This isn't so much a full lesson plan as some options for projects for students to complete after reading "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.
All of the options can be completed independently, in pairs, or in small groups. I've found that the options take 20-40 minutes to complete, but please assess for your students (you know them best and how long each of the activities should take them to complete). Some of the options will require newspapers, magazines, or internet access to complete.
Tone Collage: Students will
1. Underline or write down five words, phrases, or lines from the story that help to create the tone.
2. Write down at least 2 words that describe the tone of the story.
3. Create a collage of pictures, colors, words, and/ or phrases that illustrates the tone of the story.
Current Connections:
In a current newspaper, find an article that relates to an issue/ idea in the story. Write one paragraph summarizing the article and two paragraphs explaining how the article relates to “The Lottery”.
Conflict & Theme: Students will
1. List the conflicts in the story and how each is resolved.
2. Write a one-sentence summary of the story that includes the main conflict and resolution.
3. Choose a word or short phrase (4 words max) that expresses the topic of the story.
3. Write down three words that describe the tone at the end of the story. (How does the narrator seem to feel about what happened?)
4. From how the conflict is resolved at the end of the story and how the narrator seems to feel about it, write a theme statement. Remember a theme statement should express what the writer of the story thinks about the topic of the story.
Twitter: Students “Live tweet” the story as if they are one of the townspeople.
Write at least 10 “tweets” and be sure to use hashtags.
Character Map: Students will create a character map of any of the characters. Include at least 5 words that describe them and at least one piece of text evidence for each word.
Quiz Time: Students will create their own quiz for the short story. Write four Level-4 questions, three Level-3 questions, two Level-2 questions, and one Level-1 question.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
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