“Landlady” by Roald Dahl

1. “Landlady” by Roald Dahl Author Background-from https://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl This article appears in the print edition of the November 28, 1959, issue. • Born in Llandaff, Wales, on 13th September 1916 to Norwegian parents, Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Hesselberg, his early years were devastated by the tragic deaths of his older sister, Astri, and his father. • In 1953 Roald Dahl married the American actress, Patricia Neal, with whom he had five children. They divorced after 30 years, and he later married Felicity “Liccy” Crosland, who has furthered Roald’s legacy through the foundation of Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity and The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre.

2. Written by Roald Dahl… • The BFG (1982) • Dirty Beasts(1983) • The Witches (1983) • Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories(1983) • Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) • The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985) • Two Fables (1985) • Going Solo (1986) • Matilda(1988) • Rhyme Stew(1989) • Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life(1989) • Esio Trot(1990) • The Vicar of Nibbleswicke(1991) • The Minpins (1991) • Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991) • My Year(1991) • The Gremlins(1943) • Over To You (1946) • Some Time Never (1948) • Someone Like You (1953) • Kiss Kiss (1960) • James and the Giant Peach (1961) • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) • The Magic Finger (1966) • Fantastic Mr Fox (1968) • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972) • Switch Bitch (1974) • Danny, the Champion of the World (1975) • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More(1977) • The Enormous Crocodile (1978) • My Uncle Oswald (1979) • The Twits (1980)

3. “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl-text-dependent questions (answers require evidence) in your ELA Notebook • 1. When Billy arrives in the city of Bath, the first thing he needs to do is find lodgings. Why is he debating between staying at pub instead of a boardinghouse? • 2. Reread the paragraph around line 127 that begins, “Please come in.” What words or phrases does the author use to describe what happens next and how Billy feels about the situation? Should he have been suspicious at this point in the story? Why or why not? Use evidence from the text in your response. • 3. How does the author use irony when describing the landlady to make the reader question her? • 4. When Billy is in the living room, what first alerts the reader that something may be wrong? • 5. What other evidence from the story suggests a possible, fatal demise for Billy?

4. “The Landlady” BIG IDEAS • Big Ideas and Key Understandings You should trust your instincts when things are not as they seem. When something looks too good to be true, it probably is. • Use textual evidence to prove this idea…write your answers in your ELA notebook

5. In your ELA notebook-create the chart “Landlady” Evidence-Quotes Elaboration / explanation of how this evidence supports ideas “The air was deadly cold and the wind like a flat blade of ice against his cheeks.” “A queer thing happened. "Each word was like a large, black Eye staring at him through the glass, ...holding him, compelling him, forcing him...“ The dame was like a jack in the box, she refers to her "nest". • The air was deadly cold and the wind like a flat blade of ice against his cheeks.” • A queer thing happened. "Each word was like a large, black eye staring at him through the glass, ... holding him, compelling him, forcing him...” • The dame was like a jack in the box, she refers to her "nest".

6. View “THE LANDLADY” • Listen- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VTQ2_UdxI4 Begin at 3:30 • View- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpDb4EcSnLE • Discuss: Is the story true to the video? Discuss changes that TV producers and directors might change to make the story work for television.

7. Response to literature (Quote Sandwich) • Independently, draft a Quote Sandwich using your notes in your ELA notebook. • Be sure to use one piece of textual evidence and cite the quote. • What is a possible theme in the “Landlady” by W.W. Jacobs?

8. Writer's Workshop (putting it all together) Identify the theme- Reminders: active voice, literary present tense, MLA heading, creative title, no contractions or personal pronouns unless a quote, typed, double-spaced, standard font-Arial or Calibri, size 12, one extended paragraph

9. MLA Format checklist: • Quote: Use three correctly cited quote that is introduced and analyzed ___________ • -Includes author’s last name and page number of the quote (Jones 124). • -End mark will be outside the parenthesis and short quotes (four typed lines or less) • 1” margins all around: ____________ 12 pt. Times New Roman: ____________ • Double space:____________ Heading (top left corner): ____________ • No contractions used: ____________ Literary Present Tense: ____________ • Short story is in quotes: ____________ Creative Title for Essay: ____________ • Transitions – use transitions to move the reader through the paper and circle them • Thesis – include title of book, author, main idea and three supporting details (traits) • Conclusion – mirrors your thesis without using the same exact words • Evidence and Explanation– highlight the three supporting ideas in the thesis with three different colors and identify the explanation for each piece of evidence with the same colors

10. Literary Analysis Scale Grade 8

11. Reading Literature Scale

12. Theme Analysis Quote Sandwich-total 40 points