The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

What does the vocabulary word tend (verb) mean?

• Pick an item

• To throw a rock into a pond

• To gather

• To do something regularly and in a particular way

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

What does the vocabulary word select (verb) mean?

• To gather together regularly

• To choose an item from a group of things

• To run to the village

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

Plot: What happened of the morning of June 27th in The Lottery?

• The children cried

• The villagers ate lunch

• The village people begin to gather in the town square for the lottery

• The village people brought their pets to all meet each other and play a game

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

How did the villagers respond to the box? What did this tell you about the box?

• The villagers were very excited to see the box.

• The box has special powers and eats the children.

• The villagers "kept their distance" from the box. The men hesitate before they come forward. The villagers seem afraid of the box.

• The box seems like a happy thing and the villagers all want to steal it.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the vocabulary word conduct mean?

• To come before something else.

• To preform a song for a crowd.

• To organize or carry out an event or process.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the vocabulary word precede mean?

• To come before something else.

• To gather into a crowd.

• To organize an event or process.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4