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The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl

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Information

• First editions:
  • Michael Joseph Ltd., 1991, Great Britain.
  • Penguin Books USA, 1991, U.S.A.
• Contains:
  • "A Piece of Cake"
  • "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life"
  • "An African Story"
  • "B***h"
  • "Beware of the Dog"
  • "Death of an Old Old Man"
  • "Dip in the Pool"
  • "Edward the Conqueror"
  • "Galloping Foxley"
  • "Genesis and Catastrophe"
  • "Georgy Porgy"
  • "Katina"
  • "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • "Madame Rosette"
  • "Man From the South"
  • "Mr. Botibol"
  • "Mr. Feasey"
  • "Mr. Hoddy"
  • "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat"
  • "My Lady Love, My Dove"
  • "Neck"
  • "Nunc Dimittis"
  • "Only This"
  • "Parson's Pleasure"
  • "Pig"
  • "Poison"
  • "Royal Jelly"
  • "Rummins"
  • "Skin"
  • "Someone Like You"
  • "Taste"
  • "The Bookseller"
  • "The Butler"
  • "The Champion of the World"
  • "The Great Automatic Grammatizator"
  • "The Great Switcheroo"
  • "The Hitchhiker"
  • "The Landlady"
  • "The Last Act"
  • "The Ratcatcher"
  • "The Soldier"
  • "The Sound Machine"
  • "The Surgeon"
  • "The Umbrella Man"
  • "The Visitor"
  • "The Way Up to Heaven"
  • "The Wish"
  • "They Shall Not Grow Old"
  • "Vengeance is Mine Inc."
  • "William and Mary"
  • "Yesterday was Beautiful"

Teacher Resources

• "Beware of the Dog"
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
    • Several discussion ideas and writing exercises related to war literature.
• "Dip in the Pool"
  • Additional Classroom Question
    • Suggested question to tack on the end of Jocelyn Allen's Classroom Activities
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "Galloping Foxley"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • Wide Reading Coursework
    • Various activities that involve comparing this story to Thomas Hardy's "The Withered Arm", Charles Dickens's "The Signalman", and Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Speckled Band"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a reading jigsaw, ranking features of the perfect murder, and vocabulary matching task
• "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "My Lady Love, My Dove"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "Parson's Pleasure"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "Pig"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a range of reading tasks, divided into story sections
• "Poison"
  • Online Games
    • Online matching, concentration, and flash card games with concepts from the book
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes vocabulary, plot summary, and creative writing
• "Taste"
  • Classroom Ideas
    • Includes some ideas for teaching grammar
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "The Butler"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "The Hitchhiker"
  • Character Comparison
    • Includes a chart for comparing two characters
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "The Landlady"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a making your own story exercise (using extracts from Dahl's story) and questions
  • Exploring Foreshadowing Through Letter Writing
    • A letter writing activity exploring foreshadowing based on the story
  • Online Crossword Puzzle
    • Online puzzle focussing on word definitions, synonyms, and antonyms
  • Foreshadowing and Dramatic Irony
    • Includes several activities, links, and handouts
  • Writing Letters-to-the-Editor
    • Includes ideas for learning to write letters based on the story
• "The Way Up to Heaven"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "The Wish"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story

Cover Illustration

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Penguin, 1992
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