The Landlady Guide Questions and Movie Comparison

Students LOVE this story! With a bit of inferencing magic, around the 90% mark in the story, the class gives a collective "No way!" when they realized what's actually happening. It's a sight to see and it's guaranteed to warm your teacher heart as you see the students eager to read more to either confirm or debunk their theories.

This product includes:

*A guide sheet with 13 questions to help students identify the subtle clues Dahl gives about the nefarious intentions of Billy Weaver's landlady.

*A worksheet on foreshadowing. After students read the text they go back and reread in order to identify five different examples of foreshadowing. The students will need to find specific quotes from the text and then explain how it is an example of foreshadowing.

*Update! I've added another option instead of the foreshadowing worksheet. There is an alternate option where students identify 7 red flags that Billy should have recognized but didn't.

*A worksheet to help students analyze point-of-view and it's impact in maintaining the surprise ending.

*A quick movie comparison worksheet to be used with the "Tales of the Unexpected" episode based on the text. Dahl himself introduces the episode. It's found on YouTube and I included a QR code on the worksheet for students or teachers to easily access the movie. One side of the worksheet is a graphic organizer to chart similarities and differences, and the back side of the worksheet includes analysis questions to look at the effect these changes have on the audience's understanding of the story.

Many students have already read "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl, so "The Landlady" is a great alternative if you still want to do a Dahl story with high school students.