How does your selected character’s actions, interactions, and/or growth in the short story contribute to our understanding of one of the story’s major themes?
Answer – the question, using a few words from the question to ensure you are responding to it directly. Include the title, author, and genre of the novel in your opening sentence. In the first sentence, after the TAG, write the theme statement. THEN, write 1-2 sentences that introduce your character and begin to explain how the character helps to reveal the theme.
Prove – Include one piece of text evidence (cite page #) for your response so far.
Explain – how that text evidence helps to support your answer.
[provide a transition sentence with more context as needed]
Prove – With a 2nd piece of text (cite page #) to add more evidence for your response.
Explain – how this next text evidence adds more support for your answer.
Expand – Continue your explanation by going beyond what happens in the text. Describe what we learn from this character and theme overall or provide a deeper understanding of the character and theme. Conclude by summing up the significance of this story and this “lesson learned.”
THE STORY IS "THE LOTERRY" BY SHIRLEY JACKSON
