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We will be analysing a range of suspense and mystery stories,
considering the ways in which authors have structured their
writing to make it effective. We will complete an essay on ‘The
Monkey’s Paw’ and write our own suspense story. Our Speaking
and Listening assessment will be a dramatic role play.

• Reading
• AF3 Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts
• AF4 – Identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including
grammatical and presentational features at text level
• Writing
• AF1 – Write imaginative, interesting and thoughtful texts
• AF3 – Organise and present whole texts effectively, sequencing and structuring
information, ideas and events
• AF6 – Write with technical accuracy of syntax and punctuation in phrases, clauses
and sentences
 Learning Objectives
Can you guess your learning objectives?
 Starter

Lamb to the
Slaughter
What predictions can you
make based on the title of
this story?
 A Profile of Mary Maloney
At the start of the story who do we think could
be the ‘Lamb’ going to ‘slaughter’?

Add to the profile

with her What evidence is there
characteristics that she is capable of
murder?

How does she react

to the murder?
What does this
show?
Key word:

Narrative perspective

What is the narrative perspective in ‘Lamb to

the Slaughter’?

(Clue- look at whose thoughts we hear)

Key word:

Omniscient narrator

An omniscient narrator means they are ‘all

knowing’. What stops the narrator in ‘Lamb to
the Slaughter’ being omniscient?
Third person subjective

When an author reveals the thoughts or feelings

of one character. Sometimes called ‘over the
shoulder’ narrative, we don’t always get an
insight into secondary characters’ thoughts

How does the third person subjective narration in

‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ add suspense?
How does Dahl use narrative
perspective in ‘Lamb to the Point- Use a topic sentence to outline the
Slaughter’ to add suspense? main thing that you want to state about a
text

The sauce is your link

phrase- ‘This is shown
in the line:’

Evidence- All PEE paragraphs need

evidence in the form of a “quotation”

The salad is your link

phrase- ‘This shows
that….’

Explanation- Explain the meaning

Your explanation is the most of your quotation in lots of detail.
important part of the burger! Make What is the effect of the technique
sure it’s the biggest! used?
 Review
Exit cards

On your slip of paper note down:

The definition of third

person subjective narration

One prediction for the rest of ‘Lamb to the

Slaughter’.
 Homework
As Dahl uses third person subjective narration
we don’t hear the husband’s thoughts.

Write a diary entry from the perspective of

Mary’s husband, the night before the murder

Deadline________________________