“The Lottery” RACE Activity Use the RACE strategy to answer the following question. Responses should be approximately 4 sentences: 1 to restate and answer, 1 to cite evidence from the text, and 2 to thoroughly explain HOW your evidence supports or connect back to your answer in sentence 1.

Question: What does the story suggest to you about authority and obedience to authority? Who--or what--holds authority in the village? Why do some people continue with the annual killing, despite the fact that “some places have already quit lotteries”?

(40 points btw)

Directions: in 2 - 3 paragraphs respond to mack's idea about the "interplay of life and literature" in lines 92 - 100 in " why read shakespeare". 1. explain what it means to say that finding meaning in shakespeare "is a sort of proving ground for finding beauty and meaning in life". provide reasons that support your claim. 2. explain which is more important - that literature teaches readers about life or that understanding life readers understand literature. identify examples from literature you have read. 3. summarize your view of the interplay between literature and your own lives, explaining whether you see a connection or not and why.