Monday, February 24, Lamb to the Slaughter

Objective: By the end of class, students will make predictions and analyze short fiction in order to improve reading comprehension necessary for all life skills.

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Write this definition in your notebooks:

ANALYZE - to break down - pick apart. When analyzing, look closely at the passage and always refer to the text by including a QUOTE from the text in your answer.

Analyzing is very SPECIFIC as compared to summarizing which is very GENERAL.

Direct Instruction

WORD SPLASH for Cover of Lamb to the Slaughter. Write down three VERBS, three ADJECTIVES and three NOUNS that describe the following scene.

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Guided

Read together pages - 317-320.

View film through same scene.

Independent

Begin Study guide questions.

THEN:

1. Analyze Patrick Maloney's behavior as he delivers his news to Mary (top of page 319 / right column). What do you infer is happening and what kind of person can you infer Patrick is by what he says and how he says it?

2. What Narrative perspective is LTTS written in? Why did the author choose this perspective? Do you think it is the best perspective to use? Why or why not?

Closure

review answers.

Exit Pass

What is ironic about what Mary does? Explain why it is situational irony.