The Lottery

Who gathers in the town square, and how do they arrange themselves?

• Children are arranged by age.

• Children, men, and women are grouped by family.

• Adults are grouped by gender.

• Children are grouped by gender.

What is in the black box?

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

Who is late for the lottery?

• Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson

• Bobby and Harry Jones

• Mr. Graves

• Mr. Summers

Does the head of the family draw the slip of paper from the box?

• Yes

• No

Who keeps being told to be a good sport?

• Mrs. Dunbar

• Jack

• Tessie

• Bill

How many people are in this village?

• 250

• 175

• 300

• 400

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

What is on the slip of paper of the chosen person?

How does the Hutchinson family get selected for the final lottery?

• Their family deserved the punishment.

• The head of the household, Mr. Hutchinson, picked the paper with the black spot.

• There were five papers with black spots and then they had to do rock-paper-scissors to see who lost.

• Their family had the most people in it.

The lottery was made to ensure that what would happen (Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon)?

• To ensure that kids would learn to behave.

• To ensure that the village would not get too populated.

• To ensure that there would be a good harvest of corn for the village.

The final part of the lottery is for all of the villagers to throw what at the "loser"?