1. Bellringer
Choose the correct answer to the riddle on the left and EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.
Her grandmother
Her mother
Her daughter
Her granddaughter
I am Teresa
3-4 minutes

2. “The Lottery” By Shirley Jackson
Lesson 2

3. I Can… Identify the central idea of a text.
9-10.RL.KID.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development; provide an objective or critical summary.
Revise writing.
9-10.W.PDW.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
1 minute

4. You Will Need…
Your copy of “The Lottery” starting on page 243 of your purple guide book
The “Written Response After Reading” handout that you started working on yesterday (page 197 in the purple guide book)
Annotation supplies
Writing utensil
1 minute

5. Active Reading Practice
Sample:
“...it was the business of the official of the lottery to ask such questions formally.”
“...soft laughter ran through the crowd…”
As you listen to paragraphs 41-65…
Highlight words or phrases that describe ASPECTS OF THE LOTTERY TRADITION in BLUE.
Highlight words or phrases that reveal CHARACTER’S PERSPECTIVE OF THE LOTTERY in YELLOW.
12 minutes

6. Partner Work
With your partner, complete the directed note-taking chart on page 198 of your purple guidebook.
HINT: Use your annotations to support your response.
You have 10 minutes to work on this task.
10-15 minutes
Guiding Questions to Help Along the Way:
What are the most important aspects of the lottery traditions? (Those will be the details you want to discuss.)
What text supports that these are the most important aspects?
What has changed about the lottery?
What text supports that these are changes?

7. As you listen to the remainder of the text, think about the questions below.
What is Shirley Jackson saying about tradition?
What is Shirley Jackson saying about change?
How do the concepts of traditions and change relate to social injustice?
12 Minutes
Students should understand that this story ends with a stoning which portrays clinging to tradition in a negative light.
NOTE: As you read the text with students, use the time to stop and ask review questions or to reiterate any concepts they have been struggling with throughout the study or even from last semester if you see an opportunity to do so,

8. Homework
Now that you have finished the text, go back and revise your writing from yesterday’s lesson on page 197 of your purple guide book.
Try to pay attention to sentence structure and use some different sentence types that you may not have tried before.
You MUST write at lease 4-5 sentences.
Your work will be due (along with your chart on page 198) when you come to class tomorrow!
The remainder of the class period