Make “Omelas” Dictionary in Reading Log Backwards Read through your paragraph and find words you don’t know and write them down. Seek out two other people and look at their words …do you know their words? If YES, give them the definition. If NO, write their word down, too. During the story, write the definitions of the words that you wrote down based on the “context clues”.

Happiness… If someone is happy all the time, what do you think of them?

Morality. How do you define morality or virtue? From Dictionary.com: the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between  right and wrong;ethical

Some thoughts after the story… What is the ethical problem in their society? What would you do if you lived in Omelas – and why? In what way do we share the dilemma of the people of Omelas? Would it be worth the life of one innocent child to free the world from, say, AIDS? Do stories like this help us think about moral issues and make us stronger people? Why or why not? In Le Guin’s description of the city of Omelas (which is striking), what do we learn of her view of what the Good life consists of? http://r-p-e.blogspot.com/2007/03/ethics-in-ones-who-walk-away-from.html --David Webster