Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding

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Lord of the Flies Big Ideas to Discuss

Write how you feel about each statement and then explain your reasoning.

A=Agree, D=Disagree, NS=Not Sure

1. ________When given a chance, people often single out and degrade another to improve themselves.

Reasoning:

2. ________Society is what holds everyone together and with out these conditions, our

ideals, values, and the basics of right and wrong are lost.

Reasoning:

3. ________The power of fear and control can overwhelm a person.

Reasoning:

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4. ________If humanity is to survive, innocence may have to be sacrificed.

Reasoning:

5. ________When the institutions of law and order slip away or are ignored, human

beings revert to a more primitive part of their nature.

Reasoning:

6. ________Whenever groups of people coexist, there will be a struggle for power.

Reasoning:

7. ________It’s better to examine the consequences of a decision before it is made, than

to discover them afterwards.

Reasoning:

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8. ________ Children are capable of horrific behavior.

Reasoning:

9. ________ Everyone is capable of murder.

Reasoning:

10. ________ The reason most people hunt is that they need the meat.

Reasoning:

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Historical Context Prezi Notes

Historical Context

1. What was happening in the world in the 1940s and 1950s? Make a list OR draw pictures.

2. What do you already know about Lord of the Flies?

3. WWII

World War II:

Axis:

Allies:

Warfare:

4. The Cold War

5. How does knowing the historical context of Lord of the Flies shape your reading?

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William Golding

-Born September 19, ___________, Cornwall, England.

-Was a childhood ____________

-1935 taught English and _____________ in Salisbury.

-1940 joined the ____________Navy.

-In ___________ he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies

Major Books

1902-Heart of ___________ (Conrad)

1927-To the Lighthouse (Woolf)

1932-__________ New World (Huxley)

1949-1984 (Orwell)

Setting: How does setting influence the story?

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Weekly Reading Schedule

Assignment due dates are subject to change. Fill in other HW as we go.

Week To Be Read: HW:

Week 1: Sept 5-9

How does society maintain order?

What is true human nature in survival

situations?

Ch. 1 “The Sound of the Shell”- Ch. 2 “Fire on the

Mountain”

M: No School

T:

W: (No 5th)

R: (No 2nd)

F: Vocab 1-due Mon

*Read Chapter 3 for Monday and do Character Chart

Week 2: Sept 12-16

How do the actions of a character reveal their personality?

What makes an individual powerful?

Ch. 3 “Huts on the Beach” – Ch. 5 “Beasts from Water”

M: Check Vocab 1/Character

Chart

T: Vocab Quiz #1

W: (No 5th)

R: (No 2nd)

F: Response #1 due (8 Sentence

Paragraph)

Week 3: Sept 19-23

What does it mean to be civilized?

How does fear and desire for acceptance

influence human behavior?

Ch. 6 “Beast from Air” - Ch. 7 “Shadows and Tall Trees”

M: Check Vocab 2/Reading Quiz

T: Vocab Quiz 2/Map Due

W: (No 5th)

R: (No 2nd)

F: Response #2 due

Week 4: Sept 26-30 Ch 8 “Gift for the Darkness” - Ch. 9 “A View to a Death”

M: Check Vocab 3

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What is the nature of evil?

Is violence unavoidable?

Be ready to take on quiz on these chapters

T: Vocab Quiz 3

W: (No 5th)

R: (No 2nd)

F: Response #3 due

Week 5: Oct

What is the importance of symbols?

How do symbols control us?

Ch. 10 “The Shell and the Glasses”-End

Be ready to take on quiz on these chapters

M: Check Vocab 4/Reading Quiz

T: Vocab Quiz 4/Symbols Chart

Due

W: (No 5th)

R: (No 2nd)

F: Socratic Seminar prep sheet due

Week 6: Oct

How can we translate our ideas into writing? How can we connect

ideas from the novel to our lived experience?

Novel Packet and Final Creative Project Due

M: Check Vocab 5

T: Vocab Quiz 5

W: (No 5th)

R: (No 2nd)

F: Interview Project Due/Novel

Packet Due

Vocabulary Glossary:

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1. Efflorescence (p.12) 2. Enmity (p.14) 3. Decorous (p.15) 4. Bastion (p.29) 5. Hiatus (p.31) 6. Ebullience (p. 38).7. Tumult (p.43) 8. Tirade (p.45) 9. Inscrutable (p.49) 10. Vicissitudes (p.49) 11. Declivities (p. 54) 12. Blatant (p. 58) 13. Taboo (p. 62) 14. Malevolently (p.71) 15. Jeer (p.84) 16. Inarticulate (p.89) 17. Leviathan (p.105) 18. Clamor (p.108) 19. Mutinously (p.108)20. Crestfallen (p.117) 21. Impervious (p.121) 22. Enterprise (p.122) 23. Glowered (p.127) 24. Rebuke (p.128) (v.)25. Demure (p.133) 26. Fervor (p.133) (n.) 27. Corpulent (p.146) 28. Sauntered (p.150) 29. Compelled (p.167) 30. Myopia (n) (p.169) 31. Sniveling (adj.) (p.170) 32. Quavered (v.) (p.174) 33. Parried (v.) (p.179) 34. Propitiate (v.) (p.173)35. Cordon (v.) (p.196)36. Elephantine (adj.) (p.194) 37. Incantation (n.) (p.180) 38. Impenetrable (p.174) 39. Antiphonal (p.188)

Characters

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Name Physical Description Personality Important Quotes (include pg #)

Ralph

Piggy

Simon

Jack

Roger

(your choice)

(your choice)

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Setting

Directions: Draw a map of the island. Include the following landmarks: the lagoon, the platform, the scar, the signal fire, castle rock, creepers.

Symbols

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Directions: Illustrate the symbols in the boxes below. Then, in a single sentence, explain what that symbol represents. Write down the pages numbers where there are important references to the symbol.

Conch Glasses

Signal Fire Beastie

Face Paint The Lord of the Flies

(your choice) (your choice)

Period:

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Freud’s Theory of Personality in LOTF

Record examples of character exercising each of the parts of Freud’s model. Make sure to be specific and fully unpack your thoughts in your explanation.

Character Action (including pg.) Explanation

ID

EGO

SUPEREGO

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LOTFReading Response Questions

Write three responses over the course of reading Lord of the Flies. Make sure you try to pick a variety of topics that each interests you. That way, you are ready to write your argumentative paper later in the year.

Due Dates:See Schedule

1. Character analysis – chose a character and explore his behavior, decisions, role on the island, and role in the novel. Make sure you point out examples from the text and create and answer “so what” questions.

2. Character symbolism – Lord of the Flies has been interpreted as an allegory for different types of government. Each character symbolizes a certain type of government. Look at a specific character’s character traits and discuss what he symbolizes and how.

3. Themes – write about a theme that arises in the text. It can be one we’ve discussed in class or one you see emerging on your own. Identify the theme and then explain its significance.

4. Reality – does it matter that the premise of the novel is that all boys are stranded? Would the same have happened if the plane were full of girls? Adults? A mixed group of people? The trick here is too avoid making too many stereotypical assumptions. Focus on what the boys do that is gender/class/age specific. Do not use example that are not in the text.

5. Setting – what is the role of the setting (island, temperature, time period)? How does it affect the characters? Your reading?

6. Religious Imagery – look closely at the imagery of the setting and actions of the characters. Are there any religious undertones? What allusions do you see to Christianity?

7. Symbols and Motifs – what, when, where – most important is why? What is the effect?

8. Leadership – chose a character who is a contender for “the” leadership position. Are they justified in their actions? Do they hurt or harm the rest of the boys? What qualities do they possess that makes a good or bad leader?

9. Any other ideas you have…

Guidelines: MLA format, 250ish words, No Dirty Dozens, No dead words, submit to turnitin.com **Title should be a thesis statement**1st response is an 8 sentence paragraph. 2nd and 3rd response should resemble 8-sentence paragraph, but it only limited by word count.

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Reading Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions in your own words. You may use your complete reading question sheet at the end of the week while taking your quiz.

Chapter 1 “ The Sound of the Shell”

1. How does Ralph become “chief” of the boys?

2. What does Jack fail to do at the end of the chapter?

Chapter 2 “Fire on the Mountain”

1. What is the first rule established at the meeting?

2. Why does Jack take Piggy’s glasses?

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Chapter 3 “Huts on the Beach”

1. Why is Ralph concerned about the littluns?

Chapter 4 “Painted Face and Long Hair”

1. What does Roger do to Henry on the beach?

2. What does Ralph see on the horizon while bathing?

Chapter 5 – “Beast from Water”

1. List all of Ralph’s complaints/ commands made at the meeting:

2. Why is Piggy afraid of Ralph giving up power?

Chapter 6 – “Beast from Air”

1. What is happening in the air while the boys sleep?

2. How do Sam and Eric exaggerate what they saw?

3. When Jack follows Ralph up the rocks, for what does he think the rock formation would be good?

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Chapter 7- “Shadows and Tall Trees”

1. What has Ralph come to accept as normal? What is Ralph implying when he says "be sucking my thumb next?"

2. What happens to Ralph as he participates in his first hunt?

3. Why does Simon go off alone?

Chapter 8- “Gift for the Darkness”

1. Jack calls for a re-vote for chief. What does he do when he loses? How do you think he is feeling?

2. What does Piggy suggest that raises the spirit of the ‘new’ group? What does it reveal about Piggy now that Jack is gone?

3. Describe the pig hunt in chapter 8. What do the boys do with the sharpened stick at the end of the hunt?

4. How does Jack tempt the boys who have stayed with Ralph? Do you think this will work?

5. Where is Simon at the end of chapter 8?

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Chapter 9- “A View to a Death”

Who’s at fault?

Create arguments from the point of view of Ralph, Jack, and Piggy. In the opinion of the character, was Simon’s death an accident? Outright murder? Was it anyone’s fault? Each argument must include citations from the text as part of the explanation. Use the space below. Be creative and show your insight!

Here’s an example:As Percival, I believe that we was not responsible in the killing of Simon. All of us littl’uns was terrible scared of the beast, and we believed that it could have been a ghost, or a giant squid, or maybe even a giant snake (91). So when poor Simon came out of the woods he surprised us, and we were all scared anyways. We didn’t mean to kill him, but we just didn’t know it was Simon. As Piggy said, “life’s scientific,” and we didn’t know enough. It was all just a terrible accident, really. Anybody could havedone it…

Write Here:

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Chapter 10- “The Shell and the Glasses”

SummaryFill-in-the-Blank

learns from Piggy that only a few and Samneric are left. The rest have joined ’s

tribe. is upset about the murder of the night before. tries to persuade that

they weren’t involved in the because they were on the outside of the circle. He also tries to

suggest that maybe was just pretending, but is sure that he wasn’t. Piggy tells Ralph that

they cannot tell about the dance. , however, try to cover up their involvement in the

also. They tell Ralph and Piggy that they left the feast early before the dance. But

somehow has a scratch on his forehead and has a split lip.

When approaches the Rock, he is challenged. , who is the guard, asks him who

he is even though he can obviously see who it is. He tells that has commanded that he

challenge everyone. tells the him that he couldn’t have stopped him if he tried, but Robert draws

his attention to a with a log jammed under it. He indicates that he could have smashed him. This

really impresses ; he says, “He’s a proper , isn’t he?”

Robert changes the subject and tells that is going to beat for making him angry.

He tells that the boy has been tied up for hours.

tells the boys that they still need to be careful about the . He implies that the beast came

disguised as , but that they did not it. They still need to offer it the if they go

hunting. Then he tells the boys that they will go hunting the following day. asks Jack how they are

going to light a . tells him that they will just take the from the other boys again.

However, when the and his boys show up at ’s camp, there is no fire. There is no

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because Ralph, , and have decided to keep the going only during the day.

and his boys then decide to steal Piggy’s . They enter the shelter and fight. exits with the

.

Chapter 11- “Castle Rock”

How is a conch broken?

What does the author imply will have to Samneric at the end of the chapter?

Chapter 12- “Cry of the Hunters”

What does Ralph do when he discovers the skull of the “lord of the flies”?

What according to the twins, has Roger done to prepare for hunting down Ralph?

What is an ‘ululation’?

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