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Tales of the Unexpected

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Information

• First edition:
  • Penguin, 1997, Great Britain.
    • Special promotional edition for Tetley Tea
• Contains:
  • "Dip in the Pool"
  • "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • "My Lady Love, My Dove"
  • "Parson's Pleasure"
  • "The Butler"
  • "The Hitchhiker"
  • "The Umbrella Man"

Teacher Resources

• "Dip in the Pool"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
  • Additional Classroom Question
    • Suggested question to tack on the end of Jocelyn Allen's Classroom Activities
• "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
• "My Lady Love, My Dove"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "Parson's Pleasure"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "The Butler"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "The Hitchhiker"
  • Character Comparison
    • Includes a chart for comparing two characters
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story

Cover Illustration

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Penguin, 1997