On the last day of summer, students turned in their first essay of the year.
Students also worked in small groups to practice asking clarifying questions during discussion.
These groups used these skills to identify key events in chapter 1 of
Lord of the Flies. Students also worked to connect rules to the key symbols were are attending to as we read the novel.
Students were also given the assignment to follow the choices characters make in the novel and to use one of the other engagement strategies listed below.
Students were given reading due dates, and were given time to put these dates in their planning devices, and to begin work on the engagement strategies.
Chapter 1
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Done
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Chapter 7
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2 October Friday
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Chapter 2
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22 September
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Chapter 8
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6 October
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Chapter 3
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24 September
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Chapter 9
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8 October Monday
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Chapter 4
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28 Sept Monday
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Chapter 10
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8 October Tuesday
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Chapter 5
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28 Sept Monday
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Chapter 11
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13 October
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Chapter 6
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30 September
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Chapter 12
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13 October
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Lord of the Flies: Interacting with the Text
As
you read Lord of the Flies you are to keep notes by doing at least one of these
activities, and the chart about choices on the reverse side of this.
Beastie:
On page 31 we learn that there might be a monster on the island with the boys.
Find other quotes that address the presence (or not) of a monster on the
island. Either write a half page detailed description of the “Beastie” or draw
a picture of the monster. Write a one
paragraph explanation of what role you think the monster plays in the lives of
the boys on the island.
Piggies:
Find and copy ten (10) quotes that describe Piggy the character and the pigs on
the island. Make a chart or Venn Diagram that shows how they are the same and
different. (You should have about the same number of quotes for the person and
the animals.) After making your chart, write a short description of what the
chart shows.
Fire:
Find where in the book fire is mentioned. Choose a descriptive quote for each
passage. Make a five coloumn chart like the one below.
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Quote
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Source of
the fire
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Is the fire
under control
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What does
the fire in this case do
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Analysis
(What could this symbolize?)
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First quote (#)
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Next quote, etc (#)
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Hunting:
Hunting is a big deal. Find four quotes about hunting, have at least one quote
from the point of view or in the words of at least two different characters
(Jack and Ralph, for instance). After writing down the quote, explain what the
quote shows the reader about the hunter, or about the person speaking.
Simon:
What’s up with Simon? Reread pages 50-52 where he goes off by himself. Golding
mostly tells us what Simon sees. An interior monologue is the words that a
person is thinking in their own head. Write an interior monologue that shows
what Simon is thinking when he goes off by himself. You can get some help
understanding what kind of person Simon is from the essay on pages 211-217.
Freud:
After Mr. Zartler has presented the lecture on Id; Ego; and Superego and Mask;
Lower Self; and Higher Self keep a log of characters who seem to be acting out
of each of those aspects of their psyche. Your chart should look something like
this
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Character
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Id; Ego; Super Ego
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Quote
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Explanation
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