I can analyze how tradition influences the world in which we live.
I can determine the meaning of vocabulary words using context clues.
I can analyze how the setting in a story can affect the mood.

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Write in paragraph format.
Date your entries. Today is August 11, 2014.
Respond to the prompts thoughtfully. These prompts can NOT be answered in one sentence.
You will turn in your best entries to be graded.
 Prompt: What would you do if you won the lottery? Discuss in detail the first five things you would do with your winnings.

 Prompt: What would you do if you won the lottery? Discuss in detail the first five things you would do with your winnings.

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Here is what to do in case of the following drills…
 Earthquake drill: get under your desks
 Fire drill: exit my room and go to your left, down the stairwell and out the front door to the grassy area. (It is important that you stay with me and your class-I have to account for you)
○ Sometimes we may have to use an alternate route. This would be to turn right out of my door and exit the building through the doors by the stairwell. YOU WILL MEET IN
THE GRASS AREA NEXT TO THE MARQUEE.
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Lockdown drill: turn the lights off, everyone must be next to the bulletin board wall, you MUST be quiet
Tornado drill: you will exit my room and go to your left, down the front stairwell, and to the area in front of Mrs.
Adams room

 Shirley Jackson
 Please take notes as we discuss the life of Shirley Jackson.
 You will be responsible for connecting the short stories we read to the author and his/her style of writing.
 http://www.shirleyjackson.org/

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Wal-Mart gave everyone a perfunctory hello while mostly staring at his cell phone and reading text messages.
Based on the context clues, what does the word perfunctory mean?
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acting with enthusiasm and energy done routinely with little interest or care acting with sadness and dismay done with anger towards others

 Highlight the vocabulary words in the text.
 Read the sentence above the word, with the word, and after the word.
 Decide the definition for the word based on the context clues.
 Write the definition on your paper.

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 assembled boisterous reprimands surveying reluctantly jovial scold paraphernalia interminably disengaged petulantly stoutly daintily defiantly

 Character
 Setting
 Plot
 Conflict
 Theme

 Setting is the physical location and time in which a story takes place.
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Story’s location
 The time in which the action takes place
 The social environment of the characters, including the manners, customs, and moral values that govern their society

 Setting can create a mood or atmosphere
 Mood is feeling that the text conveys to readers
 Example: If the setting is a warm, sunny beach, I feel…..
 If the setting is a decrepit, abandoned, and old building, I might feel……

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTyy
KROkC3E

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Read the story.
While reading, think about the elements of the short story.
Focus on the setting. Highlight and make annotations during the reading about the setting.
Why does Jackson use this setting?
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How does the setting affect the mood of the story?
Do you notice any irony? If so, what?
READ With a PEN!!!!!!!

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What is the setting of the “The Lottery”?
What is the mood of “The Lottery”?
Is “The Lottery” similar to The Hunger
Games .