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The Landlady

• Picture this Youve just arrived in a lovely
  new town by train and your looking for a place to
  stay. You find a bed and breakfast that looks
  very enchanting (nice) on the outside. You
  decide to stop and look in the window. What do
  you think you might see?

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The Landlady

• By
• Roald Dahl

Objective TSWBAT explain the purpose of make
predictions about events and character actions by
analyzing the authors use of foreshadowing.
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Meet the AuthorRoald Dahl

• Born in Wales (1916-1990)
• He often writes stories with dark humor.
• Some familiar stories
• James and the Giant Peach
• Matilda
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• The BFG

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Literary Element Used

• Foreshadowing
• the use of clues or hints suggesting
• events that will occur later in the plot.
• HINT As you read The Landlady put yourself
  in the place of the main character (protagonist).
  Pay close attention to what Billy sees and
  senses.

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Characters

• Protagonist is seventeen year old Billy Weaver
• Antagonist -Owner of the Bed Breakfast, The
  Landlady

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Setting
The story takes place in Bath, England probably
during the mid-1900s.
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Pre-reading information

• Billy Weaver arrives in Bath, England after
  taking the train from London. He's never been to
  the town before. However, he's due to start a
  new job there soon, and he's excited at the
  prospect. He heads toward The Bell and Dragon,
  which is a pub he's been told he could spend the
  night at. On the way though, he notices a sign in
  the window of a nearby house "BED AND
  BREAKFAST. Will it turn out to be what he
  expects????

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Questions for Note-takingRemember to explain
your answers with EVIDENCE/DETAILS from the story.

• 1. Why is Billy in Bath, and where is he headed?
  (page 73)
• 2. What does the landlady do AND say that shows
  she is unusually well-prepared for Billys
  arrival? (pages 74 and 75)

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Questions for Note-takingRemember to explain
your answers with EVIDENCE/DETAILS from the story.

• 3. How does the author hint at a future event in
  the following statement? What possible event
  might the landladys statement foreshadow? (page
  76)
• Everyone has to do that because its the law of
  the land, and we dont want to go breaking any
  laws at this stage in the proceedings, do we?
• 4. What clue hints at something strange about the
  scene with the dog? (page 76)

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Discussion Questions

• 5. What might the peculiar smell suggest? (page
  79)
• 6. a. What has the landlady said that seems to
  contradict the following statement (page 79)
  Refer to pages 76-77.
• Left? she said. But my dear boy, her never
  left. Hes still here. Mr. Temple is here.
  Theyre on the fourth floor, both of them
  together.?
• 6. b. How does she refer to the two men on pages
  76-77?
• 7. What do you suspect has happened to both
  guests? How did you arrive at that conclusion?
  (page 79)
• 8. How does the landladys statement foreshadow
  what will happen to Billy? (page 79)
• I stuff all my little pets myself when they
  pass away.

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TRUE/FALSE

• 1. The Landlady answers the door before Billy
  can remove his hand from the door bell.
• 2. Billy thought the Landladys fee to stay at
  the bed and breakfast was too much.
• 3. Billy believes he had heard of the Landladys
  previous guests.
• 4. The Landlady meant Billy no harm.
• 5. The tea taste strange to Billy because it is
  poisoned
• Foreshadowing List at least one event that
  helped to foreshadow the ending

TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
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Sequence of Events Put the events in order

• The Landlady offers Billy strange poisoned tea
• Billy arrives in Bath and needs a place to stay
• The Landlady asks him to sign the guest book
• Billy questions the Landlady about her previous
  guest
• The Landlady answers the door too (strangely)
  quickly

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