Summary

           This is a good time for the students to write about their thoughts on the texts. I wrote about Mrs Bixby and the Coronel’s coat.

             
          To be honest, I had never heard the story of Mrs. Bixby and the Coronel’s coat but I had heard of its author Roald Dahl. I am familiar with his style of writing; his dark humor and the existence of sarcastic and cruel situations that give argument to his stories. This story particularly surprised me because when I started to read I never would have guessed the ending. I thought that Mr Bixby would discover that his wife had been cheating on him with the Coronel, but in fact Mr. Bixby also had a lover.

            I think Mrs Bixby is a greedy woman, because she is not happy with just one man, she also needs a lover. She is materialistic as she is not worried about why the Colonel has broken up with her, instead she just thinks about the lie that she is going to tell her husband in order to keep the mink. On the other hand, her husband is not far behind, as he also lies to his wife and gives his lover the mink.

           The moral of the story is, as the saying goes “you will get a taste of your own medicine" as Mrs Bixby finds out.


            I think that students need some time when they can write what they want, share information with their peers and discuss the stories. This is a good way to evaluate students individually.