Literature

1. THE LOTTERY
Literature as a Means of
Valuing Other
START!
LESSON 3:

2. Let’s end this year with a thankful
heart and start the new year with
peace and faith. Let us release
the bitterness and frustrations of
the past year. Let us move into
the next year knowing that God
loves us and wants the best for
us. Let's pray that the new year
will be focused on healing
ourselves through repentance and
the renewing of our minds. We
were not meant to do life alone!
We can bring the light of hope
into our own heart, home, and
world.
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3. Pre-Test
Question 1
It is the time and location in which a story
takes place.
This genre uses characters, settings, and
plots that are not real but could resemble the
truth.
Question 3
Question 4
Question 2
It is the underlying meaning or main idea
of a story.
It is the angle from which the story is
told.
A. Characterization C. Setting
B. Conflict D. Plot
A. Fantasy C. Historical Fiction
B. Fiction D. Non-Fiction
A. Mood C. Setting
B. Plot D. Theme
A. Author’s view C. Character view
B. Camera view D. Point of view

4. Pre-Test
Question 5
He/ She is the main character in the story.
It is the opposition of forces which ties one
incident to another and makes the plot move.
Question 7
Question 8
Question 6
It is the most exciting part of the story.
This is a person or an animal which takes
part in the action of a story.
A. Antagonist C. Instigator
B. Antagonizer D. Protagonist
A. Character C. Conflict
B. Climax D. Setting
A. Climax C. Rising Action
B. Exposition D. Setting
A. Character C. Narrator
B. Plot D. Setting

5. Pre-Test
Question 9
He/ She is the main character in the story.
It is the opposition of forces which ties one
incident to another and makes the plot move.
Question 10
A. Antagonist C. Instigator
B. Antagonizer D. Protagonist
A. Character C. Conflict
B. Climax D. Setting

6. In this module, you will learn how culture affects one’s
way of living. After going through this lesson, you are
expected to:
● explain how a selection may be influenced by culture, history,
environment or other factors;
● analyze literature as a means of valuing other people and their
various circumstances in life (EN9LT- IIc-15); and
● Explore thoughts through story chart as expressed in the
story.
Lesson Objectives:

7. QUESTION 1
Table of
Contents
QUESTION 2
QUESTION 3
QUESTION 4
QUESTION 5
QUESTION 6
A.Unlocking Difficulties
The students will identify or guess
the word represented by each
puzzle with the corresponding
meaning in box. They will choose
the answers in the box below.

8. QUESTION 1
Table of
Contents
QUESTION 2
QUESTION 3
QUESTION 4
QUESTION 5
QUESTION 6

9. QUESTION 1
Table of
Contents
QUESTION 2
QUESTION 3
QUESTION 4
QUESTION 5
QUESTION 6

10. Culture Influencing Literature
Literature is a big part of all cultures. Different
countries study books that shape their nations.
As people read, they understand what made
their home the way it is. Literature can inform
people; it can share history and it becomes the
history of a certain place or the world. Many
writers create literary pieces that tell so much
about their culture and traditions. One of them
is Shirley Jackson.
PHILIPPINE LIT
CULTURE &
LITERATURE
AFRO-ASIAN
LITERATURE
ENGLISH-
AMERICAN LIT
WORLD
LITERATURE
PROSE &
POETRY

11. THE AUTHOR: Shirley Jackson
She is an American writer.
She was popular during her
life, and her work has
received increased attention
from literary critics in recent
years. She is best known for
the short story "The Lottery"
(1948), which reveals a secret,
sinister underside to small
American village.
LIFE
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
ACHIEVEMENTS
WORKS
LOTTERY
December 14, 1916 to August 8, 1965

15. Activity 1: Unlikely Raffle
Fortune
You won 100 million pesos in a lottery.
1.
Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, match the idea that would best
describe for each given situation. Then, give a brief explanation why you
have matched the word to each situation.
EMOJIS
Intention Concept Entertainment Death
You would like to go out since GCQ has been lifted, but your
parents forbade you to leave the house.
You heard about people not wanting to follow the order or law in
your community.
You won a ticket to a K-Pop concert.
You have seen the murdered body of your neighbor.
2.
3.
4.
5.

19. Literature is Worth Reading
a Thousand Times
ACTIVITY 3: READING

20. Watch the short video
of the story
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQQoMCaUz5Y
AUDIO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpl3nFL7-
yQ&list=PLHu4fHVzMhijGC5VyGQ485ur9KySLkSo_

22. The villagers of a small town gather
together in the square on June 27, a beautiful
day, for the town lottery. In other towns, the
lottery takes longer, but there are only 300
people in this village, so the lottery takes only
two hours. Village children, who have just
finished school for the summer, run around
collecting stones. They put the stones in their
pockets and make a pile in the square. Men
gather next, followed by the women. Parents
call their children over, and families stand
together.
Paragraph 1
The
Lottery
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Reading Selection: THE LOTTERY by Shirley Jackson

23. Mr. Summers runs the lottery because he
has a lot of time to do things for the village. He
arrives in the square with the black box, followed
by Mr. Graves, the postmaster. This black box isn’t
the original box used for the lottery because the
original was lost many years ago, even before the
town elder, Old Man Warner, was born. Mr.
Summers always suggests that they make a new
box because the current one is shabby, but no one
wants to fool around with tradition. Mr. Summers
did, however, convince the villagers to replace the
traditional wood chips with slips of paper.
Paragraph 1
The
Lottery
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Reading Selection: THE LOTTERY by Shirley Jackson

24. Mr. Summers mixes up the slips of
paper in the box. He and Mr. Graves made
the papers the night before and then locked
up the box at Mr. Summers’s coal company.
Before the lottery can begin, they make a
list of all the families and households in the
village. Mr. Summers is sworn in. Some people
remember that in the past there used to be
a song and salute, but these have been lost.
Paragraph 1
The
Lottery
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Reading Selection: THE LOTTERY by Shirley Jackson

25. Tessie Hutchinson joins the crowd, flustered
because she had forgotten that today was the day of
the lottery. She joins her husband and children at the
front of the crowd, and people joke about her late
arrival. Mr. Summers asks whether anyone is absent, and
the crowd responds that Dunbar isn’t there. Mr.
Summers asks who will draw for Dunbar, and Mrs.
Dunbar says she will because she doesn’t have a son
who’s old enough to do it for her. Mr. Summers asks
whether the Watson boy will draw, and he answers that
he will. Mr. Summers then asks to make sure that Old
Man Warner is there too.
Paragraph 1
The
Lottery
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Reading Selection: THE LOTTERY by Shirley Jackson

26. Mr. Summers reminds everyone about the
lottery’s rules: he’ll read names, and the family heads
come up and draw a slip of paper. No one should look at
the paper until everyone has drawn. He calls all the
names, greeting each person as they come up to draw a
paper. Mr. Adams tells Old Man Warner that people in the
north village might stop the lottery, and Old Man Warner
ridicules young people. He says that giving up the lottery
could lead to a return to living in caves. Mrs. Adams says
the lottery has already been given up in other villages, and
Old Man Warner says that’s “nothing but trouble.”
Paragraph 1
The
Lottery
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Reading Selection: THE LOTTERY by Shirley Jackson

27. Mr. Summers finishes calling names, and
everyone opens his or her papers. Word quickly
gets around that Bill Hutchinson has “got it.” Tessie
argues that it wasn’t fair because Bill didn’t have
enough time to select a paper. Mr. Summers asks
whether there are any other households in the
Hutchinson family, and Bill says no, because his
married daughter draws with her husband’s
family. Mr. Summers asks how many kids Bill has,
and he answers that he has three. Tessie
protests again that the lottery wasn’t fair.
Paragraph 6
The
Lottery
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 10
Reading Selection: THE LOTTERY by Shirley Jackson

28. Mr. Graves dumps the papers out
of the box onto the ground and then
puts five papers in for the Hutchinsons.
As Mr. Summers calls their names, each
member of the family comes up and
draws a paper. When they open their
slips, they find that Tessie has drawn the
paper with the black dot on it. Mr.
Summers instructs everyone to hurry
up.
Paragraph 6
The
Lottery
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 10
Reading Selection: THE LOTTERY by Shirley Jackson

29. The villagers grab stones and run
toward Tessie, who stands in a clearing
in the middle of the crowd. Tessie says
it’s not fair and is hit in the head with a
stone. Everyone begins throwing stones
at her.
Paragraph 6
The
Lottery
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 8
Reading Selection: THE LOTTERY by Shirley Jackson

30. Tradition
● “Lottery in June, corn be
heavy soon”
(528-529).
⮚ The stoning was a sacrifice made for
good crops
⮚ Sacrifice goes back to ancient times
(Aztecs, Incas, Mayans)
■ Blood is vital to human life, a life-

31. Tradition
● The villagers get rid of parts of the
tradition they feel are pointless
○ The chant & the salute
○ They keep the savage ritual of sacrifice
● The author is pointing out how
resistant people are to change
(esp. the older generation – Old
Man Warner)

32. I JUST LEARNED THAT STORY SYMBOLIZES… SYMBOLISM

33. Activity 4: Comprehension Questions
1.What does the lottery mean to the townspeople in the
story? Do they all have the same reaction? Do they
question their obedience? Why or Why not?
2. What does the story reveal about the place
of men and women in this small town? Give
specific examples from the story.
How do the people in the village consider the
lottery? Why do they have this activity?
Discuss how the author give a
different meaning to “the lottery”.
Why are the characters and the
setting unnamed? Describe the
setting of the story.
QUESTION 11
Table of
Contents
QUESTION 2
QUESTION 3
QUESTION 4
QUESTION 5
Answer the questions carefully.
1
2
3
4
5

34. Activity 4: Comprehension Questions
Who got the marked slip among the
members of the Hutchinson family?
What did the villagers do to her?
What special event was happening on
that fateful day? Describe.
Discuss the conflict in the story. What
kind of conflict is it?
In your opinion, why did you think no one
defended the family who were destined to die?
1In contemporary history, is there a society (fictional or
real) that practices this kind of tradition? (Examples: The
Purge, Hunger Games, Battle Royale, Lord of the Flies
etc.)
QUESTION 6
Table of
Contents
QUESTION 7
QUESTION 8
QUESTION 9
QUESTION 10
Answer the questions carefully.
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35. Writing
Prompt
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Credits
Directions: Individual Activity
Write an essay about the following: Choose one only.
1. Give an example of a tradition your parents or
grandparents observe that you don‘t. Why don‘t you
follow this tradition? Why do you think some traditions
disappear from generation to generation? Discuss these
points comparing your real-world experiences to those of
the villagers in ―The Lottery‖.
2. Predict what will become of this lottery fifty years
from now. Discuss whether the townspeople still practice
this tradition, and why (or why not).Explain why the
tradition would continue or vanish using both evidence
from the text and real-world examples.
Application of Concepts : Individual Activity

36. Writing
Prompt
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Credits
ESSAY RUBRIICS
Application of Concepts : Individual Activity

37. Writing
Prompt
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Credits
Application of Concepts : GROUP Activity
TASK: ORGANIZING IDEAS
This time, work in groups of five.
Create a graphic organizer containing
the elements of the story ―The
Lottery. Place your graphic organizer
in manila paper and be ready to report
your output to the class.

38. Writing
Prompt
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Credits
Application of Concepts : GROUP Activity
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER RUBRIC
Using the following criteria, choose the appropriate number from
the following scale that reflects your assessment of the student‘s
work.
1 = Weak 2 = Moderately Weak 3 = Average 4 = Moderately Strong
5 = Strong

39. Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) LOGS
Are you up for the challenge? In a week, make a log of
the random good deeds or plans you have
accomplished. No matter how simple or complex it is,
those are counted as long as it is willfully made. Place
those in the boxes of the board below until you reach
the last stop. Put a check ( ) or mark an (X) beside the
numbers if you accomplish it or not.
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY
ABSTRACTIONS
CHARACTER
Elements of
Short Story
SETTING
CONFLICT
POINT OF
VIEW
THEME
SYMBOLISM
PLOT

40. INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY
ABSTRACTIONS
CHARACTER
Elements of
Short Story
SETTING
CONFLICT
POINT OF
VIEW
THEME
SYMBOLISM
PLOT

41. LESSON
LEARNED
Table of
Contents
CULTURE
LEARNED
TRADITION
LEARNED
STORY
ELEMENTS

42. BEFORE
REMEMBER
DURING
AFTER
Identification. Identify the character of the story based on the
following statements.
1. He runs a coal business. _______________________
2. The character who wants to preserve the culture.
____________________
3. They are the parents of Baxter and Bobby. They also run a
grocery store.
4. The first person to draw in the lottery.
___________________________
5. The postmaster, the one who helps in preparation and assists
during the ritual. _____________________

43. Conformity, tradition,
and habit have rendered
the villagers unaware of
their own inhumane evil.

45. CONGRATULATIONS!
You just have completed
Lesson 3.