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Crime Enrichment Workshop: Unraveling 'Lamb to the Slaughter'

Dive into the world of crime with this dynamic workshop focusing on Roald Dahl's dark comedy "Lamb to the Slaughter." Enhance language skills, analyze themes, and engage in active reading strategies. Explore text-to-self, text-to-world, and text-to-text connections. 8 Relevant

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Crime Enrichment Workshop: Unraveling 'Lamb to the Slaughter'

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  1. It’s Crime Time, Folks!/All That Crime!

  2. Anticipation Guide • Dynamic warmer • Mental preparation • Food for thought

  3. It’s Crime Time, Folks!/All That Crime!

  4. What makes a perfect crime? • Language enrichment • Communication • Collaboration • Justification of opinion • Awareness of the genre(detective story) • Hook

  5. Lamb to the Slaughter • By Roald Dahl • A dark comedy of betrayal and revenge

  6. Focus on Language Work • Prediction – the title, the storyline, etc. • Vocabulary and structure in context – inferring meaning • Speaking/Writing - summary, personal response

  7. or: Text Analysis • Setting • Plot Development • Characters • Themes • Point of View (POV) • Vocabulary • Humor

  8. 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?

  9. Themes and Motifs Appearance vs. Reality

  10. Plot Development

  11. text-to-self text-to-text text-to-world Active Reading Strategies

  12.   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….

  13. 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...

  14. 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….

  15. Short Stories Activities on Lamb to the Slaughter By Roald Dahl Compiled by KalinaVlaicheva, Sylvia Banova and Tanya Madjarova

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