Thursday, March 2 - The Lottery Introduction

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze short fiction in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

Write the definition of "LOTTERY" into your notebooks:

1. 
   
2. A lottery is a process by which the outcome is governed by chance.

Types of lotteries
1.  a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random
2. The military draft
3. To get seats or tickets to a concert

Direct Instruction

Pick a post-it:

Red = granola bar
Three Happy Faces = lose 3 points on next quiz
Blank = nothing - you neither gain nor lose anything 
Blue = lollipop

intro video
slideshare 1

Begin to read the LOTTERY together. Annotate for :
1. Setting
2. Vocabulary
3.  Plot - what is happening?
4. Character n traits

Also, as we read, look for:
1. Character behaviors
2. Symbolism (of names, objects and events)
3. Situational Irony

Guided / Independent

Answer the following questions based on the first two pages of "The Lottery:

1. Describe the setting.
2. How do the initial action (boys collecting rocks) conflict with the setting?
3. Describe the role of women compared to men in this town.
4. List four "traditions" that this town conducted.
5. What is symbolic about the names "Mr. Summers" and "Mr. Graves"? What might you infer their personalities considering their names?
6. What might the "black box" represent?
7. How long can you infer the lottery has been taking place in this town?
8. What are some changes in this tradition of how the lottery is implemented?
9. From what point of view is the LOTTERY written and how do you know?
10. Describe Tessie Hutchinson.

Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.

Closure









Write the definitions in your notebooks:

Connotation represents the various social overtones, or emotional meanings associated with a word.

Denotation represents the explicit or referential meaning of a sign. Denotation refers to the literal meaning of a word, the 'dictionary definition.'

Example:
What is that odor? (negative connotation)
What is that fragrance? (positive connotation)

What is the smell that is being sensed by my nose? (denotation)