Anthologies

Great Short Stories of the English Speaking World

Information   Teacher Resources

Information

• First edition:
  • Reader's Digest, 1977.
    • Two volume set
• Contains:
  • "Lamb to the Slaughter"

Teacher Resources

• "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • Wide Reading Coursework
    • Various activities that involve comparing this story to Thomas Hardy's "The Withered Arm", Charles Dickens's "The Signalman", and Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Speckled Band"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a reading jigsaw, ranking features of the perfect murder, and vocabulary matching task