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A Roald Dahl Selection: Nine Short Stories

Information   Teacher Resources   Cover Illustrations

Information

• First editions:
  • Longman, 1980, Great Britain.
    • Edited and introduced by Roy Blatchford
    • Photographs by Catherine Shakespeare Lane
    • Value (circa 1994) in Very Good condition
      • $3-$4
• Contains:
  • "Galloping Foxley"
  • "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • "Man From the South"
  • "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat"
  • "Skin"
  • "The Champion of the World"
  • "The Hitchhiker"
  • "The Landlady"
  • "The Ratcatcher"

Teacher Resources

• "Galloping Foxley"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a reading jigsaw, ranking features of the perfect murder, and vocabulary matching task
  • 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"
• "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat"
  • 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

Cover Illustrations

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