Tuesday, September 27 -Period 5 - Lamb to the Slaughter Introduction

Objective: By the end of class, students will make predictions, and inferences in short fiction in order to improve reading comprehension.

DO NOW

Define the following terms:
1. Protagonist
2. Forshadowing
3. Dramatic Irony
4. Direct Characterization
5. Indirect Characterization

Direct Instruction

Can you predict what this story is going to be about by the title and background picture?

In addition to making inferences, elements that we will be analyzing in Lamb to the Slaughter:

1. Foreshadowing
3. Situational Irony
4. Dramatic Irony
5. Characterization

Guided 

Read Lamb to the Slaughter together.  Annotate for vocabulary and key information. information you want to highlight or underline includes:
1. Details about setting
2. Description of characters.
3. Any interesting events (plot).
4. Anything that is confusing or not clear. 

Be sure to write in the margin WHY you underlined what you do. Otherwise, when you go back, you won't know what you are looking for. Use the annotation guide lines distributed last week to help you annotate.

Independent

Complete comprehensive questions 

Begin the plot structure graphic organizer -

Check for understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.

Closure

Discuss how the setting affects the plot.

Exit Pass

How might things have been different if the setting was in a restaurant?