the lottery

What type of tone does the title and beginning of story set?

• Happy
• Gloomy
• Sad
• Extatic

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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Why does the author purposely throw you off from what is going to happen?

• She doesn't
• Because it's a fun thing to do
• So that you're more surprised at the end
• How are we to know the answer to that?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

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The main conflict is what?

• The townspeople vs the woman who dies
• The townspeople vs each other
• The townspeople vs the stones
• The woman who dies vs her family

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CCSS.RL.2.10

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CCSS.RL.4.4

What do you think the main theme of the story is?

• Don't trust other people
• Humans are cruel
• You cannot do something only because tradtion tells you to
• Kids are horrible

What would another theme be?

• Peer pressure can really make people do horrible things
• People do bad things without any help from others
• People are unaware of why they do things
• Think before you act

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Tessie is the only character late to the lottery. Why was she late?

• She is just forgetful
• She was doing mom/wife things like cleaning
• She was taking a nap
• She doesn't care about the lottery

What is the author trying to tell us about their attitude towards how women are treated based on a) why Tessie was late combined with b) Tessie being the person who died

• women are treated great!
• women are treated the same as men
• women are treated worse than men
• women are treated better than men

The story states that the tradition has changed over time, and people really don't remember much but do it anyway. What point is the author trying to get across with this aspect?

• That things change and that's ok
• That it's not ok that things change
• That you can change a tradition and it's fine
• That doing something just bc it's tradition is ridiculous

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

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What day is the lottery held each year?

• December 24th
• February 9th
• June 27th
• October 15th

What color is the box ?

• black
• grey
• white
• red

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

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