The whole world was white, and there was nothing in it. They chased each other in a small circle they ran faster and faster, and there was the sun and the clouds and the clouds and the sun, and the clouds came nearer until suddenly there was no longer any sun, but only a great whiteness. On one side he saw the sun on the other he saw the whiteness of the clouds, and as he fell, as he somersaulted in the air, the white clouds chased the sun and the sun chased the clouds. Or if you can read all the stories in a row, maybe you can ask the similarities of these three women.Īnd don’t forget to visit the beautiful official Roald Dahl pageĭigital storytelling, lesson ideas, links, literature, short stories, stories, The Lamb to The Slaughter, web 2.As he fell he opened his eyes, because he knew that he must not pass out before he had pulled the cord. They have can prepare a PowerPoint presentation, a prezi or a glogster and introduce to the class their cast, soundtrack, setting, etc giving their reasons why they chose the actors and the music. You can watch a clip fro Hitchcock’s ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ then ask the students to redirect the movie. Here are some links to inspire you to prepare your own Unfortunately in those years, technology was not like this and I was also a bit technophobic so even a simple camera recording isn’t available now. Years ago my students adapted the story to stage, wrote the script and performed. Ī suggestion on how to analyse this story My students’ web 2.0 projects on the story. (You can use a web 2.0 option for this task) Write your version of the story.Ĭreate a scrapbook based on the setting, events and characters from the story. Write a text message to a close friend, update your status on Facebook and send a tweet to the whole world and ask for help. Luckily you have still your mobile (as the landlady is a little bit old-fashioned she hadn’t known anything about mobiles and social media). You just found out what happened to the two young men and realised you were also poisoned, and locked into a room. Here are some great lessons of the story I found on the net. The Landlady, a very shocking story and teenagers love it. I mostly use the following Roald Dahl stories with my 11 th and 12 th graders. I’ve been using his short stories for almost a decade and the students have always loved them.īut you can also get more ideas for using Bloom’s taxonomy in reading classes which I find very practical when preparing my own handouts for my students

One of my favourite writers for the ‘Reading Class’ is Roald Dahl.

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