Mary, in her incredible shock, enters a trance and commits an unspeakable act that no one sees coming. In Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl, Mary Maloney, a loving and devoted housewife receives the terrible and unexpected news that her husband is leaving her. Therefore, as a final assignment, I focus on improving students’ descriptive writing by having them examine Bradbury’s incredible description of the T-Rex. I also love to show them the EC Comics adaptation of the story as it stays incredibly true to the plotline and hooks even your most reluctant readers.īradbury is known for his ability to create vivid images for his readers. The literary elements I focus on during this story are characterization (particularly the development of Eckels) foreshadowing, figurative comparisons (metaphor, simile, and personification are used throughout the text), and the theme that even small things can have a big impact (the butterfly effect). I also have them consider whether the invention of time travel would be a positive or a negative thing. You’ll be really surprised at the variety of choices from your students. I have students imagine that they have access to a time machine and have the opportunity to go back to witness a historical event or meet a particular person from the past.
When I teach this story, I usually begin with a little pre-reading discussion on time travel. Unfortunately, when fear enters the equation, things don’t quite go as planned! The hunters are given strict instructions not to touch anything while visiting the past as any small interruption of the natural process could have an irreversible effect on the future. A Sound of Thunder by Ray BradburyĪ Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury follows Eckels, a hunter who pays to go back in time to hunt the most ferocious beast that ever lived, the Tyrannosaurus Rex. This is why I use Halloween as an excuse to spend Octobers studying my favorite scary short stories. Below you’ll find a list of my absolute favorite scary short stories that are great to teach around Halloween (or really at any time in the year) along with some teaching tips and assignment ideas to accompany each of them. The suspense, the spooky twists and turns in the creepy plot lines, and the sinister characters always seem to draw students in. The short stories are bizarre, ridiculous, filled with adult humour and all designed to be read in one sitting.I absolutely adore teaching scary short stories in ELA. The collection includes Lamb to the Slaughter, where a woman kills her husband with the leg of a lamb, and Dip in the Pool about a man who jumps ship so as not to lose a bet. Someone Like YouĪway from his children’s books, this collection of short stories shows the macabre side to Dahl’s story-telling. He decides to stay in a curious bed and breakfast filled with creepy, petrified animals - a decision he later regrets. Later reprinted in the 1960 anthology Kiss Kiss, The Landlady tells the tale of a 17-year-old businessman who is looking for lodgings in Bath for a new job. Unlike Dahl’s children’s stories, The Landlady is actually a short horror that initially appeared in The New Yorker. To celebrate Roald Dahl Day (September 13) we’re taking a look at five books and stories by Dahl that you may not have read… The Landlady READ MORE: Roald Dahl Day: Great Missenden places that inspired famous children's author While the author’s short stories are darker than his children’s books, they still contain the same cheek and humour as the stories we know and love. We all grew up with the Roald Dahl classics that millions of children around the world have come to know and love.īut as well as family favourites including The BFG, Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, did you know Dahl also has a lesser-known collection of short stories.
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