Thursday, October 6 - Irony and POV in The Lottery

Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to identify irony in short fiction and provide textual evidence in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW QUIZ :
1.
a. Provide the quote from Old Man Warner that is his reason for wanting to continue the lottery.
 b. Explain what might happen if the lottery is not continued according to Old Man Warner. 
c. Is their logic in his reasoning? 
d. What is his reasoning based upon?

2. How is Tessie Hutchinson's behavior ironic when she screams, "it wasn't fair?" (hint: Compare her behavior to traits we gave her from reading the bottom of page 2).

3. How many children do Tessie and Bill have? ( page 5) Name them.

Direct Instruction

Finish reading The Lottery - annotate as we read.

Guided / Independent

You may use a NEO to answer the following questions about irony in The Lottery. This is independent work - you may NOT work in groups or pairs. 

1. What is situational irony?

2. What is ironic about the setting? Explain.

3. What is ironic about Mr. Summers' name?

4. What is ironic about Tessie telling Mr. Summers, " There's Don and Eva....make them take their chance!" (page 5)

5. What is ironic about little Davey  laughing when he put his hand into the box? (page 6) How old do you infer Davey is?

6. What is ironic about Old Man Warner saying, "people ain't the way they used to be."? page (6)

7. What is ironic about Nancy and Bill Jr. laughing after they open their papers and they are blank and they already know little Davey's is blank as well? Explain.

8. What is ironic about Mr. Summer's saying "Let's finish quickly,"
(page 7)?

9. What is ironic about little Davey getting pebbles to throw?

10. What is ironic about Tessie screaming " It isn't fair, it isn't right?" at the end?

Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.
Q & A

Closure

Review irony in The Lottery. Discuss the effect of objective narrator.