Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

The Lottery

Standards

RL.9-10.4 - Common Core State Standards

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

RL.9-10.6 - Common Core State Standards

Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

RL.9-10.3 - Common Core State Standards

Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

Activator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApRAX8hu8Wo

Tone Samples

Learning Target

Scholars will examine the idea that morals are relative based on the society in which you live by reading Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"

Work Session

Today is all about the idea of a twisted moral compass, as you might have noticed from the video :)

Today we’re going to read a short story by Shirley Jackson called The Lottery. This story is a classic, and I think you guys are really going to like it! However, this is going to be one of those odd times when we don’t read together. That’s because I have three different assignments for you guys to do, and you may not get the same assignment as your neighbor, or as anyone else at your table!

Here are the questions for you guys. If you’re reading from home, you can choose any of the three sets to do (reading comprehension, analysis, and synthesis).

You will have the entire block to work on this, and you WILL need it! Good luck, everyone!!

Resources:

•    jackson_lottery.pdf: https://www.filepicker.io/api/file/sK4HxA2GSZaCI6JVErGo

•    lotteryquestions.docx: https://www.filepicker.io/api/file/2e47VhIT6ykit5oXsxDp

Closing Session

Assessment

Questions will be graded

Differentiation

Students will receive different questions based on their levels and Bloom's Taxonomy (reading comprehension, analysis, synthesis).