Lord of the Flies s7

Lord of the Flies Name______What does it mean to be civilized? January – February 2009 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 5 6 7 8 9 Guernica, LotF ch 1 LotF read ch. 2 LotF ch 2 LotF read ch 3 survey, & read activities activities ch 1 12 13 14 15 16 LotF ch 3 LotF read ch 4 LotF ch 4 LotF read ch 5 LotF ch 5 activities activities activities

19 20 21 22 ½ Day 23 No School- MLK Jr. Day LotF read ch 6 LotF ch 6 LotF read end of semester activities ch 7

26 27 28 29 30 LotF ch 7 LotF read ch 8 LotF ch 8 LotF read ch 9 LotF ch 9 activities activities activities 2 3 4 Sno-Isle 5 6 LotF read ch 10 LotF ch 10 presentations LotF ch 11 LotF read ch 12 activities (optional) activities LotF read ch 11 9 10 11 12 13 LotF ch 12 expository test persuasive test Final Projects And Then activities & due- There Were whole novel presentations None review Pre-reading PowerPoint & Read half of chapter 1

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Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Final Projects Read, Write, Speak, Listen, View, and Produce! Due: February 12, 2009

Chapter Actors: Summarize a full chapter (chapter choice is first come first serve – no doubles) in video. A script is mandatory: a project will be worth a maximum of half credit without a script. The video must be formatted to share in the presentation on: VHS, DVD, YouTube location, or playable on Windows Media Player. (Up to three members – all on screen)

Rap/Song Summary (music video optional but encouraged): Summarize all 12 chapters in the lyrics of your song or rap. Be prepared to perform your song/rap live or by recording (CD, DVD, or Windows Media Player) and hand-in a typed copy of the lyrics. (Up to two members- both perform)

Comic Book: Write a comic book (computer-aided optional) or a video game that includes all 12 chapters in Lord of the Flies. (Individual Project)

Movie Buff Compare/Contrast Essay: Plan ahead to rent these videos or choose another option. Written parent approval is required for this project because one of the films is Rated R. In a five paragraph compare/contrast essay, focus on three traits you can comment or criticize in both films. (Individual Project but groups viewings okay)  Lord of the Flies, 1963, dir. Peter Brook (Unrated)  Lord of the Flies, 1990, Dir. Harry Hook for Castle Rock Entertainment (Rated R)

Music Video: Take media clips from either of the two movies (or from popular culture, -see wikipedia- such as The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Twilight Zone) and set them to music. The song you choose must represent themes from the novel and may have been inspired by LotF (see suggestions- such as “Fable” by Gatsby’s American Dream- at wikipedia). You may add quotes from the novel for emphasis.

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell p. 7-31

Content Goal- We will make inferences, compare/contrast, and draw conclusions while actively reading Lord of the Flies.

Language Goal- Our goals are to read, write, listen, speak, view, and think critically relative to the Lord of the Flies.

Vocabulary (LC04)- “They were twins, and the eye was shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication” (19). Define: Write this chapter’s vocabulary word in your own contextual sentence.

Language Practice- Nun of the boyz culd half found good reason for this; what intelligence has been shoan was tracable to Piggy while the moast obvious leeder was Jack. But there was a stillness about Ralph, as he sat, that marked him out; there was his size and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, they’re waz the conch.

CAT Questions- 1. (LC03) What is the most likely reason that Jack (tries to lead the boys)? Provide two details from chapter 1 to support your answer. 2. (LA06) What are two differences between Piggy and Ralph? Include information from chapter 1 in your answer. 3. (LT10) One conclusion a reader can draw from this chapter is that the conch represents leadership. Provide two details from the chapter to support this conclusion.

Multiple Intelligence Activity: In this chapter, Jack and the boys try to dominate the island by mapping and exploring it (man versus nature conflict). Draw a map of the island based on the descriptions of chapter 1.

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Reading Strategies Chapter 1

Positive Profile

Directions: Create a positive profile for Ralph.

Complete Name: ______Ralph______

Strengths: ______

Hobbies: ______

Descriptions of Character: ______

Actions & Words of Character: ______

Smartest Action Performed: ______

Questionable Actions: ______

Davis 2009 Positive Statement About the Character: ______

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain p. 32-47

Content Goal- We will make inferences, recognize conflict, and draw conclusions while actively reading Lord of the Flies.

Vocabulary (LC04)- There was no laughter at all now and more grave watching. Ralph pushed both hands through his hair and looked at the little boy in mixed amusement and exasperation (36). Define: Write this chapter’s vocabulary word in your own contextual sentence.

Language Practice- Voices babbled. The simple statement, unbacked bye any proof butt the wait of Ralphs new authoridy, brawt lite and happyness. He had to waive the conch before he could make them here it. “My fathers in the navy. He sayed their arent any unknown islands left. He says the queen has a big room full of maps and all the islands in the world are drawn they’re. So the queen’s got a picture of this island.”

CAT Questions- 1. (LC03) Explain how the beastie was important to the boy with the birthmark. Support your answer with two details from the chapter. 2. (LA05) How does Jack contribute to the conflict in chapter 2? Include two details from the chapter in your answer. 3. (LT10) What conclusion can the reader draw about the little boy with the birthmark? Provide information from chapter 2 to support the conclusion.

Multiple Intelligence Activity: Ironically, these boys are free of teachers and rules, but one of their first concerns is making up rules for meetings and using the conch. Write-up rules for the conch and meetings below.

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Reading Strategies Chapter 2

Logographic Cues

A logographic cue is a simple symbol or picture (or logo) that acts as a visual reminder of an important literary element in a text, thereby providing a support for students as they read. It assists the reader in visualizing characters, setting, and motifs throughout the novel. (http://www.allamericareads.org/lessonplan/wyw/during/logocues.htm)

What cues can you draw to What are more ideas you can think represent: of and cues to match them?

1. Ralph 9. Hunting

2. Piggy 10. Law & order

3. Jack

4. Fire

5. Rescue

6. Simon

7. the Beastie

8. Food

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach p. 48-57

Content Goal- We will summarize, recognize conflict, and make inferences about the author’s purpose while actively reading Lord of the Flies.

Vocabulary (LC04)- “We want meat—“ “And we don’t get it.” Now the antagonism was audible. “But I shall! Next time! I’ve got a barb on this spear!” (51). Define: Write this chapter’s vocabulary word in your own contextual sentence.

Language Practice- “Meatings. Don’t we love meetings? Every day. Twice a day. We talk.” He got on one elboe. “I bet if I blue the conch this minute, theyd come running. Then we’d be, you know, very solem, and someone would say we owt to build a jet, or a submarine, or a TV set. When the meating was over theyd work for 5 minutes, then wander off or go hunting” (51).

CAT Questions- 1. (LC02) Write a summary of the shelter building. Include three main details from chapter 3 in your answer. 2. (LA05) How do Jack and his choir contribute to the conflict in chapter 3? Include two details from the chapter in your answer. 3. (LT08) What is the author’s purpose for writing the last paragraph of the chapter including, “The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers glimmering under the light that pricked down from the first stars. Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island.” Include one detail from chapter 3 in your answer.

Multiple Intelligence Activity- Imagine you are stranded on an island with a random group of students from LHS. You don’t get to decide who survives the crash and who was on the same plane, so consider those factors as you design dream shelters for the LHS survivors.

Davis 2009 Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair p. 58-75

Content Goal- We will learn about allegory, main idea, cause & effect, and the author’s purpose while actively reading Lord of the Flies.

Vocabulary (LC04)- “Piggy and the parody were so funny that the hunters began to laugh. Jack felt encouraged. He went on scrambling and the laughter rose to a gale of hysteria” (72). Define: Write this chapter’s vocabulary word in your own contextual sentence.

Language Practice- Piggy saw the smile and misinterpretted it as friendlyness. Their had grown up tacitly among the biguns the opinion that piggy was n outsider, not only by accent, which did not madder, but by fat, and ass-mar, and spex, and a certain disinclination for manuel labor (65).

CAT Questions- 1. (LC01) Chapter 4 shows morality/immorality. Provide two details from chapter 4 that support morality/immorality as a theme. 2. (LA07) Explain why (Piggy was yelled at). Include two details from chapter 4 in your answer. 3. (LT08) The author’s purpose for writing chapter 4 may have been to show Simon’s kindness compared to other boys. Provide two details from chapter 4 to support this purpose.

Literary Terms- define and have a working knowledge of these terms to discuss the novel: 1. Allegory 2. Symbols & Symbolism 3. Static character 4. Dynamic character 5. Irony 6. Theme

Multiple Intelligence Activity- The hunters disguise themselves in camouflage and face paint make hunting easier, but the disguises also allow them to act free of society’s conventions (right versus wrong). Imagine you are one of the hunters, draw yourself disguised with the materials available on a tropical island.

Four Quadrants Fill in the boxes with relevant information from chapter 4.

What are the most important points? How does this information match what I already knew?

Lord of the Flies Chapter 4 What questions do I still My predictions for what have about the topic? will happen and why are…

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Chapter 5: Beast from Water p. 76-94

Content Goal- We will make predictions, contarst two character, and evaluate a character’s reasoning while actively reading Lord of the Flies.

Vocabulary (LC04)- “Fat lot of good we are,” said Ralph. “Three blind mice. I’ll give up.” “If you give up,” said Piggy, in an appalled whisper, “what ‘ud happen to me?” (93). Define: Write this chapter’s vocabulary word in your own contextual sentence.

Language Practice- Simon became in articulate in his effort to express man kind’s essential illness. Inspiration came to him. “What’s the dirties thing there is?” As an answer Jack dropped into the uncomprehending silence that followed it the one crude expressive syllable. Release was immense. Those littluns who had climed back on the twister fell off again and did not mind. The hunter’s were screaming with delite.

CAT Questions- 1. (LC03) Based on the information in chapter 5, predict what will most likely happen to Piggy if Jack succeeds in his coup d’état (overthrow of the government). 2. (LA06) What are two differences between Jack and Ralph that make Jack more popular? Include information from the chapter in your answer. 3. (LT09) Why does Ralph discipline the group of boys during the meeting? Include two details from chapter 5 in your answer.

Multiple Intelligence Activity: The boys spend a lot of time at the meeting spot, and it is thoroughly described in this chapter. Draw the meeting spot with some of the boys at a meeting; label the leaders to show where they sit compared to the rest.

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Reading Strategies Chapter 5 Somebody Wanted But So- use text-based details from chapter 5.

Somebody Wanted But So Character Goal/Motivation Conflict Resolution Ralph

Somebody Wanted But So Character Goal/Motivation Conflict Resolution Piggy

Somebody Wanted But So Character Goal/Motivation Conflict Resolution Jack

Somebody Wanted But So Character Goal/Motivation Conflict Resolution Littluns

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Chapter 6: Beast from Air p. 95-108

Content Goal- We will recognize theme, contrast elements of the story, and draw conclusions while actively reading Lord of the Flies.

Vocabulary (LC04)- “I suppose you aren’t pulling our legs?” The reply was too emphatic for anyone to doubt them. Piggy took the conch” (101). Define: Write this chapter’s vocabulary word in your own contextual sentence.

Language Practice- Ralph struck the skin off his knuckle’s. They did not seam to hurt. “I’m chief. Weave got to make sertain. Can’t you sea the mountain? They’res no signle showing. There may be a ship out their. Are you all off your rocker’s?” Mutinously, the boys fell silent or muttering. Jack led the way down the rock and across the bridge” (108).

CAT Questions- 1. (LC01) The theme of chapter 6 is overcoming fear. Provide two details from the chapter that support this idea. 2. (LA06) What are two differences between the new fort and the shelters? Include information from this chapter in your answer. 3. (LT10) One conclusion that the reader can draw from chapter 6 is that mankind is the beast. Provide two details from chapter 6 to support this conclusion.

Multiple Intelligence Activity- write a song that summarizes this chapter, and put the lyrics to a familiar tune

The parachutist is a______, so he represents the “invastion” of ______on the island.

How is one just like the other? Comparisons Character Familiar Person or How are the two alike? Fictional Character Ralph

Samneric

Littluns

Beastie

Hunters

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Chapter 7: Shadows and Tall Trees p. 109-122

Content Goal- We will learn the “lord of the flies” is, make predictions, analyze cause and effect, and recognize the author’s purpose while actively reading Lord of the Flies.

Vocabulary (LC04)- “So they sat, the rocking, tapping, impervious Roger and Ralph, fuming; round them the close sky was loaded with stars, save where the mountain punched up a hole of blackness” (121). Define: Write this chapter’s vocabulary word in your own contextual sentence.

Language Practice- Sitting, Ralph was a ware of the heat for the 1st time that day. He pulled dis tastefully at his grey shirt and wondered weather he might undertake the adventure of washing it. Sitting under what seemed an unusual heat, even for this island, Ralph planned his toilet. He wood like to have a pare of scissors and cut his hare- he flung the mass back-cut this filthy hair write back to have an inch. He wood like to half a bath, a proper wallow with sope. He past his tongue experimentally over his teeth and decided that a toothbrush wood come in handy two. Then they’re were his nails- (109).

CAT Questions- 1. (LC03) Based on the information in this novel and chapter 7 in particular, what prediction can you make related to Jack pretending to kill Robert? Include two details from the novel in your answer. 2. (LA07) Explain why Ralph went hunting. Include two details from the novel in your answer. 3. (LT08) What is the author’s purpose for having Ralph climb to the top of the mountain at night? Include two details from chapter 7 in your answer.

Multiple Intelligence Activity: Some of the boys are missing home. Imagine they put on a news show (like they would see at home). As a group, summarize the chapter (and important information from earlier chapters) in a news report. Include 1.) local headlines, 2.) international news, and 3.) weather.

Elements of Fiction Setting Character Character Plot Theme Traits Goals Where and Ralph What is Exposition: What are when? Ralph trying several to themes of accomplish? this novel?

Piggy Rising Action:

What is Jack trying to Jack accomplish?

Samneric Prediction of Climax:

Prediction of Resolution:

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Chapter 8: Gift for the Darkness p. 124-144

Content Goal- We will summarize, analyze cause & effect, and draw conclusions while actively reading Lord of the Flies.

Vocabulary (LC04)- “Are you sure? Really?” “Go up and see,” said Jack contemptuously, “and good riddance” (124). Define: Write this chapter’s vocabulary word in your own contextual sentence.

Language Practice- A gift for the beast. Mite not the beest come for it? The head, he thaut, apeered to agree with him. Run away, said the head silently, go back to the others. It was a joak really- why shood you bother? You were just rong, that’s all. A little headache, something you eight, perhaps. Go back, child, said the head silently.

CAT Questions- 1. (LC02) Write a summary of Jack recruiting members for his tribe. Include three details from the beginning, middle, and end of the chapter in your summary. 2. (LA07) How did Simon’s experience in chapter 8 influence his understanding of the beast? Include three details from the chapter in your answer. 3. (LT10) One conclusion that a reader can draw from hunting the sow (the only female on the island) is that the hunters are enjoying the violence of hunting. Provide two details from this chapter to support this conclusion.

Multiple Intelligence Activity: In small groups, write a script of the discussion between Simon and the “Lord of the Flies.” The most thorough, accurate, and entertaining script will be performed in our puppet theater.

Charting What I Think (to draw conclusions) The “Lord of the Flies” is… The text says…(summarize) I think it means… Page 129

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Chapter 9: A View to a Death p. 145-154

Content Goal- We will make inferences, consider cause & effect, and author’s purpose while actively reading Lord of the Flies.

Vocabulary (LC04)- “Ralph took an uncertain step, pointed to a palm tree, and whispered something inaudible to Piggy; and they both giggled like Sam” (149).

Language Practice- Ralph squerded again and mist. He laffed at Piggy, expecting him to re tire meakly as usual an din pained silence. Instead, Pigy beat the water with his hands (147).

CAT Questions- 1. (LC03) What is the most likely reason that Piggy splashes Ralph? Provide two details from chapter 9 in your answer. 2. (LA07) Explain why Simon is attacked. Include two details from chapter 9 in your answer. 3. (LT08) What is the author’s purpose for writing the last four paragraphs of this chapter? Include two details from the chapter in your answer.

Multiple Intelligence Activity: Food is on everyone’s mind in this chapter. Write a complete menu of either 1.) a feast you would make on the island or 2.) a feast you would dream about having when you return home. Include an appetizer, main course, and dessert minimum.

A circle represents ______, so when the boys danced in a circle they were ______against ______.

Question Answer Relationships In the Book In My Head Right There Author and You 1. What happens to Simon at the very 1. How does the author convey that it is beginning of the chapter? extremely hot today? 2. What animal hovers around the 2. Why does the author have Simon characters today? discover the ___ instead of another 3. What does Simon discover on the character? mountain? 3. What is the author trying to show us by 4. What is Simon determined to share with having Piggy retaliate against Ralph the other boys? splashing him? 5. How is Jack represented during the 4. How does the author foreshadow feast? violence at the feast? 6. How does Jack convince the boys to join 5. How does the author show Jack is his tribe? powerful? 7. What do the boys chant during their 6. How does the author compare Simon to a dance, and what do they act out? religious figure at the end of the chapter? 8. What do the boys “think” they’re killing? What do they actually kill? Think and Search On my Own 1. What does “lord of the flies” mean? 1. What is the connection between 2. What does “Beezlebub” mean? the heat and how the boys act? 2. What do the flies mean if they aren’t just insects? What do they represent? 3. What is the connection between the pig they’re eating and Jack appearing like a god? 4. What is the significance of the conch not having any importance at Jack’s end of the island? 5. What might have happened differently if Ralph and Piggy left before the dance? 6. Does it matter that “the beast” leaves the island if it has been replaced by the real beast?

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Chapter 10: The Shell and the Glasses p. 155-168

Content Goal- We will make inferences, contrast characters, and draw conclusions while actively reading Lord of the Flies.

Vocabulary (LC04)- “Why should they try to sneak in, Chief” The chief was vague but earnest. “They will. They’ll try to spoil things we do. So the watchers at the gate must be careful” (160). Define: Write this chapter’s vocabulary word in your own contextual sentence.

Language Practice- “It was an axident,” said Piggy suddenly, “that’s what it wuz. An Accident.” His voice shrilled again. “Coming in the dark. He was baddy. HNe asked for it.” He jesticulated widely again. “It was an axident” (157).

CAT Questions- 1. (LC03) Based on information in chapter 10, what inference/assumption can you make about Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric? Include two details from the chapter in your answer. 2. (LA06) What are two differences between Piggy/Ralph’s and Jack’s explanations for Simon’s death? Include information from chapter 10 in your answer. 3. (LT10) What conclusion can you draw about Jack based on his order to have Wilfred beaten? Include two details from the chapter to support this conclusion.

Multiple Intelligence Activity: The scene where Jack and friends attack Ralph’s camp is both violent and comical. Who is the chief now, and how do we know? We will cast this scene and act it out in class to show full comprehension.

Sociograms

A sociogram is a visual representation of the relationships among characters in a literary text; they help students understand relationships between characters. Students can make use of pictures, symbols, shapes, colors, and line styles to illustrate these relationships. As the story develops, students can add to or revise their sociograms to graphically illustrate the changing relationships, the traits of each character, and the emerging primary and secondary conflicts. (http://greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6- 12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/sociograms.htm)

An example from Hamlet: On the bottom of this paper (or a clean sheet), draw your own sociogram for chapter 2. Include all the characters we’ve met and give each a specific shape and connect them according to their relationship with others.

Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Chapter 11: Castle Rock p. 169-182

Content Goal- We will summarize, evaluate conflict, and consider the author’s purpose while actively reading Lord of the Flies.

Vocabulary (LC04)- “With ludicrous care he embraced the rock, pressing himself to it above the sucking sea. The sniggering of the savages became a loud derisive jeer” (176).

Language Practice- Roger edged passed the chief, only just avoiding pushing him with his showlder. The yelling ceased, and Samneric lay looking up in quite terir. Roger advanced up on them as one wielding a nameless authoritie (182).

CAT Questions- 1. (LC02) What a summary of what happens at Castle Rock including what happens to Piggy, to Ralph, and to the conch. 2. (LA05) What problem does Ralph and Piggy experience at the beginning of the chapter? What are three steps they take to solve this problem? Include information from chapter 11 in your answer. 3. (LT08) What is the author’s purpose for attacking Piggy? Provide one detail from chapter 11 in your answer.

Multiple Intelligence Activity: Interview strategy. Littluns, Ralph, Piggy, Simon, Samneric, and Jack will interview Roger about his “big action” this chapter.

Davis 2009 Davis 2009 Lord of the Flies Name______Chapter 12: Cry of the Hunters (and notes) p. 183-208

Content Goal- We will summarize, analyze cause & effect, and author’s purpose while actively reading Lord of the Flies.

Vocabulary (LC04)- “There was no reply. To carry he must speak louder; and this would rouse those striped and inimical creatures from their feasting by the fire” (187). Define: Write this chapter’s vocabulary word in your own contextual sentence.

Language Practice- His voice roase under the black smoke before the brning reckage of the island; and infected buy that emotion, the other little boys began to sahek and sob too. And in the middle of them, with filthy body, madded hair, and unwhiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of inosense, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall threw the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy (202).

CAT Questions- 1. (LC02) Write a summary of Ralph’s interactions with Samneric during chapter 12 including three main events from throughout the chapter in your summary. 2. (LA07) Explain why a British Navy ship finally stopped at the island. Include two details from chapter 12 in your answer. 3. (LT08) What is the author’s purpose for having a Naval officer rescue the boys when they originally crashed on the island to escape a war? Include two details from the novel in your answer.

Multiple Intelligence Activity: Mock Trial. As a class we will decide to put either Jack or Ralph on trial for crimes associated with his leadership of the boys. Here are the roles that need to be filled: Ralph or Jack, judge, defense attorney, prosecutor, 3 jury members, 6 pairs of students researching proof of Ralph or Jack’s crimes, and 6 pairs of students researching Ralph or Jack’s defense. The rest of the class members will be witnesses called to testify for or against Ralph/Jack and need to be prepared with correct observations.

What does the future hold for these hunters?

Davis 2009 Davis 2009 Post-reading allegory review

An allegory is: ______

Fill this chart in with items from the story and their symbolic meanings. See the examples.

Items/actions in the story What they mean symbolically or metaphorically

Example: Example: Pig’s head on a stick Lord of the Flies (Devil, Satan)

1. conch 1.

2. Piggy & eyeglasses 2.

3. fire 3.

4. Jack & spears 4.

5. pigs 5.

6. dead mama pig 6.

7. tribal dance & chant 7.

8. littluns 8.

9. biguns 9.

10. parachutist 10.

11. Simon 11.

12. littlun with birthmark 12.

Summary: What is the allegorical moral to the story? What is the author telling us through this tale? Include multiple details from the novel in your explanation. Write on a separate sheet of paper if necessary.

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