1. Homework Check
Get out your Unreliable Narrator story and staple your rubric to it.
If you did not complete it, you will finish it in the hallway. Failure to turn in the paper today will result in a Step 1.
Also, make sure you make up your quiz by 3:00pm tomorrow. Otherwise, it will be a zero.

2. The Lottery
Students will analyze the importance of traditions by creating a concept map.
By Shirley Jackson

3. Bellwork
Traditions

4. Shirley Jackson ( )
American author best known for “The Lottery” & “The Haunting of Hill House”.
Her fiction is known for it’s pessimistic view of human nature and social criticism.
Jackson’s detached narrative style is suspenseful and thought- provoking .

5. The Lottery Published in June 1948 issue of The New Yorker magazine.
The reaction of the public to the story was very negative. Many readers canceled their subscriptions.

6. Historical Context: The Lottery
Representative of the social, political, cultural climate in which it was published.
The following historical events all influenced Jackson…

7. Historical Context: The Lottery
WWII

8. Historical Context: The Lottery
The Atomic Bomb

9. Historical Context: The Lottery
The Holocaust

10. Historical Context: The Lottery
Communism (Threat to American way of life)

11. Vocabulary: The Lottery
Profusely (Adj.)
Abundant; in great amount.

12. Vocabulary: The Lottery
Boisterous (Adj.)
Rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy

13. Vocabulary: The Lottery
Jovial (Adj.)
Characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship

14. Vocabulary: The Lottery
Paraphernalia (N.)
Equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity.

15. Vocabulary: The Lottery
Reprimand (N.)
A severe reproof or rebuke

16. The Lottery: Day 1- Formative
Socrative
In your browser, type in b.socrative.com
Under Student
Join Room, type
in the room name:
Lesniak, then
click go.
3) You have 5
minutes to answer
all questions.

17. Literature Terminology: The Lottery
Atmosphere

18. Literature Terminology: The Lottery
Atmosphere
The tone of the story; the feeling or mood created in the reader by a literary passage based on the words used.

19. The Lottery
Students will analyze the importance of traditions in The Lottery by identifying the purpose of rituals within the story.
By Shirley Jackson

20. The Lottery: Bellwork Read the 1st paragraph:
What do you think the atmosphere is on the day of the lottery, according to the first paragraph of the story? What about the passage suggests this atmosphere?

21. The Lottery
DAY II
By Shirley Jackson

22. Vocabulary: The Lottery
Nonchalant –adjective
Coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual.

23. Vocabulary: The Lottery
Exploitation (N.)
Use or utilization, esp. for profit.

24. Vocabulary: The Lottery
Interminably (Adj.)
Monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant.

25. Vocabulary: The Lottery
Petulantly (Adj.)
Moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation.
Esp. over some annoyance

26. The Lottery: Day 2- Formative
Socrative
In your browser, type in b.socrative.com
Under Student
Join Room, type
in the room name:
Lesniak, then
click go.
3) You have 5
minutes to answer
all questions.

27. The Lottery: Day 2- Formative Answers
Socrative

28. PARTNER DISCUSSION: The Lottery
In partners, discuss and respond to the following questions:
Your reactions should be in sentence form and written on your own worksheet.
Search the text for TEXTUAL EVIDENCE.
Each person must contribute to the conversation.
Make sure to use eye-contact
Articulate your ideas thoroughly
Speak clearly—keep hands away from face
Speak using your inside voice: Your partner should be able to hear you, but no one else should

29. PARTNER DISCUSSION: The Lottery
Why do the townspeople hold the Lottery? What is the purpose?
What is the atmosphere at the climax of the story? How does Jackson create this atmosphere?
After finishing the story, what seeming insignificant details actually gained meaning after revisiting them? (i.e. the pile of rocks). Which literary technique is Jackson using?
What does Mrs. Delacroix’s extra-large stone say about her character?

30. The Lottery
DAY III
By Shirley Jackson

31. Mob Mentality
Definition: Herd mentality where people are described to be influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors, follow trends, superstitions, traditions, etc.

32. Examples
1. The Holocaust: Looking back on Nazi Germany, it’s difficult to comprehend how ordinary people acted so ruthless and inhumane. Even if you assume the average German citizen didn’t know what was happening in the concentration camps, there were still 24,000 members in the “Death’s Head Unit,” that was in charge of the concentration camps. Even hatred and extreme anti-Semitism aren’t enough to motivate the average person to commit murder, but put that person in a group of other like-minded individuals with leaders pushing for brutality, and BOOM: mob mentality ensues.

33. Examples
Salem Witch Trials: The 1692 Salem Witch Trails are everyone’s favorite example of mob mentality. In fact, this incident made such an impression that—over 320 years later—we still use the phrase “witch hunt” to describe people being senselessly persecuted (wronged or mistreated).

34. Examples
Stock Market Trends: Uncertainty and fear are thought to cause stock market falls. When people believe the stock market is doing well they have no problem spending money. Once they hear rumors about economic problems stocks go down.

35. Examples
The Internet: The Internet is a breeding ground for herd mentality. Not only is it easy for online users to find pack of other individuals who share their brand of crazy, but it shields everyone under a cloak of anonymity, which gives people the freedom to let go of their social restraints.