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Discuss:

1. What’s the best story you ever heard?
2. What makes it good?
3. Why do we tell stories?

Anticipation Guide: (Plickers)

For each of the following statements, choose whether you:

A. Strongly Agree

B. Agree

C. Disagree

D. Strongly Disagree

Social norms and expectations give us good guidelines to follow.

A. Strongly Agree   B. Agree. C. Disagree.  D. Strongly Disagree

You shouldn’t follow rules you disagree with.

A. Strongly Agree   B. Agree. C. Disagree.  D. Strongly Disagree

Traditions create community and bring people together.

A. Strongly Agree   B. Agree. C. Disagree.  D. Strongly Disagree

If you choose to be a part of something, you deserve whatever outcome results (good, bad, or otherwise).

A. Strongly Agree   B. Agree. C. Disagree.  D. Strongly Disagree

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson

"The most controversial short story The New Yorker has ever published.

After it ran, hundreds of readers cancelled their subscriptions or wrote letters expressing their anger and confusion over what the story meant.

Jackson became a literary sensation almost overnight."

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson

1. Listen and follow along in the text.
2. We will stop at different points in the text to discuss and answer the comprehension questions.

Reaction: “The Lottery”

1. Did the story end how you expected? Why or why not?
2. Why do you think Shirley Jackson might have decided to tell this story? (”I don’t know” is not an answer; take a reasonable guess, and don’t be afraid to be “wrong”.)
3. Ask one question about this story OR share one connection it makes you think of (either to yourself, the world, or another story/movie/TV show, etc.).