The Landlady by Roald Dahl

DO NOW:   

1. YOU HAVE A STUFFED ANIMAL ?  
2. WHAT STUFFED ANIMALS DO CHILDREN LOVE?
3. WHY DO PEOPLE LOVE STUFFED ANIMALS?  (iTS A BIG INDUSTRY, SO THINK ABOUT IT!)

AIM: WHAT CHOICES MADE BY THE FILM MAKER SURPRISE YOU?

FILM MAKERS, LIKE WRITERS ARE TRYING TO GET MESSAGES ACROSS.  
FILM MAKERS USE 
IMAGES
CAMERA  ANGLES
 SOUNDS
 COSTUMES
COLOR/B&W


DO NOW: Is there a reason why people naturally like to collect things?  Did you collect things, like seashells or stamps or coins?  Are you a collector?  

AIM: Is there anything in the story that suggests Billy might not be a comfortable staying at the BED AND BREAKFAST as he (and the reader) supposes?  

HOMEWORK:  On loose-leaf, write your answers to ALL the questions on the Landlady hand-out.  Due: Next Class



THE LANDLADY - (Band G) 

by ROALD DAHL  — Who wrote the kids' classics Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and James and the Giant Peach?  Guess!

Link to the story

PARAGRAPH WRITING: Do you think that if a person CAN work, like at some kind of a job, that they should work?  At what age could a child be given some kind of work, earn money, and learn responsibility?

AIM: What’s wrong with Billy having a real job if he can do it?

Each group is assigned two questions to answer on loose-leaf.    A third, (17 or 18) gives the whole group extra credit!

Red: 1, 9

Orange: 2, 10

Yellow: 3, 11

Green: 4, 12

Blue: 5, 13

Indigo: 6, 14

Violet: 7, 15

Striped: 8, 16

”But the air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks.” — What is the name for the literary devise that is being used in this sentence?

How old was Billy?

How was Billy walking?

Why was walking so briskly?— (What does brisk even mean? Does it mean fast? energetic? abrupt? quick? vigorous? Or does it mean slow? sluggish? languid? )

How does Billy’s brisk walk show he is concerned about being accepted by adults and he doesn’t want to disappoint anyone?

Billy had never been to the town of Bath before.  Why was he going there?

Who told Billy to go to The Bell and Dragon? — Why was it recommended to him?

What did Billy notice as he walked down the wide street after he started looking for The Bell and Dragon?

What caused him to notice the sign that said BED AND BREAKFAST?

What did Billy do when the landlady answered the door?  Why did he react that way?

“We have it all to ourselves,” she said, smiling at him over her shoulder as she led the way upstairs”  What might be a little unsettling about that line in the story?

Is Billy suspicious that things might go terribly and horribly wrong at this point in the story?  Are you suspicious that things might go terribly and horribly wrong later on in the story when you get to this point?  

What do you think causes Billy to become more and more observant?   Let’s list the  things he notices?

Does the landlady seem to notice that Billy is getting nervous?

What does Billy learn about the bird and the dog?  Everybody loves snuggly stuffed animals!  Right?  What’s the problem with those that the Landlady has?

What does Billy start to imagine about the others who had stayed at the Bed and Breakfast?

Why do you suppose the Landlady wanted Billy to sign the book?

The Landlady is very organized, isn’t she?  But, where’s her name in the story?

HOMEWORK: Write your answer to these two questions on loose-leaf, due next class. Does the story end?  Or is this a “Cliffhanger?”  — A “cliffhanger” is a story where the reader has to supply the ending.  Oh NO!Write an ending to this story, about 1/2 to 1 side of loose-leaf.  You may add a character, if you need to.  You may write a conversation between Billy and the Landlady where Billy outsmarts the Landlady, or the opposite.