Showing posts with label Roald Dahl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roald Dahl. Show all posts

Saturday, 26 September 2020

Lamb To Slaughter ( 1D BachiBac)

This week we are going to read a short story and do some grammar revision.

1. Grammar revision. Download and complete the following  Mixed tenses exercises.  for Monday 28th. 

 

2. Short story Lamb to Slaughter by Roald Dahl. Tuesday 29th

As you all know,  Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot, and screenwriter. 
 He is the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,The Magic Finger, and so many unforgettable stories which we have all read and enjoyed. 
This week  we are going to read one of his short stories.
Click here to read Lamb to Slaughter


3. Presentation of Projects. Thursday 30th

Thursday, 14 May 2020

The Way up to Heaven by Roald Dahl B1E (updated)


Earlier this year we read the short story by Roald Dahl Lamb to Slaughter. This week we are going to read another of his short stories, The Way up to Heaven, first published in The New Yorker in 1954
Read and listen the story here.








Your  next two assignments:
  • Read about twenty lines from the story. Make sure you listen to it a few times before. Record and send by Thursday 21st
  • Write a brief essay comparing the two stories by Roal Dhal we have read this year.You can read Lamb To Slaughter here  Deadline: Sunday 24th
You can watch a version of The way to Heaven from the TV series Tales of The Unexpected

Tuesday, 11 October 2016

Lamb to Slaughter


2016 marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl's birth in Cardiff, Wales. Dahl was a British writer famous for books such as Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or The witches.

This month we are going to read a short story called

Lamb to Slaughter




What books or stories by Roald Dahl have you read? What is your favourite? Leave a comment.