The Landlady Short Story Analysis & Escape Room Bundle for Middle School

Make your scary short story unit on The Landlady by Roald Dahl memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.

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Middle school teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more in The Landlady. Several short story analysis activities *sneak in* rigorous tasks that challenge students in fun and unique ways. Plus, what’s more fun than a culminating escape room?

► Here’s What’s Included:

The Landlady Short Story Analysis Activities

⭐ Plot Diagram - Can your students identify the essential plot elements for The Landlady?

⭐ Wanted Poster - Incorporate a bit of characterization by having students create a WANTED poster for the Landlady.

⭐ NY Times Breaking News - Sneak in a little summary practice by having students report on the objective facts and events surrounding The Landlady.

⭐ Explore Alternate Endings - Invite your students to consider how the story might have changed through different “What if…” scenarios.

⭐ Short Story One Pager - One pagers are student (and teacher) favorites. Promote higher-level thinking with this Landlady one pager activity (that also doubles as a fantastic hallway display!)

⭐ Compare & Contrast - After reading, watch The Landlady short film and compare the portrayal of different literary elements.

The Landlady Escape Room Breakout Tasks: 

⭐ Plot Structure - Review various elements of the plot diagram

⭐ Conflict - Review conflict in The Landlady as well as conflict types in general.

⭐ Theme - Students identify the most likely theme of the story and cite textual evidence that supports it

⭐ Literary Elements - Review characterization, the setting, vocabulary, and more.

Using these short story analysis activities for The Landlady is simple! All you have to do is print what you need or assign it to your digital learning platform. Everything is digital, printable, and ready to go!

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TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Daphne said, “Such a fun way to wrap up the text, as well as review some literary elements. I wore an apron, welcomed them with "come in out of the cold," had a digital fireplace going on the screen, turned only a lamp on, offered them ginger snaps and sweet tea (we are in the South), and had a great time seeing their reactions and the fun they had working. Thank you for helping me bring some fun into the day.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amanda said, “I love reading 'The Landlady" with my students, and these activities were a fun way to end our Quarter earlier this year! Thank you for creating this and sharing! My kids especially liked the "What If" questions!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Brekke said, “This was my first time trying an escape room with my English classes. My 11th graders are doing a Southern Gothic genre unit, and "The Landlady" was one of my short stories on the list. The students really enjoyed the story, and this provided a fantastic, fun way for me to assess comprehension not only of the story, but also of my TEKS. I loved the digital integration aspect, as did my students. I had printed copies of the clues for those who wanted them, but used the Google form for submission. All of my students were engaged, and made their own race out of it to see who would escape first!”

Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):

RL.6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5

RL.7.1, 7.2, 7.3

RL.8.1, RL.8.2

You might also like these other scary short story analysis resources:

• The Landlady Escape Room
• The Monkey’s Paw
• The Elevator
• The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

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Purchase the Scary Short Stories Bundle to grab these resources for The Landlady plus those mentioned above! 

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