish reading the landlady on your own & start with ''Lamb to the slaughter''
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Hi all, 

I've been struck by a bad case of the flu. That means, that you'll need to finish reading the landlady on your own & start with ''Lamb to the slaughter''

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Goals
By the end of this lesson you
  • can illustrate your answer or opinion with examples from a text (literary devices)
How?
  • read a short story by Roald Dahl and answer some questions about it

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The LandLady
  • A short story for adults
Finish reading the story. 

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The story ends in a cliffhanger, what does that mean?

Slide 4 - Open question

Did you like the story?
Yes
No
kind of
hated it
loved it

Slide 5 - Poll

Analysing: The Landlady
Everything  you need is in the folder ''term 2'' or in your short stories hand-out. 
 Right behind the story it has a page with assignments. Looks like: I'll post them in the following slides. 
 

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1) What was Billy doing in the city of Bath? Which line did you find this?

Slide 7 - Open question

2)Why didn't Billy go to the Bell & Dragon Pub?

Slide 8 - Open question

3) What was strange about the land lady when she opened the door?

Slide 9 - Open question

4)What was Billy's first impression of the landlady and the house? Which WORDS tell us this?

Slide 10 - Open question

5) Later, his opinion changes. He finds her a bit crazy. Which synonyms can you find for this?

Slide 11 - Open question

6)How many other guests were there before him?
A
1
B
3
C
2
D
4

Slide 12 - Quiz

7)Why did the lady ask him to the sitting room?
A
for tea
B
to chat
C
for dinner
D
to flirt

Slide 13 - Quiz

8) What did Billy find disturbing about the guestbook?

Slide 14 - Open question

9)When did the other guest check in? Which line(s)?

Slide 15 - Open question

9) What was strange about the animals?

Slide 16 - Open question

10) What do you think happend to the boys?

Slide 17 - Open question

Billy smells ''bitter almonds'' around the landlady and the tea. Google ''are bitter almonds safe to eat''. Knowing this, what do you think happened?

Slide 18 - Open question




That was ''The Landlady'' 

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for now:
Please see the assignment in teams: Find the foreshadowing (started last week) and explain what you think is the ''Moral'' to this story. - The Landlady
Finished? Pick one of the quizlets (in folder, teams) (The Landlady, The most dangerous game , OOUIL or the literary devices)
Work on finishing your novel (OOUIL)



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