How to Win “The Lottery” in the Classroom with “The Lottery Movie”

Here’s a nice “The Lottery” lesson plan.

Before you show either of these two movies, print out this Template Literary Interpretation T-Chart and hand it out.

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Throw one of these objectives on the board; otherwise, you might “win” the principal’s observation lottery, which seems to happen when you’re sick or showing videos without objectives on the board.

  • RL.9-10.7 – Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment.
  • RL.11-12.7 – Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text.

If you like this lesson plan, check out “The Lottery” teaching guide. It contains more than a week’s worth of lesson plans, graphic organizers, answer keys, rubrics, quizzes, and more. It’s only $4.50. You can also check out these free resources on my “The Lottery” web page.


I’ll start with the good version of “The Lottery.” This one was made in 2009. It’s about 9 minutes long. There is a minor swear word around the 3:15 mark. Beware.


 

This next “The Lottery” movie resembles the story accurately: It’s an outdated relic of the past.

If you include the video review lesson plan (above), you’ll have 18 minutes of edutainment followed by student analysis.

Here’s the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMhV3fwx5Sg

Last Updated on November 17, 2016 by Trenton Lorcher

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