Monday, April 8, 2013

Do Now: What would you do if your husband/wife told you they had been cheating on you? Why? (5 lines/5 minutes)

Classwork: KEYSTONE EXAM FOCUS: Fiction

Review of terms: theme, characterization, mood, tone, conflict, foreshadowing, plot...

"Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl

1. How does the setting of this room convey the author's tone, mood?

2. Concentrate on inferences and characterization as you read the first two excerpts.

3.  What can you infer about Mrs. Maloney? Mr. Maloney? Why?

4. What can you infer about Mrs. Maloney after the murder? Why?

5.  What evidence supports irony?

Homework: Read the opening excerpts of "The Story of an Hour".