The Lottery and Other Stories Lesson Plan

Shirley Jackson in Adaptation

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will be able to consider how a story changes in adaptation.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

Structure:

Students should watch the following 1969 short film adapting Jackson's story "The Lottery." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZyhVg31iaQ

Then, have students consider the following thought questions:

- How does the short film compare to how you imagined the story?

- Is anything altered about the story simply by telling it in a different medium (film, rather than text)? If so, what and why?

- Would an adaptation of this story filmed in a...