"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl Horror Story Study | Printable & Digital
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- This incredibly flexible horror genre study unit will turn students into masters of foreshadowing, suspense, mood, and more with fun, engaging, and creepy tales! Students will learn about the horror genre, then read three scary stories, before exploring writing a horror narrative themselves.This uniPrice $14.23Original Price $16.99Save $2.76
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Analyze foreshadowing and the horror genre with "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl! This creepy and fun story is an excellent deep dive into foreshadowing and other essential horror genre techniques.
Roald Dahl's short stories are delightful and students will be immediately intrigued by "The Landlady" because it comes from the creator of many of their favorite book-to-movie adaptations. Unlike much of the horror genre, "The Landlady" by Roald Dahlis creepy without resorting to gore or PG-13+ language, making it a great read for a variety of ages.
This resource includes two activities for "The Landlady": reading questions and a letter-writing activity that has students practicing their use of textual evidence while analyzing foreshadowing. The text of the story is widely available for free online (see the included teacher's guide for help).
Included is everything you need to teach this short story in-person or online. Editable, digital versions of every student resource are included.
In person or online, you have an engaging, no-prep short story study!
This "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl Study includes:
- Teacher Guide
- Reading Questions
- NON-EDITABLE Printable PDF
- EDITABLE Google Doc
- Reading Question Answer Key
- Writing Activity
- NON-EDITABLE Printable PDF
- EDITABLE Google Doc
- Writing Activity Rubric
- EDITABLE Google Doc
- EDITABLE Google Sheet (for easy upload into Google Classroom)
Please look through the preview before purchasing to make sure that this resource is right for you and your students.
Other Resources You May Enjoy:
- Horror Genre Study Introductory Lesson: This is a great lesson to introduce the horror genre
- Suspense Analysis with Horror Shorts Activity: Use this activity before "The Landlady" to help students practice analyzing suspense
- "Popsy" by Stephen King Story Study: Another fantastic example of horror; read, analyze, and write on King's creepy tale
- "Out of Skin" by E. M. Carroll Story Study: A horror web-comic! This is fun, engaging, and great for analyzing mood!
- Personal Horror Narrative: After students have analyzed the horror genre, test their knowledge by having them write about a fearful memory
- 2-Sentence Horror Stories FREEBIE: Students will write a creepy tale using only two sentences
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