English 8

Today we began our unit on short stories.  We looked at different aspects of character and took notes on these six traits.

Students then read the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.

http://sites.middlebury.edu/individualandthesociety/files/2010/09/jackson_lottery.pdf

Students then highlighted any part in the story that had to do with Tessie Hutchinson.

We will continue looking at other story elements next class.