Lord of the Flies (LOTF) Ch. 2I. Bellwork:

A. Copy: Commas are used to separate individual words, phrases, or clauses in a series.

B. Copy: Ex. I play soccer, basketball, and baseball. Ex. I read a book, paid the bills, and walked the dog.

C. Place the commas: A. Jim Frank and Alex went to the movies.B. I am a writer a poet and a musician.C. Review: I left and he followed.

D. Create a sentence with commas in a series.

Vocab 1. What makes your motivation to do well in

school dwindle? 2. To whom should you never be flippant? 3. What are some ways to build up your

immunity? 4. Where would you go if the school were to

institute an open lunch policy? 5. Which would be a greater liability—to have

no car or to have no cell phone?

• Draw a full page picture of Ralph, Piggy, or Jack. Remember to use the physical description of the character. Underneath the picture, describe the character’s personality. Copy a line from the book that shows the character’s personality is like.

Picture

Respond on ChartWhat does it mean to be civilized? How arecivilized people different from uncivilizedpeople? How are the civilized and uncivilizeddifferent in how they act, what they have,where they live, etc.?

CivilizedUncivilized

III. Background:A. In a survival situation, people will continue

to behave according to the rules of their previous society. This behavior often decreases as the time spent away from that society increases.

B. The boys have come from a so-called “civilized” land and are now in a “uncivilized” area. The book is discussing what it means to be civilized or uncivilized.

Respond

What does “civilized” mean? What makes asociety (group of people) civilized? What docivilized people have that uncivilized people don’thave? What do civilized people do that uncivilizedpeople don’t do?

Respond

Technology is any tool that solves a problem orperforms a specific function. Is technologyoverall something good or bad? When istechnology good? When is technologybad? Give as many examples from your own lifeand from the video.

Respond on the ChartWhat do each of these items of technology do in the book?

Item What it does

conch

glasses

knife

fire

AssignmentA. Read Chapters 2-3 B. Answer study guide questions 2-3