Books

Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories

Information   Teacher Resources   Cover Illustration

Information

• First edition:
  • Penguin, 1995, U.S.A.
• Contains:
  • "A Piece of Cake"
  • "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • "Parson's Pleasure"
  • "The Bookseller"
  • "The Butler"

Teacher Resources

• "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
• "Parson's Pleasure"
  • 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

Cover Illustration

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