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Mark Fountain's avatar

Very smart of you to stop it there,….. man I bet that made them think!!!

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Claire Laporte's avatar

Wow, that sounds like a great class!

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John Nogowski's avatar

It was fun. Really got them thinking. Did you see the one I did on Bartleby?I was really proud of that one. I did a post on it.

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Jan Harayda's avatar

This is great, John. I love that all-too-believable "Why are you stopping it?" quote. Neither @susanlowell nor I has taught "The Lottery" (although we've both taught other things), and it's great to have a teacher's perspective. Thank you for jumping in!

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John Nogowski's avatar

If you have a minute, check out the video. Encyclopedia Brittanica did a film for Bartleby, too. Not sure if you’re still teaching but I had a hellacious Bartleby assignment. It’s such an odd yet popular story, I found all these different sources so I assigned a different one to each kid - and it was supposed to be secret! It was fabulous. I wrote a Substack about it. The day they presented just - sheer luck - the day the Principal came for her observation.

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