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It’s Crime Time, Folks!/All That Crime!. Anticipation Guide. Dynamic warmer Mental preparation Food for thought. It’s Crime Time, Folks!/All That Crime!. What makes a perfect crime?. Language enrichment Communication Collaboration Justification of opinion
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Anticipation Guide • Dynamic warmer • Mental preparation • Food for thought
What makes a perfect crime? • Language enrichment • Communication • Collaboration • Justification of opinion • Awareness of the genre(detective story) • Hook
Lamb to the Slaughter • By Roald Dahl • A dark comedy of betrayal and revenge
Focus on Language Work • Prediction – the title, the storyline, etc. • Vocabulary and structure in context – inferring meaning • Speaking/Writing - summary, personal response
or: Text Analysis • Setting • Plot Development • Characters • Themes • Point of View (POV) • Vocabulary • Humor
Comprehension Check • What is the setting? • How does Mary feel about her husband? • What kind of wife is she? • What is the routine described in the extract? • What is the mood of the scene?
Themes and Motifs Appearance vs. Reality
text-to-self text-to-text text-to-world Active Reading Strategies
Text-to-Text How do the ideas in this text remind you of another text (story, book, movie, song, etc)? Complete one of the following statements: • What I just read reminds me of ___________________ (story/book/movie/song) because... • The ideas in this text are similar to the ideas in ___________________ because…. • The ideas in this text are different than the ideas in ___________________ because….
Text-to-Self How do the ideas in this text relate to your own life, ideas and experiences? Complete one of the following statements: • What I just read reminds me of the time when I…. • I agree with/understand what I just read because in my own life... • I don't agree with what I just read because in my own life...
Text-to-World How do the ideas in this text reading relate to the larger world – past, present and future. Complete one of the following statements: • What I just read makes me think about _________________________ (event from the past) because…… • What I just read makes me think about _________________________ (event from today related to my own community, nation or world) because…. • What I just read makes me wonder about the future because….
Short Stories Activities on Lamb to the Slaughter By Roald Dahl Compiled by KalinaVlaicheva, Sylvia Banova and Tanya Madjarova