Lottery 3 lessons

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

This week:

MONDAY

Pre-reading activity 

Listening to the story (take listening notes)

TUESDAY

Post-reading discussion & debate

Post-reading creative acitivity

WEDNESDAY

Finishing creative activity

Pre-reading

Fill in the handout and be ready to explain your answers to the class. Do not over think it!

(5 minutes)

THEME(s)

Scapegoating

Blindly following tradition

Mob-mentality

Reliance on games of chance

...

Food for thought

 Why are the townspeople holding the lottery? 

Why don’t they stop? 

Do we know or have cultural traditions that do not seem to have a rational base and may be harmful?

Can we morally judge other cultures for their traditions?

Societies should be allowed to keep traditions that we deem outdated.

1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. Disagree
4. Strongly disagree

And now for something completely different...

 

or is it?

Poetry

• classical poetry
• modern poetry
• nursery rhymes
• spoken word / slam
• lyrical poetry / rap / songs
• haiku
• blackout poetry

How to make blackout poetry

• pick a page (copies at the front of the class, take a new one if one doesn't work)
• scan the page, don't read it!
• pick a word that stands out to you, this will be your anchor word, and will guide what the poem is about.
• use a pencil to circle words or groups of words that could work with your anchor word, you can read the page now.
• Choose the final words, circle them or parts of them, blackout the rest and/or decorate.

Create a blackout poem from a page of The Lottery!

• You don't have to blackout everything!
• You can use guidelines if you don't want to use the words in order from top to bottom, left to right (see examples)
• Sometimes a page just doesn't work, pick a new one.