The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Choice Board
Choice board for Shirley Jackson's The Lottery where students pick analysis prompts on repeated words, foreshadowing, the village's reasons for the lottery, a claim weighed from both sides and the story's theme.
- Grades
- Grades 7–10, Middle School, High School
- File type
- Multiple File Types
- Editable
- Yes
- Subject
- ELA, Literature
- Topic
- choice board, cross-curricular
- Resource types
- Activities
- Editable
- Yes
About this resource
What's inside this resource
This resource is a The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Choice Board.
This is a great comprehension activity that will keep students engage as they make selections from the choice board.
The choice board can be used in 3 ways:
- Individually
- Whole group
- Small groups
This can be accessed as a Google Slides and assigned into Google Classroom, but you may also choose to download & use it as a PowerPoint.
A teacher guide is included to assist you.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Identify examples of foreshadowing in The Lottery and explain what they hint at
- Weigh details for and against a claim about the story in a two-sided table
- Propose a possible theme for the story
Skills covered
- Word choice analysis — students examine what the story's repeated words and phrases suggest
- Supported reasoning — students give reasons the village holds the lottery and back each one with details from the text
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- Foreshadowing
- Word choice
- Theme
- Claims and reasons
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