The Landlady by Roald Dahl

 

Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot, and screenwriter. 

 He is the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,The Magic Finger, and so many unforgettable stories which we have all read and enjoyed.

This week we are going to read the short story  The Landlady, first published in the New Yorker in 1959.

 As you read, answer the questions you will find here.

 After you have finished reading the story, you can watch this short video

"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson (4 C Advanced)

 

                                              

 "The Lottery" is a short story written by Shirley Jackson and published by the New Yorker in 1948. It is one of the most controversial stories published by the magazine and is now considered a classic.

It has been adapted into different formats including a graphic novel.

 

Read the story here:  "The Lottery"-The New Yorker (includes audio)   or here "The Lottery"
 

It's Halloween Again!

Are you in the mood for something spooky? How about a scary story? The Black Cat is a short story written by Edgard Allan Poe. It was published in 1843.

 The Black Cat 

 

There are plenty more stories  to get you in the Halloween mood here

 

 And how about this delightful Witches Chant  

from William Shakespeare's Macbeth?

Round about the cauldron go:
In the poisoned entrails throw.
Toad, that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one
Sweated venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot.

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing.
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witch's mummy, maw and gulf
Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,
Root of hemlock digg'd i’ the dark,
Liver of blaspheming Jew;
Gall of goat; and slips of yew
Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse;
Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips;
Finger of birth-strangled babe
Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,
Make the gruel thick and slab:
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,
For the ingredients of our cauldron.

Double, double toil and trouble,
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.

Lamb to Slaughter by Roald Dahl (4º A /C)

 Short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl. 4A: Friday 24th    4C: Monday 27th

As you all know,  Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot, and screenwriter. 
 He is the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,The Magic Finger, and so many unforgettable stories which we have all read and enjoyed. 

This week  we are going to read  "Lamb to Slaughter"  

 

The Flowers by Alice Walker

 

 

Read The Flowers here

Read about Alice Walker here

Sherlock Holmes Stories

Sir Arthur Connan Doyle (1859-1930) was a Scottish writer. He published four novels and 56 short stories featuring the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal friend Dr Watson.

The following are some of his best known stories:

The Speckled Band (1892)

The Final Problem (1894)

The Empty House (1905)

The Dancing Men (1905)

Short Stories