Lamb to the Slaughter

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Lamb to the Slaughter

• By Roald Dahlfamous for his delightfully
  sinister tales!

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Famous For Quirky Tales for Kids
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Vocabulary KNOW THESE!!!!

• Anxiety
• Placid
• Luxuriate
• Administered
• Premises
• Consoling
• Hospitality

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Allusionliterary reference

• The term lamb to the slaughter is a Biblical
  reference lambs were often used as sacrifices in
  the Bible.

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A frozen leg of lamb figures in our story today!
Lamb is more popular in England.
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Situational Irony

• The situation turns out different than you would
  expect.
• Example You are spraying shaving cream into
  your friends face, and it blows back into your
  face.

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Dramatic Irony

• The reader knows something that the character
  does not.
• Example Theres a big, scary monster behind the
  closed door that our heroine is about to open.

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Setting

• England
• An earlier time
• Leave it to Beaver era
• Remember Beavers mom? Perfectly dressed and
  wearing pearls as she prepares dinner!

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Cheer for Friday
Sing to the Mickey Mouse Club song R-I-V! E-R-D!
A-L-E Warriors! Riverdale! Riverdale! Our
warriors gonna make you bulldogs Cry! Cry! Cry!
Cry! It wont take long cuz were so strong Well
beat you dawgs tonight R-I-V! E-R-D! A-L-E
Warriors!