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Lesson Plan
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"The Lottery"

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Designed to open a unit on the suspense/horror genre, this plan hooks readers with an activity that mirrors the action of Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery"  (without the grisly ending). Use either the twenty-minute 1969 film or...
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Worksheet
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"The Possibility of Evil" Vocabulary

For Students Pre-K - 8th
Read Shirley Jackson's "The Possibility of Evil" and complete this word study. You may choose to introduce these seven words before reading the text to front-load the new words. Words include indulgently, rapt, unchecked, degraded,...