Tuesday October 13, 2009

Comp/Lit 9: "The Lottery"

• We started the class by finishing up the compare and contrast discussion of "What You Pawn, I will Redeem" by Sherman Alexie and "30 Days on a Reservation" with Morgan Spurlock (periods 2 & 4 watched the last 10 minutes of the video).
• We reviewed the similarities and differences of the two pieces.
• After our discussion, I collected the compare and contrast notes.
• I checked the Commonly Confused Words flashcards.
• I distributed "The Lottery" packet.
• On the inside of the front cover, students responded to this statement: "We are going to have a lottery today."
• Students shared their responses with the class.
• Then the lottery started. I had a black box in the middle of the room with slips of paper in it. I called each student up in alphabetical order to draw a piece of paper. The students were instructed to not look at the paper. They were to put it aside until we finished the story.
• I assisted the students in setting up the elements of short story notes. They copied down the MLA format for the story citation and I instructed them to take notes on 3 specific characters: Mr. Summers, Mr. Graves, and Mrs. Hutchinson.
• I read the story to the class. Students took notes during the reading.
• I allowed the students to share their responses with the class.
• The students were no longer excited about the lottery; nevertheless, we completed out class lottery.
• I introduced the homework assignment-to write a memo to one of two people. The memo must follow the assigned format and have 4 paragraphs. The memo must be sent in an email to me: sminyard@Lghs.net, by the time class begins on Thursday October 15.
• We ended the period by reading the article "Suspending Moral Judgment." The students need to finish reading the article before they can complete the memo assignment.
• Homework: Finish reading "Suspending Moral Judgment", Write and send the memo, study the commonly confused words, complete the elements of short story notes for "The Lottery", and bring a 1" binder.