Objective: By the end of class, students will be assessed on their knowledge of The Lottery in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.
Do NOW
Multiple choice and short answer (in CRQ format - restate, explain, quote, conclude). Then be sure to submit questions from yesterday's class regarding IRONY in The Lottery. I posted them below again....
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?
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