Thursday, Feb 19, Lamb to the Slaughter

Objective; By the end of class, students will be introduced to dark humor and Roald Dahl"s Lamb to the Slaughter.

DO NOW

Write down the steps to being an active reader in your notebooks. You may put it in our own words.

Direct Instruction

Read together pages 314 - 315 - take notes on different kinds of irony and ambiguity.

Guided / Independent

If you have not finished your diganostic test, do that NOW!!
Otherwise.....

Read Roald Dahl's biography and write down 6 facts about his life in your notebooks.

You will have a notebook check tomorrow!!!

Write down first three vocabualry words on page 316 and write a sentence for each using context clues.

Then carefully analyze (examine carefully) page 317. Look at the TITLE of the story, the picture and read the quote underneath it. Then, in a well-written, 5-7sentence paragraph, PREDICT what the story is going to be about. ( to be collected).

Closure 

review

Exit Pass

Give me one example of irony - it can be verbal, situational or dramatic. Be specific.