Friday, October 7 - Human Nature / Values - Lottery Assessment

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze human nature and be assessed on shot fiction in order to improve reading comprehensive skills and make real life connections.

DO NOW

What does TOLERANCE mean to you? What do you "tolerate" and what don't you tolerate? 

tol·er·ance

1. 1.

   the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.

Direct Instruction

video on tolerance

Discuss tolerance and tradition. When should traditions no longer be tolerated? Can one group suggest that another group's tradition in not tolerable?

Guided

Discuss tolerance in THE LOTTERY. Short review for test.

Slideshare review

Independent

Lottery assessment.

Irony worksheet.

Check for understanding

Grade tests.

Closure

Introduce next week non-fiction re: current traditions considered violent by most cultures (including stoning).