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Lord of the FliesTravel Journal

Mrs. Billie

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As we travel to the deserted island with Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon, Roger, and all the other boys, you will be completing this “Lord of the Flies Travel Journal” to chronicle your thoughts and keep a record of the things you learn along the way.

Some of the Travel Journal entries will be completed in class, but many of the tasks will need to be executedon your own time.

Inside you will find three kinds of work pages:1. Chapter Guides2. Reading Journals3. Reading (and/or) Writing Skills Check-Ups

Be prepared to show your completed Travel Journals at any time.

****Keep in mind, each Chapter Guide work page is due on the same day as its corresponding reading; when the reading is due, so is the Chapter Guide. There is a Chapter Guide for

EVERY CHAPTER.****

Due dates for Reading Journals and Reading/Writing skills check-ups will be announced in class.

Your completed Travel Journal will be collected the day after we have our final Lord of the Flies test.

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Reading Skills Check-Up – Predictions: Read the provided quotes from Lord of the Flies to complete the chart below.

1. “Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along...Then the creature stepped from the mirage on to

clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing” (19).

2. “They knew very well why he hadn't: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the

unbearable blood” (31).

3. “Startled, Ralph realized that the boys were falling still and silent, feeling the beginnings of awe at the power set free below them.

The knowledge and awe made him savage” (44).

4. “He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up” (51).

5. “The forest near them burst into uproar. Demoniac figures with faces of white and red and green rushed out howling” (140).

6. “The chief led then, trotting steadily, exulting in his achievement. He was a chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with

his spear” (168).

7. “You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!” (177).

8. “By him stood Piggy still holding out the talisman, the fragile, shining beauty of the shell” (180).

9. “...Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called

Piggy” (209).

Sort each underlined word/phrase from the quotes above into the category you think it MOST belongs.

Character (Person/Trait)

Setting (Time/Place)

Problem/Conflict

Make predictions for the story based on the word sort and your background knowledge.

Who will be the protagonist (main character) of the novel? What kind of person is he?

How will the setting play an important role in the characters’ and story’s developments?

What might the main conflict (problem) in this story be?

Explain your thought process for one of the three predictions

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Reading Journal: Use the space below to answer the following writing prompt.

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” –Edmund Burke

“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

What do you think these quotes mean? Do you agree with this idea? Why or why not? Make connections and use examples!

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Chapter Guide: complete as you readAnswer each question fully; use at least two complete sentences to develop each answer.

Chapter One The Sound of the Shell

1) Name and describe the first character we meet.

2) Name and describe the second character we meet.

3) What do the boys discover in their exploration? To what use do they put it?

4) Who is the elected leader? Do you think the boys made the right choice? Why or why not?

5) How is the division of labor arranged?

6) What takes place when Jack, Ralph & Simon find a piglet caught in the brush?

7) What effect does the encounter have on Jack?

8) What differences, other than physical ones, are apparent between Ralph and Piggy?

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Writing Skills Check-Up – Punctuation: Read the provided statements from/about Lord of the Flies, Chapter One, and determine whether the underlined portions need an apostrophe(s), quotation marks, or italics.

1a.Hi! it said. Wait a minute! (7).(a) (b)

1b.

2.He trotted through the sand, enduring the suns enmity, crossed the platform, and found his scattered clothes (14).

3.“We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. Theyll come when they hear us –“ (16).

4a.

Lord of the Flies begins en medias res as two boys stumble through the forest in the

(a) (b)aftermath of a plane crash.

4b.

5a.In the first Chapter of Lord of the Flies, The Sound of the Shell, Ralph and Piggy call the (a) (b)survivors of the crash together by blowing through a conch shell.

5b.

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Reading Journal: T-Charts are a type of chart; a graphic organizer in which a student lists and examines two facets of a topic.

Today we will create a T-Chart about symbolism in Lord of the Flies. First, let’s talk about a microcosm, a symbolic term. A microcosm is a miniature world that mirrors the larger world.

The plane that crashed with the schoolboys on board represents civilization, with its technical achievements and the power to destroy and kill. The island is an untouched paradise set off from the larger world. In this way, it becomes a “microcosm” of what the larger world is and once was. Considering this, what does the scar across the island symbolize? Find a quote from Lord of the Flies dealing with the scar. Write that quote on the left side of the T-chart (properly cited). On the right side analyze the quote (explain its symbolism).

Quote Analysis

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Chapter Guide: Complete as you readAnswer each question fully; use at least two complete sentences to develop each answer

Chapter Two Fire on the Mountain

1) What are Jack’s feelings about rules?

2) With its benign climate, fresh water, and abundant fruit, this place could seem to be a Garden of Eden until the littleboy comes forward. What element does he introduce? How does he describe it?

3) How does the descriptive phrase, “the small boy twisted further into himself” hint at a theme?

4) On what ominous note does this chapter end?

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Reading Journal: Two important symbols are introduced early in this novel: the conch shell and Piggy’s glasses. Find the quotations from the text which mention these items, and then write a statement discussing what abstract idea, symbol, or concept you believe each represents. I would like you to come up with at least two quotes and two statements (support for the quotes) for each category. Make sure that your quotes are properly cited.

Piggy’s Glasses The Conch Shell

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Chapter Guide: complete as you readAnswer each question fully; use at least two complete sentences to develop each answer

Chapter Three Huts on the Beach

1) Why is Ralph getting frustrated?

2) What is causing friction between Ralph and Jack?

3) Of Simon, Ralph says: “He’s queer. He’s funny.” In what way is Simon different from the others?

4) What figurative language is used in this quotation: “They [Jack and Ralph] walked along, two continents of experience and feeling…”? How does your knowledge of this figurative language help you to better understand this passage?

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Reading Skills Check-Up – Connections: Use the provided graphic organizer to make three substantive connections to the novel thus far.

Lord of the Flies

Text to Text

Text to World

Text to Self

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Reading Skills Check-Up – Summary: Summarizing is about getting the “gist” of a text, not about filling in all the tiny details! Work with a partner to complete a “GIST” of chapter 3.

Chapter name

Chapter #

Who:

What:

When:

Where:

Why:

How:

Write a 20 Word GIST

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Chapter Guide: complete as you readAnswer each question fully; use at least two complete sentences to develop each answer

Chapter Four Painted Faces and Long Hair

1) Why do Roger and Maurice kick over the sand castles of the younger children?

2) What is symbolized by the distinction in Golding’s coined words “biguns” and “littluns”?

3) What 2 figurative language devices are used in the following quotation: “The sun gazed down like an angry eye”?

4) What bloodthirsty chant has become part of the hunting ritual?

5) What happens to Piggy?

6) What is significant at the end of the chapter?

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Reading Journal: Read the lyrics on the handout. Analyze the connection between the lyrics and Jack’s mental state in chapter three.

Think about: Which of the characters is narrating the story (or singing the song)? How does the song help you understand Jack’s relationships with others? What metaphors are used and what are they describing? (list at least two)

Song Title:________________ Song Title:________________

Song Title:________________ Song Title:________________

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Chapter Guide: complete as you readAnswer each question fully; use at least two complete sentences to develop each answer

Chapter Five Beast from Water

1) How has Ralph changed?

2) In this assembly, Ralph acts like the leader he is. What are some of the concerns that he brings up, and how do the boys react?

3) The meeting breaks down in confusion and fear. Jack defies the rules and starts talking without having the conch. When Ralph shouts to Jack, “You’re breaking the rules,” Jack responds, “Who cares?” What is Ralph’s response?

4) What does Ralph mean by that comment and why is it significant?

5) What is Ralph’s dilemma?

6) In what sense are Ralph, Piggy, and Simon in conflict with the rest of the boys?

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Reading Skills Check-Up – Figurative Language: Read the following quotes from Lord of the Flies and label the underlined portion as personification, simile, metaphor, or onomatopoeia.

1.

The beach between the palm terrace and the water was a thin stick, endless apparently, for to Ralph’s left the perspectives of palm and beach and water drew to a point at infinity; and always, almost visible, was the heat.

2.Ralph did a surface dive and swam under water with his eyes open; the sandy edge of the pool loomed up like a hillside.

3.He turned over, holding his nose, and a golden light danced and shattered just over his face.

4. A blur of sunlight was crawling across his hair.

5.The conch was silent, a gleaming tusk; Ralph’s face was dark with breathlessness and the air over the island was full of bird-clamor and echoes ringing.

6.The coral was scribbled in the sea as though a giant had bent down to reproduce the shape of the island in the flowing chalk line but tired before he had finished.

7.“You make a bow and spin the arrow,” said Roger. He rubbed his hands in mime, “Psss. Psss.”

8. He paused for breath, and the fire growled at them.

9. A stain in the darkness, a stain that was Jack, detached itself and began to draw away.

10.A flame, seemingly detached, swung like an acrobat and licked up the palm heads on the platform.

*The Grammardog Guide to Lord of the Flies

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Chapter Guide: complete as you readAnswer each question fully; use at least two complete sentences to develop each answer

Chapter Six Beast from Air

1) What is the beast from the air?

2) Why is exploring the castle-like rock formation a scary proposition, and who does it? What is Simon’s function here?

3) Everyone wants to be rescued, so why do the other boys not work harder at it?

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Reading Skills Check-Up – QAR: Think of questions that can be answered from reading the text. Write at least one question under each QAR heading. After each question, write the answer in parenthesis.

In the Book---Right There In my Head---On my Own

In the Book---Think and Search In my Head---Author and Me

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Chapter Guide: complete as you readAnswer each question fully; use at least two complete sentences to develop each answer

Chapter Seven Shadows and Tall Trees

1) What is Ralph’s opinion of his appearance as the chapter begins? What does his feeling indicate?

2) At this point, what contrast is presented by Ralph’s daydream?

3) How does Ralph get caught up in the irrational lust to injure and kill?

4) Why is it especially horrific and savage when Robert says, “You want a real pig…because you’ve got to kill him” and Jack replies, “Use a littlun”?

5) How does Chapter Seven end?

6) Why do you suppose Golding lets the reader know at the outset that it is the pilot and his parachute, not a beast, that the boys find? Would there not have been greater suspense if the reader knew no more than the boys?

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Writing Skills /Check-Up - CommasOn the first half of this paper, write three sentences about your reading last night that should have commas in them. LEAVE THE COMMAS OUT! Trade papers with a partner and rewrite their sentences, adding in the missing commas.

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Reading Journal: Use the space below to answer the following writing prompt.

Complete this dialogue:

First Friend: Man, Jack is all talk. He is really a coward.

Second Friend: I don’t think Jack is a coward. He did go looking for the beast alone in the dark. Ralph is the one who is afraid.

You: There is a difference between feeling afraid and being a coward. Both Ralph and Jack….

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Chapter Guide: complete as you readAnswer each question fully; use at least two complete sentences to develop each answer

Chapter Eight Gift for the Darkness

1) How does Jack view the hunters? How does Ralph view them?

2) Several pages into this chapter why does Jack leave the group?

3) Why do most of the bigger boys go off with Jack?

4) What is significant in the following quotation: “The skirts of the forest and the scar were familiar, near the conch and the shelter…”?

5) What is Jack’s plan to get more of the bigger boys from Ralph’s camp? What does he plan for the beast?

6) Where is Simon?

7) Ralph asks Piggy why everything broke up, and Piggy says it is Jack’s fault. What is it, though, that the pig’s head tells Simon is the reason that “it’s no go. Why things are what they are?” Interpret the conversation between the Lord of the Flies and Simon.

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Writing Skills Check-Up – Fragments and Run-ons: Read the following statements dealing with some of the themes of Lord of the Flies. Determine whether the sentence is a fragment, a run-on, or grammatically correct. If it is a fragment, complete it in the space below. If it is a run-on, correct the sentence in the space below.

1.Within each person there exists two competing instincts, all people have both a civilized and a savage side.

2.As the boys on the island progress from well-behaved, orderly children longing for rescue to cruel, bloodthirsty hunters who have no desire to return to civilization.

3. Without rules and guidelines, man is inherently savage and evil.

4. The different attitudes that the boys express about nature.

5.Many of the problems in the novel stem from the boys’ interest in themselves and they have little concern for the needs of the group.

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Chapter Guide: complete as you readAnswer each question fully; use at least two complete sentences to develop each answer

Chapter Nine A View top a Death

1) Explain Simon’s actions.

2) In this chapter, what are signs of Jack’s power?

3) Find an example of personification in this description.

4) What comes out of the darkness of the forest? What happens?

5) What happens to the body in the parachute?

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Chapter Guide: complete as you readAnswer each question fully; use at least two complete sentences to develop each answer

Chapter Ten The Shell and the Glasses

1) Piggy says that the killing of Simon was an accident, not murder and that they are not to blame. To what extent do you think this is true?

2) What is an example of Jack’s abuse of power? What words are used to emphasize the hunter’s sociological status?

3) In the raid, why are Piggy’s glasses taken but not the shell?

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Chapter Guide: complete as you readAnswer each question fully; use at least two complete sentences to develop each answer

Chapter Eleven Castle Rock

1) What does Piggy’s speech reveal about his lack of understanding of life on the island?

2) Why does Ralph refuse to paint their faces?

3) Trace the progression of Roger’s savagery in this chapter.

4) What dichotomy does Piggy point out to the hunter?

5) How does the tribe respond to Piggy’s death?

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Chapter Guide: complete as you readAnswer each question fully; use at least two complete sentences to develop each answer

Chapter Twelve Cry of the Hunters

1) Why does Ralph believe that the savages will not let him alone?

2) When Ralph asks Samneric what the savages plan to do with him if they catch him, what is the boys’ response? What does the response suggest?

3) Why does Ralph have a hard time believing that the savages plan to do him serious physical harm?

4) What tactic do the savages use to get Ralph out of the tangled undergrowth?

5) To the officer, what does it appear that the boys were doing? Why is he disappointed in them?

6) After condemning the boys for their behavior, the author points out that the officer eyes his boat at anchor. After taking the boys on board, what will be the cruiser’s job?

7) A microcosm is a miniature world that mirrors the larger world. Consider the two previous questions and state how the island turns out to be a microcosm.

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Reading Journal: Use the space below to answer the following writing prompt.

Beelzebub= The Devil = The Lord of the FliesWhy do you think Golding used a pig’s head as the symbol for Beelzebub and, in turn, the darkness of mankind?

List qualities associated with flies

List qualities associated with pigs

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Glossary of Terms: to reference while reading

Chapter 1:Irrelevance: utter unimportanceLodgment: a placeAskew: out of lineBastion: the projecting part of a fortificationLolled: droppedEfflorescence: blossomingEffulgence: brilliancePallor: palenessPliant: flexibleProffer: offerFurtive: stealthySpecious: deceptive; falseHiatus: a hesitation or gapStrident: loud; harshSwathing: enveloping

Chapter 2:Borne: held aloftEbullience: enthusiasm; livelinessErrant: aimlessFestooned: decoratedGesticulated: gesturedOfficious: meddlesome

Chapter 3:Contrite: apologeticFoundered: collapsedSusurration: murmurUnheeding: ignoringVicissitudes: changing circumstances

Chapter 4:Blatant: obvious; glaringDetritus: debris; wasteDubious: doubtfulGouts: gushesImpalpable: unable to be touchedIncursion: a raidMyriad: uncountable numberOpalescence: iridescence

Chapter 5:Derisive: scornfulEffigy: likenessSough: moaning; sighingIncantation: chantingChapter 6:

Chasms: marked divisions, separations, or differencesGuano: seabird droppingsLeviathan: a giant creaturePlinth: a square rock serving as a baseTremulously: tremblingly

Chapter 7:Bravado: a false show of braveryBrine: saltwaterCoverts: thicketsDun: drab; dullImpervious: incapable of being penetrated or affected

Chapter 8:Demure: reserved; modestPalled: no longer inspired interestVexed: troubled

Chapter 9:Abominable: despicableBuffet: a forceful hitFurrowing: wrinklingInquisitive: curiousProspered: flourishedProtruded: stuck outSucculent: juicyUngainly: clumsy; hard to handle

Chapter 10:Torrid: scorchingDredged: dug for; searched

Chapter 11:Myopia: nearsightednessPinnacles: lofty peaksPropitiatingly: in an effort to restore good willTruculently: savagely

Chapter 12:Antiphonal: sung alternatelyCrepitation: cracklingEnsconce: to concealEssayed: attemptedInimical: hostileUlulation: a howl; wail