10th Grade EnglishMonday2 December 2013

Agenda:• Ch 8 Vocabulary • Listen to/Read Chapters 8-10• Answer Ch 8-10 Comprehension Questions

H/W:1. Symbolism Project Due Friday, 12/62. Chapters 5-8 Vocab Test on Wednesday, 12/4

Ch 8 VocabMenace: a possible danger; a threat.POS: nounSample Sentence: the toddler was a menace in a shop full of crystal.

Ch 8 VocabDerisive: mocking, taunting shoutsPOS: adjectiveSample Sentence: The dis respectful woman gave a short, derisive laugh at the camera man.

Ch 8 VocabSanctity: the condition of being sacred or saintly.POS: nounSample Sentence: Wedding rings are a reminder of the sanctity of marriage.

Ch 8 VocabSodden: thoroughly soaked or saturated. OR expressionless, stupid or dull from drinking too much.POS: adjectiveSample Sentence: His clothes made him cold and miserable as they were already sodden from the rain earlier that day.

Ch 8 Questions1. What is the “Lord of the Flies”? 2. What two things does Jack’s tribe steal from

Ralph’s? 3. Who dies? 4. Describe the death scene.5. Who is first to insist that the murder was an

accident?6. Which character doesn’t get any pork? 7. What does Jack tell Ralph about the conch? 8. Where is the body of the dead character at the

end of the chapters? 9. Where is the beastie or the dead pilot at the

end of the chapters?

Ch 8 Questions10. What does Jack order the boys to do as the

weather turns? 11. What does the sow’s head represent to Simon? 12. Name the bigun’s left in Ralph’s tribe.13. What effect did the paint and the costume have

on Jack?14. What might the character’s death symbolize?15. Where does Jack’s tribe make camp? 16. Who is the first to discover the true identity of the

beast?17. Why does Jack leave the group?18. Who blows the conch to call an assembly at the

beginning of Ch. 8?19. Who suggests that they return to the mountain to

hunt for the beast?