Tuesday, March 7 - 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. Is there LOGIC behind Old Man Warner's reasoning to continue the lottery? On what is his reasoning based? 

2. How many children to Tessie and Bill have? Name them.


Direct Instruction

Read conclusion of The Lottery

Guided / Independent

You may use a NEO to answer the following questions about irony in The Lottery. Be specific and refer to the text in your answers, citing quotes when appropriate. Each answer should end with "his is ironic because it is the opposite of what I expected to happen."

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.