Friday, November 6, 2015

Friday, Nov. 6 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: WN: Pick one of the words on the board that you believe fits with “The Lottery” and explain how you believe this story shows society’s impact on the individual being the word you chose (again, textual evidence is always a plus). Bring up to me and grab a “Biography of the Story” from the stool, then read it and answer the questions below.
*Questions on the “Biography of the Story”
*Would you have imagined that much of an emotional response from people based on the story? Why yes or no?
*On the back, you see three brackets with ‘questions’ in the margin, answer those.
*What is your reaction to the end of her ‘biography’?
*Small Group Discussion of “The Lottery”
*“The Lottery” continued: Respond to this quote in your writer’s notebook, after discussing it with your group: “Explaining just what I had hoped the story to say is very difficult. I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story's readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.” –Shirley Jackson
*Post information on the blog based on what group thinks

*Read book for BwF while waiting for all to be done (at any point)

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