Shout Out:

What is THEME?

Theme:

Main ideas/concepts/topics/lessons/

morals/messages/etc. of the story

Shout Out:

What are some Themes of "Lamb to the Slaughter"?

"LTTS" Themes:

Betrayal/Love/Justice/Insanity/Mystery/Murder/etc.

Raise your hand:

What are some textual details from "LTTS"

that support these Themes?

Betrayal:

• Mr. M betrays his wife and his wedding vows by leaving Mrs. M.

• Mrs. M betrays Mr. M by killing him just because he was going to leave her.

• Mrs. M betrays the laws of society by committing murder.

• Mrs. M betrays the police by lying to them.

• Etc.

Shout Out:

Who is Mrs. M? What is her IDENTITY?

Mrs. M is:

Mr. M's wife.A housewife.

Raise your hand:

What are some textual details from "LTTS" which support that Mrs. M's IDENTITY is

Mr. M's wife/a housewife?

Supporting Textual Details:

Everything she does is for the house and/or Mr. M. She cooks, cleans, goes to the store, gets Mr. M his slippers, etc. She waits all day for him to get

home.

Shout out:

What would Mrs. M's IDENTITY be without Mr. M?

Without Mr. M, Mrs. M would be:

Nothing

Raise your hand:

What did Mr. M do to Mrs. M's IDENTITY when he said he

was going to leave her? Explain.

Mr. M threatened Mrs. M's IDENTITY:

He was going to take her IDENTITY away.

Unit Question:How do our peers affect our

IDENTITY?

Unit Question:How do our peers affect our

IDENTITY?Today's Prompt:

Describe a time that a peer threatened your IDENTITY. What

did you do about it?

Unit Question:How do our peers affect our

IDENTITY?Today's Prompt:

Describe a time that a peer threatened your IDENTITY. What

did you do about it? Write '9/10/11' on new notebook page.

WRITE!

Read/Talk About: what you wrote!