*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 take out “Biography of the Story” from yesterday 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?
*Three specific
sections:
*pg 2, para 3,
start at “Even my mother…” to end of para: How is this belief an echo of the
time her parents and others lived through or their generation?
*Pg 2, last para,
start at “…most vehement” to bottom of pg: Why does she think/write this?
*Pg 3, para 1,
start at “The New Yorker never…” to “…ever published”: Why do you think this
received more than others?
*What is your
reaction to the end of her ‘biography’ (start at “The general tone…”)?
*Small Group
Discussion of “The Lottery”
*“The Lottery”
continued: discuss 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 Schoology
based on what group
thinks
*Read book for BwF
while waiting for all to be done (at any point)
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