The Lottery Short Story Unit - Shirley Jackson Middle School Short Story Project

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Short Story Unit - Activities and Comprehension Questions! Perfect for your upcoming short story unit or dystopian literature unit, this package contains graphic organizers and activities to go along with The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. The Lottery short story questions, a biography activity, a giant pennant project, and a hexagonal thinking activity are also included.

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This creative and engaging package includes the following:

⭐Shirley Jackson Biography and Activities: A detailed reading passage all about the life of Shirley Jackson is included, in 2 versions - with and without built in annotation activity. A complete set of comprehension questions to go along with the passage (with answer key) and fact gathering template are also included.

⭐The Lottery Comprehension Questions: A full page of questions to go along with the story are included, as well as a detailed answer key!

⭐Hexagonal Thinking Guide and Activity: Everything you need to complete am engaging hexagonal thinking activity is included - teacher information, step by step guide, example, connections organizer, and hexagon cards! This is great way to get students thinking deeply about text in creative and innovative ways!

⭐Reading Strategy Question Pages A full set of reading strategy based question pages are included, asking students to question, determine importance, visualize, and more. Use all of the pages, or choose the ones that work best for your students.

⭐Story Element Analysis: For this activity, students must examine the protagonist, antagonist, point of view, conflict, and setting of the story. They must also provide a short summary of the story. A detailed answer key is included.

⭐Symbolism Analysis: For this activity, students must examine and explain key symbols in the story. A detailed answer key is included.

⭐Comprehension Pennant Project: A fun pennant activity is included as an alternate to the traditional comprehension questions and story analysis worksheets. For this, students record the same information, but in a fun pennant format. Templates and full instructions to create these giant pennant projects are included. They make wonderful bulletin board displays!

⭐Plot Diagram: Students use the included plot diagram to record key events in this spooky story.

⭐Vocabulary Words and Activities: A full list of vocabulary words with corresponding activities are included.

⭐The Lottery Graphic Organizers: A wide variety of different graphic organizers to use along with the story are included. These ask students to look carefully at key events and characters in the story, and present their findings in creative ways.

⭐Close Reading Information - Short Story Annotation Activities: Multiple pages of Close Reading information are included, in case you would like to have students use this effective reading strategy as they read through the story. A handy student annotation guide is also included.

⭐Digital EASEL Activities: Digital EASEL versions of the questions, symbolism, and literary element analysis pages have been included. Text boxes have been added and answer keys have been removed so the pages are ready for your students to use online.

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"This is a really great resource, the activities are engaging and there are a variety of skills that students must use in other to complete the unit. I have used it twice and the kids have really liked it. I would use this resource again."
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"Amazing resource. Definitely recommend it!"
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"This was an excellent unit! I used it with my sixth grade students. This unit helped me to walk them through the story. It was great for exploring conflict, the different kinds of irony and for discussing symbolism, as well."
-Colin O'Neill

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