The Landlady by Roald Dahl - Short Story Unit Slides, Assignments, Activities

The Landlady by Roald Dahl - Short Story Unit Slides, Assignments, Activities: Engage your middle and high school students with Roald Dahl's captivating short story, The Landlady, using this comprehensive resource. This short story resource includes a presentation to guide the lesson, vocabulary exercises, character analysis activities, a headline article writing assignment, and even a link to watch a film version of the story! The spooky nature of this short story makes this an excellent story to use around Halloween, but it also works at any time of the year.

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Included In This The Landlady by Roald Dahl Short Story Resource:

➡️ The Landlady Presentation: This extensive 26-slide PowerPoint presentation serves as a comprehensive guide for teachers, offering discussion questions, author biographical insights, a link to a video clip version of the story, whole-class review answers, a characterization activity, and notes on literary devices such as setting, conflict, and mood. Additionally, it includes a creative writing activity that will engage all your students.

➡️ The Landlady Analysis Questions: Students can demonstrate their comprehension and critical analysis of the text with these thought-provoking analysis questions, allowing for deeper engagement with the story's themes and elements.

➡️ The Landlady Vocabulary Activity: Enhance students' vocabulary skills by engaging them in a matching activity where they pair examples from the text with challenging terms and their definitions, gradually revealing a mystery word.

➡️ The Landlady Character Analysis Activity: Encourage students to delve into character analysis as they use text evidence to support character traits for the two main characters in the story.

➡️ The Landlady Newspaper Article Writing Assignment: Encourage students' creative writing abilities as they craft a headline article depicting what happens to Billy after the story's conclusion. This assignment provides an opportunity for imaginative storytelling and narrative development.

➡️ The Landlady Video: Access a link to watch a film interpretation of The Landlady, offering students an additional perspective on the story.

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