Hi Everyone!
Today we are going to continue our work with, 'The Lottery'. Let's take out our notebooks and open up to our mini-lesson section. Please copy down the following statement.
Readers analyze words and phrases to better understand the implied meanings an author uses when writing a fiction story.
Now let's take a few notes about this:
Click on the following link to work with an activity about 'The Lottery'. It says it is a test, BUT it isn't.
'The Lottery' Implied Meaning Activity
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E-mail me with any questions!
Today we are going to continue our work with, 'The Lottery'. Let's take out our notebooks and open up to our mini-lesson section. Please copy down the following statement.
Readers analyze words and phrases to better understand the implied meanings an author uses when writing a fiction story.
Now let's take a few notes about this:
- Authors pick certain words they want to use because it helps set the tone of a story.
- Implied means to hint at, not directly state
- If we think about 'The Lottery', the author, Shirley Jackson, wants to show the town as a happy, perfect place in America.
- The reader does not realize what the lottery really is until the end and it is because of the words the author chose to use.
- If we think about 'The Lottery', the author, Shirley Jackson, wants to show the town as a happy, perfect place in America.
Click on the following link to work with an activity about 'The Lottery'. It says it is a test, BUT it isn't.
'The Lottery' Implied Meaning Activity
www.classroomclipboard.com/824734
- Click take test next to 'The Lottery' Implied Meaning Activity
- Type your name.
- Add the access code.
DGEAS5 - Click on Start Test
- Answer the questions.
- After you finish, follow the prompts to submit.
- I will receive an email that you did the activity, so you do not need to e-mail me.
E-mail me with any questions!