4hD Landlady & Literary devices.

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

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''

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

The LandLady

• A short story for adults

Finish reading the story. 

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

Did you like the story?

Yes

No

kind of

hated it

loved it

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. 

 

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

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

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

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

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

6)How many other guests were there before him?

1. 1
2. 3
3. 2
4. 4

7)Why did the lady ask him to the sitting room?

1. for tea
2. to chat
3. for dinner
4. to flirt

8) What did Billy find disturbing about the guestbook?

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

9) What was strange about the animals?

10) What do you think happend to the boys?

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

That was ''The Landlady'' 

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)