Short Story of the Month Table of Contents

1 2018erincobb Story of the Month "The Landlady" by Roald DahlTable of ContentsTerms of Use2 Table of Contents3 List of Activities, Common Core Standards Alignment, & Difficulty Levels4 Digital Components/GoogleClassroom Guide5 Teaching Guide, Rationale, Lesson Plans, and Procedures: EVERYTHING6-10 Activity 2: Interactive Reading & Discussion Protocol11 Activity 3: Teacher s Instructions for Argumentative Essay12 Activity 4: Analyze & Annotate Sample Argumentative Essay w/Key13-14 Activity 5: Text Evidence Note-Taking Form w/Key15-16 Activity 6: Outline for Argument Essay17-18 Activity 7: Argumentative Essay Rubric19 Activity 8: Annotation Guide: Foreshadowing20-22 Activity 9: Author s Craft Paragraph Outline & Rubric23 Activity 10: Comprehension Quiz w/Key24-25 Activity 11: Vocabulary Guide: Analyze Word Choice Const.

2 Resp. w/Key26-30 Activity 12: Plot Diagram Analysis w/Key31-32 Activity 13: Analyze Mood w/Key33-34 Activity 14: Analyze Tone w/Key35-36 Activity 15: Comprehension Skills Test w/Key37-42 Activity 16:Radio Play During/After Analysis w/Key43-46 Activity 17: Short Film Deep Analysis w/Key47-50 Activity 18: The Pig Poem Analysis/Comparison w/Key51-54 Activity 19: Essential Question Activity w/Key55-56 TEKS Alignment57 List of Activities & StandardsDifficulty Level: *Easy **Moderate **ChallengeActivity 1: Journal Activity* 2: Interactive Reading & Discussion Protocol* Activity 3: Teacher Instructions for Argumentative Paper , B, C, D, E, , 4: Analyze Sample Argumentative Paper ** , 5: Text Evidence Note-Taking Form** , , 6: Outline for Argument** , , 7: Argumentative Essay Rubric** , B, C, D, E, , 8: Annotation Guide: Foreshadowing** , 9: Author s Craft Paragraph Outline & Rubric** , , , 10: Comprehension Quiz** 11: Vocabulary Guide: Word Choice Con.

3 Resp** , 12: Plot Diagram Analysis** , 13: Analyze Mood* , 14: Analyze Tone* , : Comprehension Skills Test** , , , 16: Complete Radio Play Analysis ** , 17: Short Film Analysis/Comparison** , 18: The Pig Poem Analysis/Comparison** , , , 19: Essential Question** , , , , 2018erincobb Story of the Month "The Landlady" by Roald DahlTeacher s Gu ideCommon Core Standards AlignmentGoogle FormsI have made the assessments available in Google Forms. Here, they are self-grading, and I have set them all up with answer keys so they are ready to go for you.

4 You ll need to find these two files in your download folder to use Google Forms. The first file contains the links to the Forms, and the second file is explicit instructions for use. 2018erincobb Story of the Month "The Landlady" by Roald DahlTeacher s Gu ideInstructions for Google Classroom Digital ComponentsAll student activities are available in digital format compatible with Google Classroom. They are available in two formats: Google Slides and Google SlidesFirst, I have made all student pages (excluding assessments) in Google Slides format.

5 Students can simply add text boxes to any area they wish to type on. To access the Google Slides for this Story , copy and paste the link below into your browser:available in full resource only 2018erincobb Story of the Month "The Landlady" by Roald DahlTeaching Guide, Rationale, Lesson Plans, and ProceduresI have also discussed here how I use each activity and included hints and links to help you, too. I went ahead and mapped out the days for you. Feel free to take or leave what you like. Even if you don t plan to follow this schedule, I still recommend reading through this section to get the most out of these lessons and activities were designed to meet the needs of seventh graders during the second half of the school year when students have already been introduced to most major concepts like plot, conflict, character traits and characterization, theme, mood, tone, etc.

6 Teacher s Gu ideDay 11. Activity 1: 10 minutesJournal Activity Discuss if desiredFind PPT file in download folder. 2. Activity 2: 50 minutesInteractive Reading of StoryMust see Activity 2: Reading & Discussion Protocol on exactly how to hold interactive reading AND how to guide students into a student-led discussion and set up the argument you re looking for a copy of the Story , find one here: here: 2 Day 21. Activity 3: 10 minutesPick up from yesterday with the Teacher s Instructions for Argumentative Paper. Even if you aren t going to have your students write a 5 paragraph essay, you should still DEFINITELY use the note-taking guide and outline as text evidence activities (Activities 4-5).

7 2. Activity 4: 25 minutesRead and analyze MY sample argument paper on The Landlady. Students will write with different in Activity Activity 5: 35 minutesText Evidence Note Taking Form students read the Story again and collect text evidence to prove their 2 Activity 3 Activity 4 Activity 5 Activity 1 2018erincobb Story of the Month "The Landlady" by Roald DahlTeacher s Gu ideDay 31. Activity 6: 30 minutesMake an Outline: Complete outline for argumentative paper. Great activity again, even if you won t do the entire Activity 7: 60-120 minutesWrite an Argumentative Essay Students write their essay this activity includes the GRADING RUBRIC.

8 Students are graded on content only . This is editable in the PowerPoint file in the EDITABLE folder in the download folder if you wish to customize the ACTIVITIES1. Activity 8: 30 minutesAnnotation Guide: ForeshadowingAnnotate the Story for foreshadowing see my annotation guide because there s TONS of foreshadowing in this one. The big question here is: What clues does the author drop throughout the Story that something is not quite right?2. Activity 9: 30-45 minutesWrite an Author s Craft Paragraph on the Use of Foreshadowing in The Landlady this activity is the GRADING RUBRIC along with annotation instructions for students and official paragraph prompt.

9 Also included is a sentence-by-sentence outline for writing the paragraph, as usual: Activity 6 Activity 7 Activity 8 Activity 9 Activity 9 2018erincobb Story of the Month "The Landlady" by Roald DahlTeacher s Gu ideDay 41. Activity 10: 25 minutesComprehension Quiz Basic Comprehension (Recall Facts) This quiz checks for basic comprehension and recall of the Story . There are nohigher order thinking questions on this quiz, no inferring, no analyzing, no drawing conclusions, etc. so I do not recommend that students use a copy of the Story for this quiz unless they need that as a testing accommodation.

10 Key included (not shown)2. Activity 11: 35 minutesVocabulary Guide: Analyze Word Choice. Students read an excerpt from the Story and must think critically about one word in particular before formulating a constructed response. These are written to prepare students for the same types of constructed response questions they may encounter about vocabulary on a state or standardized included: paper-saver 511. Activity 12: 35 minutesPlot Diagram Activity Here comes another one of those that doesn t quite FIT the mold so get ready. Well, it pretty much does, EXCEPT it isn t easy to pinpoint the climax in this one since the ending is so vague.