Landlady by Roald Dahl Author Backgroundfrom https www

“Landlady” by Roald Dahl Author Background-from https: //www. roalddahl. com/roald-dahl • Born in Llandaff, Wales, on 13 th September 1916 to Norwegian parents, Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Hesselberg, his early years were devastated by the tragic deaths of his older sister, Astri, and his father. • In 1953 Roald Dahl married the American actress, Patricia Neal, with whom he had five children. They divorced after 30 years, and he later married Felicity “Liccy” Crosland, who has furthered Roald’s legacy through the foundation of Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity and The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre. This article appears in the print edition of the November 28, 1959, issue.

Written by Roald Dahl… • • • • The BFG (1982) Dirty Beasts (1983) The Witches (1983) Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories (1983) Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985) Two Fables (1985) Going Solo (1986) Matilda (1988) Rhyme Stew (1989) Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1989) Esio Trot (1990) The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991) The Minpins (1991) Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991) My Year (1991) • The Gremlins (1943) • Over To You (1946) • Some Time Never (1948) • Someone Like You (1953) • Kiss (1960) • James and the Giant Peach (1961) • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) • The Magic Finger (1966) • Fantastic Mr Fox (1968) • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972) • Switch Bitch (1974) • Danny, the Champion of the World (1975) • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More(1977) • The Enormous Crocodile (1978) • My Uncle Oswald (1979) • The Twits (1980)

“The Landlady” by Roald Dahl-text-dependent questions (answers require evidence) in your ELA Notebook • 1. When Billy arrives in the city of Bath, the first thing he needs to do is find lodgings. Why is he debating between staying at pub instead of a boardinghouse? • 2. Reread the paragraph around line 127 that begins, “Please come in. ” What words or phrases does the author use to describe what happens next and how Billy feels about the situation? Should he have been suspicious at this point in the story? Why or why not? Use evidence from the text in your response. • 3. How does the author use irony when describing the landlady to make the reader question her? • 4. When Billy is in the living room, what first alerts the reader that something may be wrong? • 5. What other evidence from the story suggests a possible, fatal demise for Billy?

“The Landlady” BIG IDEAS • Big Ideas and Key Understandings You should trust your instincts when things are not as they seem. When something looks too good to be true, it probably is. • Use textual evidence to prove this idea…write your answers in your ELA notebook

the In your ELA notebook-create chart “Landlady” Evidence. Quotes Elaboration / explanation of how this evidence supports ideas • “The air was deadlycoldand andthe thewind like a flat blade of ice against his cheeks. ” • A queer thing happened. "Each word was like a large, “A queer thing happened. "Each word was like a large, black eye staring at him through the glass, . . . Eye staring at him through the glass, . . . holding him, compelling him, forcing him. . . ” him, forcing him. . . “ The in thebox, she • Thedamewas waslike aa jack in refers toher her"nest". refers to

View “THE LANDLADY” • Listen- https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=1 VTQ 2_Udx. I 4 Begin at 3: 30 • View- https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=kp. Db 4 Ec. Sn. LE • Discuss: Is the story true to the video? Discuss changes that TV producers and directors might change to make the story work for television.

Response to literature (Quote Sandwich) • Independently, draft a Quote Sandwich using your notes in your ELA notebook. • Be sure to use one piece of textual evidence and cite the quote. • What is a possible theme in the “Landlady” by W. W. Jacobs?

Writer's Workshop (putting it all together) Identify theme- Reminders: active voice, literary present tense, MLA heading, creative title, no contractions or personal pronouns unless a quote, typed, double-spaced, standard font -Arial or Calibri, size 12, one extended paragraph

MLA Format checklist: Quote: Use three correctly cited quote that is introduced analyzed ______ -Includes author’s last name and page number of the quote (Jones 124). -End mark will be outside the parenthesis and short quotes (four typed lines or less) 1” margins all around: ______ 12 pt. Times New Roman: ______ • Double space: ______ Heading (top left corner): ______ • No contractions used: ______ Literary Present Tense: ______ • Short story is in quotes: ______ Creative Title for Essay: ______ • • Transitions – use transitions to move the reader through the paper and circle them Thesis – include title of book, author, main idea and three supporting details (traits) Conclusion – mirrors your thesis without using the same exact words Evidence and Explanation– highlight the three supporting ideas in thesis with three different

Literary Analysis Scale Grade 8

Reading Literature Scale Reading Literature (Story, poem, dramas) Standard: Students will read and comprehend complex literature independently and proficiently Score 4. 0 Score 3. 0 In addition to score 3. 0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught. The student will read and comprehend complex literature independently and proficiently • Read and comprehend complex literature in order to correctly answer questions Score 2. 0 Score 1. 0 Score 0. 0 The student will read complex literature and will be left with questions • Read and comprehend complex literature (which includes all of the 3. 0 elements) and answer most questions correctly With help, the students will read complex literature with partial success Even with help, students were unable to read and comprehend literature

Theme Analysis Quote Sandwich-total 40 points Total: 10 8 5 0 Evidence well chosen, purposeful evidence are provided to support thesis Evidence is provided to prove thesis. Evidence is questionable or unrelated to thesis. Evidence is missing. Introduction/Explanatio n Total: 10 8 5 0 Evidence well chosen, Evidence is provided to Evidence is missing. well worded thorough introduction Introduction prove and Explanation Introduction and/or Explanation is purposeful evidence thesis. are questionableand or Explanation are and explanation are presented in support of the weak or unrelated to thesis. missing are provided to unrelated to thesis. support of the evidence support thesis evidence Introduction/Ex planation Conventions Theme well worded thorough introduction and explanation are presented in support of the evidence No need for editing. Introduction and Explanation are presented in support of the evidence Minor corrections are necessary. No need for editing. are necessary. Theme A clear and Minor corrections An understanding of sophisticated theme is evident. understanding of A clear and sophisticated An understanding of theme is evident. Introduction and Explanation are weak or unrelated to thesis. Introduction and/or Explanation is missing Major corrections are Errors interfere with necessary. readability. Major corrections are necessary. interfere with readability. An attempt to identify There is no Errors mention of theme has been made theme An attempt to identify theme has been made There is no mention of theme