Sometimes the best classroom discussions arise when students say nothing at all!

This product features a thoughtful and engaging activity for use during your study of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery. Centering around 5 provocative passages from the story, this lesson provides your students with a chance to think, reflect, and respond to their peers without ever saying a word. This creative approach is a great way to differentiate instruction among your students and allows even your most quiet students to shine. I am confident that this no-prep lesson will become a must-do activity within your study of The Lottery!

Product Includes:

• 5 "Silent Conversation" worksheets with 5 different quotes from the story
• Lesson plan

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Also, check out these great resources to complement your unit on The Lottery by Language Arts Excellence:

⭐ The Lottery "Tossing Lines" Pre-Reading Activity

⭐ The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ The Lottery Social Media Activities

⭐ The Lottery Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan and Materials

⭐ The Lottery Theme Jigsaw Lesson Plan

⭐ The Lottery Digital Escape Room

⭐ The Lottery Literature Guide

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This product features an engaging pre-reading activity for Shirley Jackson's classic tale of an idyllic town with a shocking tradition, The Lottery. The lesson, called "Tossing Lines," will have each and every one of your students thinking, conversing, writing, and moving all in one class period as they become immersed in the words of the story. At the end of this lesson, students will be chomping at the bit to find out what The Lottery is all about! Over the years, this non-intimidating approach to literature has been the most often requested anticipatory activity that I do with my students.

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• Comprehensive 30 minute Lesson Plan
• 30 Unique "Tossing Lines" cards tailored to The Lottery

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⭐ The Lottery Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan and Materials

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⭐ The Lottery Comprehension Questions, Literary Elements & Vocabulary

⭐ Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint

⭐Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM

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This resource features two engaging, character-driven activities to bring Shirley Jackson's The Lottery into the 21st century! Included are realistic-looking Tweeter and Snap Chatter graphic organizers and one 45 minute lesson plan. In the lesson plan, your classroom will be transformed into a real life "tweeter-world" in which students will create accounts for hypothetical characters in the story and interact with one another through their pages. The Snap Chatter worksheet is perfect for an engaging homework or sub-plan that your students will look forward to working on and sharing with their friends. Your students will thank you for offering such fun ways to connect with Jackson's twisted tale and will not even realize how much they are learning by digging deeply into the text and characters.

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• Snap Chatter graphic organizer
• 2-Page Twitter graphic organizer in color and in black and white
• Meticulously-explained lesson plan for Tweeter activity

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⭐Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint Presentation

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⭐The Lottery Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan & Materials

⭐The Lottery "Tossing Lines" Pre-Reading Activity

⭐ The Lottery Literature Guide

⭐Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM

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This resource features a meticulous lesson plan for reading the story, comprehension questions, a literary elements chart, a vocabulary worksheet, and comprehensive answer keys for Shirley Jackson's chilling tale of a small town, The Lottery. Materials encourage students to examine the text closely and make inferences based on their observations. Each resource is meant to enhance your students' understanding of the story so that you can really dive into the deep stuff! This product is suitable for inside or outside of class and can also function as an emergency substitute plan.

Product Includes:

• Comprehensive Lesson Plan for Reading the Story
• Comprehension Questions
• Literary Elements Chart
• Vocabulary Worksheet
• Answer Keys for all Components

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Also, check out these great resources to complement your unit on The Lottery by Language Arts Excellence:

⭐Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint Presentation

⭐ The Lottery "Tossing Lines" Pre-Reading Activity

⭐ The Lottery Social Media Activities

⭐ The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM

⭐The Lottery Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan & Materials

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This resource features an engaging, interactive, editable PowerPoint Presentation for introducing or reviewing Dystopian Fiction to your students! PowerPoint Presentation runs through an entire lesson from warm-up to explanation, application, and summarizer. Also included are 2 pages of "guided notes" so that you may differentiate your lecture for all levels of students. Recently, a fun dystopia crossword puzzle has been added to help reinforce knowledge of the lesson. Since utopias and dystopias are intrinsically motivating for students, this lesson is always a fun one and gets students excited about the upcoming unit on whatever dystopian novel or short story you'll be reading!

Powerpoint Outline:

• Warm-Up journal entry prompt
• Utopia/Dystopia definitions
• Elements of dystopian literature
• Examples of dystopian novels/movies
• 3-2-1 Exit Ticket
• 2 Pages of differentiated "Guided Notes" to help students with note-taking skills
• Dystopia Crossword Puzzle

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⭐ The Handmaid's Tale

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⭐ Harrison Bergeron

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Make your classroom pop with this set of 25 posters featuring provocative quotes about dystopia. Each 7.5 x 7.5 (square) PDF poster contains a quote either about dystopias or from dystopian literature imposed over a stunning photograph to spruce up your ELA classroom during your dystopian unit. The square format makes for an eye-catching arrangement on your wall or bulletin board and serves as a great conversation starter. I suggest laminating the posters so that you can use them year after year!

Examples of quotes used in this resource:

• “The most important thing you can ever know, is that whatever your purpose is, that’s not your only choice.” ~ Dan Wells
• “Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.” ~ Veronica Roth
• “And what would they be scared of? There’s nothing to fear in a perfect world, is there?” ~ Catherine Fisher
• “Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?” ~ Anthony Burgess,
• “There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me’.” ~ Philip K. Dick

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⭐ Dystopian Literature Socratic Seminar

⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM & PowerPoint

⭐ Escape from Dystopia Digital ESCAPE ROOM & PowerPoint for Distance Learning

⭐ Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint & Crossword

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Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with Shirley Jackson's The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task (and it is!), but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!

How does it work?

In this escape room, students will try to escape the picturesque American town with a dark secret by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, deciphering an encrypted message, and finding clues along the way.

• Close Read: In the first task, students must answer challenging multiple choice questions about The Lottery. The corresponding letters of the correct answers reveal their first code.
• Vocab Challenge: In the second task, students must fill in the blanks with vocabulary words from the text. Shaded boxes within the correct answers form their second code.
• Character IDs: In the third task, students must fill in a blank character chart about important characters in the story. When assembled correctly, letters of the correct answers reveal the third code.
• Criss-Cross: In the fourth task, students must solve a crossword puzzle with questions about literary elements and plot events of the story. Circled boxes on the crossword once unscrambled will reveal the code.
• Encrypted Message: In the fifth and final task, students must decipher an encrypted message (a quote from The Lottery) using clues they collected during the first four tasks. When the message is written on the scroll, final question is answered, and booklet brought to you, they can finally escape before it is their turn to pick from the dreaded black box.

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- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity

Because this is a skills-based escape room, it is perfect for a review of the story before the test.

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Check out these great products to supplement your study of The Lottery:

⭐ The Lottery Digital Escape Room - paperless version

⭐ The Lottery "Tossing Lines" Pre-Reading Activity

⭐ The Lottery Social Media Activities

⭐ The Lottery Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan and Materials

⭐ The Lottery Comprehension Questions, Literary Elements & Vocabulary

Check out these great DYSTOPIA resources to frame the study of this tale:

⭐ Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint Presentation

⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Dystopian Literature Socratic Seminar

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Socratic Seminar Materials for Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

A Socratic Seminar (or a "Fish Bowl" Conversation as I like to call them with my students) is a higher order way of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, this student-tested resource was created to include everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding The Lottery by Shirley Jackson... with very little preparation required on your end.

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• Assignment Directions with step-by-step instructions on how to conduct fishbowls in your classroom

• Engaging Introductory Activity for Conversation Building

• 5 Discussion Questions for each “Fishbowl” conversation

• “Fishbowl” Preparation Sheet

• Conversation Builder Prompts

• Observation Sheet

• Rubric

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Also, check out these great resources to complement your unit on The Lottery by Language Arts Excellence:

⭐ Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint Presentation

⭐ The Lottery Literature Guide

⭐ The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ The Lottery "Tossing Lines" Pre-Reading Activity

⭐ The Lottery Social Media Activities

⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM

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This resource features a Jigsaw activity for discovering themes about human nature and tradition in Shirley Jackson's The Lottery. Literary theme can be a difficult topic for students to grasp, therefore this lesson guides students to closely analyze the text and extrapolate theme statements without relying on teacher-led instruction. In this Jigsaw activity and lesson plan, students cooperatively study and specialize in a quote from The Lottery in one small group_,_ then teach the material to new group members. You will find that this special technique will build comprehension, encourage cooperation, and improve communication among your students (not to mention, allow them a chance to move around the room a bit). Your students will come away from this lesson with a much better grasp on literary theme, as well as some aha-moments as they connect themes within The Lottery to systems and traditions that need a second look in our own society today.

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• Meticulous instructions for Jigsaw activity and full length lesson plan
• 2-Page Graphic Organizer
• Detailed Answer Key to help guide discussion

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Also, check out these great resources to complement your unit on The Lottery by Language Arts Excellence:

⭐Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint Presentation

⭐The Lottery Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan & Materials

⭐ The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ The Lottery "Tossing Lines" Pre-Reading Activity

⭐ The Lottery Social Media Activities

⭐Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM

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