Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Tuesday, 22 September

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
Done
Chapter 7
2 October Friday
Chapter 2
22 September
Chapter 8
6 October
Chapter 3
24 September
Chapter 9
8 October Monday
Chapter 4
28 Sept Monday
Chapter 10
8 October Tuesday
Chapter 5
28 Sept Monday
Chapter 11
13 October
Chapter 6
30 September
Chapter 12
13 October







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.

Quote
Source of the fire
Is the fire under control
What does the fire in this case do
Analysis (What could this symbolize?)
First quote (#)




Next quote, etc (#)





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


Character
Id; Ego; Super Ego
Page
Quote
Explanation




















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