1. Shout Out: What is THEME?

2. Theme: Main ideas/concepts/topics/lessons/ morals/messages/etc. of the story

3. Shout Out: What are some Themes of "Lamb to the Slaughter"?

4. "LTTS" Themes: Betrayal/Love/Justice/Insanity/ Mystery/Murder/etc.

5. Raise your hand: What are some textual details from "LTTS" that support these Themes?

6. Betrayal: Mr. M betrays his wife and his wedding vows by leaving Mrs. M. Mrs. M betrays Mr. M by killing him just because he was going to leave her. Mrs. M betrays the laws of society by committing murder. Mrs. M betrays the police by lying to them. Etc.

7. Shout Out: Who is Mrs. M? What is her IDENTITY?

8. Mrs. M is: Mr. M's wife. A housewife.

9. Raise your hand: What are some textual details from "LTTS" which support that Mrs. M's IDENTITY is Mr. M's wife/a housewife?

10. Supporting Textual Details: Everything she does is for the house and/or Mr. M. She cooks, cleans, goes to the store, gets Mr. M his slippers, etc. She waits all day for him to get home.

11. Shout out: What would Mrs. M's IDENTITY be without Mr. M?

12. Without Mr. M, Mrs. M would be: Nothing

13. Raise your hand: What did Mr. M do to Mrs. M's IDENTITY when he said he was going to leave her? Explain.

14. Mr. M threatened Mrs. M's IDENTITY: He was going to take her IDENTITY away.

15. Unit Question: How do our peers affect our IDENTITY?

16. Unit Question: How do our peers affect our IDENTITY? Today's Prompt: Describe a time that a peer threatened your IDENTITY. What did you do about it?

17. Unit Question: How do our peers affect our IDENTITY? Today's Prompt: Describe a time that a peer threatened your IDENTITY. What did you do about it? Write '9/10/11' on new notebook page. WRITE!

18. Read/Talk About: what you wrote!