1. Thursday, 22 August 2019 Bell Work
Green Dot people, please get the folders. Red Dot people please get the materials basket.
Take out a flashcard and copy down the following:
On the Blank Side: Circum –
On the Lined Side: Circum- means…around
Examples:
Circumference – distance around something
Circumnavigate – sail or travel all the way around
Circulatory – the flowing of blood or sap around a body
Circumspect – looking around carefully
(spect = look or sight)

2. Unit 1 lesson 2..4 “Lamb to the slaughter”: setting the stage
Thursday, 22 August 2019

3. First Pass: read paragraphs 39-the end
Does Mary stay in control the whole time? If not, where does she lose control?

4. Second Pass: read paragraphs 39-the end
Revisit the story with your shoulder partner making notes of times when one character knows something that the another character does not. What are specific words and phrase that indicate a particular character is in the dark and unaware of something another character is all too aware of?
If you could whisper to a character, what would you share with them?

5. Second pass on paragraphs 39-the end
Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows something that a character does not.
Circle examples of dramatic irony.

6. Complex Sentence writing - finish the sentences
Even though Patrick appeared to be in control, Mary…
Although Mary buys peas and potatoes from the butcher, the reader knows…
Even though the officers were looking for the murder weapon, they were...

7. Analysis of “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl
Dahl chose to end the story with the final line: “And in the other room, Mary Maloney began to giggle.”
How would the meaning of the story be different if the story ended with Mary crying instead of giggling?

8. Analysis of “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl
Finish the sentences with specifics from the story. You will use them for tomorrow’s assessment.
In “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Dahl conveys humor by transforming….
In “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Dahl conveys dramatic irony through....

9. Alfred Hitchcock directed the story for his program “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
25 minutes
deo/x70l4os
Be ready to answer questions comparing the story and the video.

10. Analysis of the film
Does watching this version reshape your impression of Mary, her motivation, and her overall character?
Were there changes to the original text that contributed to your impressions?
If you were to direct a flim version of “Lamb to the Slaughter,” how would you choose to portray the opening dialogue between Mary and Patrick?
How would you portray the final scene with Mary and the detectives?

11. Friday, 23 August 2019 Bell Work
Pick up the handout on your way in.
Blue Dot people, please get the folders.
Yellow Dot people, please get the materials basket.
Take out a flashcard and copy down the following:
On the Blank Side: Corp-
On the Lined Side: Corp- means…body
Examples:
Corpse – a dead body
Corporeal - relating to a person's body, rather than to their spirit.
Corporation – a body of people in business together as investors

12. Analysis of “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl
Take out the sentences you wrote yesterday to complete these ideas
In “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Dahl conveys humor by transforming….
In “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Dahl conveys dramatic irony through....
Choose one to write on the Outline handout.

13. Analysis of “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl
Now support your claim with three evidence sentences that all answer our questions:
When?
Who did what?
Where?
Why?
Write those ideas down on the outline.

14. Analysis of “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl
For example: If we had a topic sentence such as: In “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Dahl portrays Mary as controlling.
Then I might write for one example:
When Mary was preparing for Patrick to come home, she had cleaned and gotten a drink ready almost like there was a controlled time schedule, because she loved him and felt in control of their life together.

15. Analysis of “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl
Now end your outline with one concluding sentence. It should answer the question “SO WHAT?” You have made your claim and supported it, now explain why what you are pointing out is interesting.
Write this down on the outline.

16. Analysis of “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl
Example based on my own topic sentence :
These examples are important because it shows that this story is really about a power struggle in a relationship over which person is in control of their life (and death!)

17. Analysis of “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl
You will go to Google Classroom and open the assignment and a Google Doc and type your paragraph based on your outline.

18. Revising an Unelaborated Paragraph
Use the second handout to revise the paragraph by providing context for the direct quotes and adding smooth transitions between the supporting details..

19. Sample Revised Paragraph
In "Lamb to the Slaughter," Dahl conveys humor by transforming dinner to murder weapon and then back to dinner. At the beginning of the story, Mary desperately wants to serve her husband dinner. She pleads with Patrick, "But, darling, you must eat!" However, once Patrick discloses that he is leaving Mary, Mary decides to serve dinner in a different way, by smashing the back of his head with a frozen leg of lamb. The absurd humor of using lamb as a weapon doesn't stop there. Probably the funniest scene is at the end, when she serves the lamb again, this time to the detectives who are searching for the murder weapon even though it is right under their very noses. It was funny in a shocking way when Mary used the frozen lamb as a murder weapon; it's even funnier when Dahl employs dramatic irony and has Mary serve the lamb again—as the detectives' dinner!