The Lottery

Author- Shirley Jackson
Prereading- Justice is when everones voice is heard a a fair decision is made about an event.
Traditions- My family has always gone and cut down our ouwn Christmas tree for as long asi can remember. We always go to my grandamas on my mothers side every Christmas day.
Plot/Reaction- The villagers allhad to draw a piece of paper from the black box and the family with the black dot, a family member had to die.
Why stoned? Why did they do it?

By the waters of Babylon c/q/c

Claim: The first society caused their own detruction.
Quote: I remember the dead mans face. They were men who were here before us we must rebuild.
Commentary: The people who were there before the society, and they destoryed themselves in some kind of war and was the reason of their own demise. We need to take in new information slowly and must fully understand it to use it.

There will come soft rains

Author:  Ray Bradbury

Prereading:  I think the worls will look similar to the way it does today, but things will be a lot easier than  they are today.

Plot/Reaction: 

7:00                                                                            time to get up 7:09                                                                            breakfast time 8:01                                                                            go to school 8:30                                                                            eggs were shrived 9:15                                                                            time to clean 10:00                                                                          sun came out 10:15                                                                          garden sprinklers came on 12 noon                                                                      dog whined 2:00                                                                            a voice sang 2:15                                                                            dog was gone 2:30                                                                            bridge tables sprouted from patio walls. 4:30                                                                            nursery walls glowed.

                

Questions:  Why did everyone have to die? Why did the house explode?

Quotient Sandwhich

Claim: The house in the story used a lot of technology to make life easier.

Quote: In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior 8 pieces of perfectly browned toast, 8 sunny side up eggs, 16 slices of bacon, 2 coffees, and 2 cool glasses of milk.

Commentary: The house made life so much easier that it implied that humans are not needed  for the rest of the world to keep working and moving on.

Quotation Sandwiches

Claim:
The society that Harrison Bergeron lives in is not at all equal.

Quote:
"All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General."

Commentary:
This means that there was not equality because the people giving the handicaps were clearly better then those receiving them.                                        

Harrison Bergeron

Author-Kurt Vonnegut
Prereading-
What is equality?
Equality- Being treated the same as everyone else no matter what.
Plot/reaction-
                    1 Harrison Bergeron is a man who has the most handicaps out of anyone.
                    2. Harrison goes on tv and shows that you do not need handicaps
Questions- Why does he get shot?
                  Why dont the government people need handicaps

Content of a dead a dead mans pocket group work

Exposition

• Tom and his wife are the main characters.
• Tom's wife leaves without him.
• He stays home to work. 
• New York City  building 11 stories up.

Rising Action

• The window comes open.
• The paper flew out the window.
• He climbs out to go get it.
• He reaches the paper.

Climax

• He finally reached the paper but is unable to move.

Falling Action

• He is able to finally move and gets to the window
• He has to punch through it to get back into this apartment.

Resolution

• He now has his paper again, and keeps it on his desk with a pen.

Symbol

• The yellow paper is a symbol of his hard work and the power he can obtain with that paper.

Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket

Title of Selection: Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket
By: Jack Finney
Date Read: 10/8/10

Pre-reading
Top 5 priorities in my life:
1. family and friends.
2. grades
3. baseball
4. basketball
5. my faith

Plot/Reaction
The yellow sheet of paper was full of facts, quotations and figures that he needed for work. Tom retrieves the paper by climbing out of the window, onto the side of the building.

Questions

why did tom care so much?

Why didnt Tom use something heavier to weigh it down the second time around?

did Clare ever find out about all this?

Quote
Tom Benecke burst into laughter and then closed the door behind him." this means that Tom finally got his priorities straight and lightened up a little about work.