The Lottery

December12-16

Dec12

TheLottery
Day1

Dec13

TheLottery
Day2

Dec14

TheLottery
Socratic
Seminar

Dec15

TheLottery
Assessment

Dec16

The
Lottery
Project

Name:___________________

This Packet is Due Friday December 16


Lesson 1: Monday December 12

DONOW:T
raditionisthepassingofcustomsorbeliefsfromgenerationto
generation.Whataresometraditionsoursocietyhas?Whydoyouthinkwe
havethem?

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LITERARYDEVICEREVIEW

SETTING:

ToIdentifySettingWeShould:

MOOD:

FORESHADOWING:


VOCABULARY
Word

Definition

Boisterous

Adjective
noisy;high-spirited

Sentence:
theytendedtogathertogetherquietlyforawhilebeforethey
brokeintoboisterousplay

Disengaged

Adjective
releasedorloosenedfromsomething

Sentence:
Amandisengagedhimselffromthecrowdandcame
forward.

Perfunctory

Adjective
amatterofroutinerequiringlittleeffort

Sentence:
performedbytheofficialofthelottery,aperfunctory.
tunelesschantthathadbeenrattledoffdulyeachyear

Shabbier

Adjective
fadedanddingyfromwearorexposure

Sentence:
Theblackboxgrewshabbiereachyear

Ritual

Noun
aroutinefollowedfaithfully

Sentence:
somuchoftheritualhadbeenforgottenordiscarded

Defiantly

Adverb
openlyorboldlyresisting

Sentence:
Shehesitatedforaminute,lookingarounddefiantly

Jovial

Adjective
noisy;high-spirited

Sentence:
Hewasaround-faced,jovialman

Profusely

Adverb
givenfreely;lavishly
Sentence:
theflowerswereblossomingprofusely

Writetwoexcellentvocabsentencesusingatleastonewordeach.
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DURING-READINGNOTES
1.Whatisthesettingofthestory?( Hint:Evenifyoudontknowanexactyear,think
aboutwhatyouknowaboutthelengthoftimetheLotteryhasbeentakingplaceandhowthe
sceneisdescribed).

2.Explaintherulesofhowthelotteryisconducted.

3.Whatdoweknowaboutwhenthelotterywasstarted?

4.Howdothetownspeoplefeelaboutmakingchangestothelottery?Howdo
youknow?


5. Read the following passage. What mood does Jackson create? How does
thisCONTRASTwiththeendingofthestory?

The morning of June27thwasclearandsunny,withthefreshwarmthofafull-summerday;

the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the
village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten
o'clock; in some towns thereweresomanypeoplethatthelotterytooktwodaysandhadtobe
started on June 26th, but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people,
the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it couldbeginatteno'clockinthemorningand
stillbethroughintimetoallowthevillagerstogethomefornoondinner.

QUESTIONGENERATION
ModelQuestion:
I wonder what would happen if the villagers stopped participating in the
lottery?

Write three questions that you have after reading The Lottery. These
questions can be based on something unanswered in the text or something you
wouldliketoknowmoreabout.

[WewillbeusingthesequestionsforourSocraticSeminar]
Question1

Question2

Question3

Lesson 2: Tuesday December 13

DONOW:H
owdoesJacksonforeshadowtheending?Atthesametime,how
doesshemakeitseemlikethisisjustanordinarystorywithanordinary
town?(Useevidencefromthetexttosupportyouranswer)

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Read The Lottery again, and pay attention to details that answer the
questionbelow.
Page#

Whataspectsofthelotteryhaveremainedtrueto
traditionorchangedovertime?

Trueto
Tradition

Changed
Tradition
overTime

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THEME:

QUESTIONGENERATION
Question1

Question2

Question3

Lesson 3: Wednesday December 14

DONOW:L
ookoverthesixdiscussionquestionsyougeneratedoverthelast
twodays.Choosethefourbestquestionsandtranscribethembelow
Question1

Question2

Question3

Question4

SEMINARNOTES:

Lesson 4: Thursday December 15-16

THELOTTERYPROJECT

Pickoneofthefollowingextendedactivities.Youwillhaveoneperiod
ThursdayandtwoperiodsFridaytocompleteit.Yourfinalprojectisdueby
theendofthedayFriday.

Options:
1.Makeaboardgameinwhichsomesortoflotteryisinvolved.
Youmustcreatearulebookanddirectionsforhowthegame
isplayedandagameboard
Inadditiontothegame,writeaone-paragraphexplanation
ofhowyourgameworks

2.WriteanewspaperarticlediscussingtheeventsofJune27th.Be
suretoincludewho,what,where,whenandwhyinthecolumn.
Yourarticlemustbeaminimumofthreeneatly-written
paragraphs
Youmustincludecontextofthedaysevents,andinyourlast
paragraphwriteyourcommentaryonwhetherornotyou
thinktheLotteryshouldcontinue
Feelfreetointerviewcharactersanddecorateyour
newspaperwithdrawingsaswell!

3.WriteanarrativeinthesamestyleasTheLottery.
Youcanmakeupyourownsettingandcharacters,aslongas
yourstoryhasasimilarplot
Minimumofthreeneatly-writtenparagraphs
Becreative!

YOUHAVE120MINUTESOFCLASSTIMETOCOMPLETE
THISPROJECT,SOMAKESURETHATYOURFINAL
PRODUCTISQUALITY!