V4 Landlady Roald Dahl

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

The Landlady

by Roald Dahl

Have your notebook ready.

Read pages 100 -

101 "...blotchy from neglect."

• What are your first impressions of Billy Weaver?
  
• Describe why he has travelled to Bath.
• What word is repeated to suggest that he is young?
  
• Why do you think that Roald Dahl places such great emphasis on Billy’s youth?

Read pages 101 "Suddenly, ..." - 103 "...standing there."

If you were Billy, would you enter the B&B?

Yes

No

Read pages 103-107

Without reading on, 

predict how you think the story will end.

1. serious

2. light

3. gripping

4. tense

5. matter of fact

6. disturbing

7. calm

8. creepy

9. casual

10. chaotic

On the left, you see a list of adjectives that could be used to describe the tone of a story.

Which of these adjectives could be used to describe the tone of The Landlady? 

You may choose multiple answers. Explain your choice(s) with examples from the story.

Finish Up 49-52

Crime / The Law

Most of the drugs money was [...] through Swiss bank accounts.

1. ransomed (losgekocht)
2. laundered (witgewassen)
3. extradited (uitgeleverd)
4. seized (in beslag genomen)

[...] soccer fans are getting increasingly annoyed with the troublemakers.

1. Law-abiding
2. Legal
3. Apparent
4. Trafficking

to witness - layman

to allege - fugitive