Lord of the Flies

William Golding

“Crow Song” by Margaret Atwood (Poem) Excerpt from The Declaration of Independence(Non-Fiction) “Allegory” by Thomas Hood (Poem) Mahatma Gandhi Speech (Non-Fiction) NY Times Editorial: “The Littlest Killers” by Brent Staples

Topics to Explore

Chaos and Control

Loss of Innocence

Individual’s Place in Society

Darkness of Human Nature

Before Reading

• Cold War - video
• Utopia - Dystopian Fiction and Film (and music?)
• Archetypes and Allusions (Penguin) [Beezlebub, Savior]
• Codes of Conduct (Penguin)
• Children’s Innocence in an Adult World (Penguin)
• Moral Reasoning
• Evil (Penguin)
• Groups, Cliques (Mean Girls clip?)

Reading Experts

A. William Golding Bio�5 interesting facts.

B. British Evacuees in WWII�5 interesting facts

C. Cold war�5 interesting facts

William Golding

(author of LOTF)

1911-1993 - lived in England

“Brat” who hurt people

Students were inspiration for LOTF

British Royal Navy in WWII (inspiration of evil)

British Evacuees in WWII

Sept 1939: 3 million people left cities in Britain(mostly children w/o parents)

Fear of German bombs

Logistical nightmare; not enough homes

Line ups: “I’ll take that one!”

Abuse, neglect

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The Cold War

Just after WWII

“Proxy war” of threats, sanctions

Capitalism (USA) vs Communism (USSR, China)

Dawn of nuclear weapons �(atom bomb)

Space race

Vietnam War

Study Sync After Ch 4

Compare and contrast the characteristics of Jack and Ralph through the end of Chapter 4. Who do you think would be a more effective leader on the island and why? Cite evidence from the text to support your point of view.

At this point in the story, do you think Jack and the hunters are going crazy? Or are they merely embracing their savage, animalistic state in order to survive? Discuss the effects of island life on Jack and the other hunters, versus the effects of island life on Ralph, Piggy, and Simon. Do you think Jack and the hunters are evil, or do you think their behavior is a normal reaction to life in the wild? Respond citing evidence from the text to support your point of view.

Study Sync After Ch 7

In a narrative essay, first identify the character with whom you most connect and then detail and describe why. Are there any parallels between this character and yourself? What do you like or admire about this character? Do you relate to their feelings and experiences given their unusual circumstances? Make sure to refer to specific details from the text in your personal essay.

Study Sync After Ch 8

In Chapter 8, Simon meets the “Lord of the Flies” face-to-face. The “Lord of the Flies” laughs at Simon for thinking the beast was something he could kill. What is the beast? In your opinion, is the “Lord of the Flies” right? Is it impossible to kill the beast? Or is there still hope? Support your point of view with evidence from the text.

Study Sync End?

Is Lord of the Flies a thrilling adventure story? Or is it a commentary on human nature? What about the text structure, the author’s choices, and the plot lead you to make your conclusion? Respond in an argumentative essay citing relevant evidence from the text to support your point of view.

Anticipation Guide: Agree or Disagree?

• Most people are followers not leaders.
• Fear is the strongest human emotion.
• Children should be protected from viewing evil actions.
• People are genuinely afraid of what they don’t know or understand.
• Laws are not necessary to maintain order within a society.
• The younger we are, the more selfish we are.
• A person’s physical appearance determines whether s/he is liked or not.
• Food is more important than shelter.

At least one reason why

• Personal experience
• Literature, film, TV
• Current event
• Historical example�

Anticipation Guide: A/D w/ at least 1 reason

• Most people are followers not leaders.
• Fear is the strongest human emotion.
• A person’s physical appearance determines whether s/he is liked or not.
• People are genuinely afraid of what they don’t know or understand.
• Laws are not necessary to maintain order within a society.

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Boxing Discussion

• Respond to what was said before stating your evidence.
• Do not speak again until everyone on your side has spoken
• Respond to the evidence not the person
• Rotate sides of argument
• Move if convinced!�

Anticipation Guide: A/D w/ at least 1 reason

• Most people are followers not leaders.
• Fear is the strongest human emotion.
• People are genuinely afraid of what they don’t know or understand.
• Laws are not necessary to maintain order within a society.
• A person’s physical appearance determines whether s/he is liked or not.

At least one reason why

• Personal experience
• Literature, film, TV
• Current event
• Historical example�
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Boxing Discussion

• Most people are followers not leaders.
• Fear is the strongest human emotion.
• People are genuinely afraid of what they don’t know or understand.
• Laws are not necessary to maintain order within a society.
• A person’s physical appearance determines whether s/he is liked or not.

Boxing Discussion

• Respond to what was said before stating your evidence.
• Do not speak again until everyone on your side has spoken
• Respond to the evidence not the person
• Rotate sides of argument
• Move if convinced!�

Would you survive?

Class Leader

This class is stranded on a deserted island.

Journal

1.Who would you pick?

2.How would you decide?

3.Who do you think would step up?

4.What do you think would happen?

LotF Journal #1: descriptive techniques

• If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Why? What about this place appeals to you?�
• Describe your perfect life.�A. Who would you want with you?�B. What would you do every day?�C. How would you make money?�D. What kind of rules would you follow (or not)?�

Every sentence:

• Figurative language
• Imagery
• Details

Class Leaders

1-Jordyne B

4-Andrew G

6-Logan S

The

Cold

War�

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Evacuees in WWII

Cliques

• Are their groups/cliques?
• What characteristics distinguish each group?
• In what ways do individuals behave differently when in a group versus alone?
• Do groups have leaders? If so, what distinguishes them from other members?

Tribal Challenge #1

Make a Flag

Tribe Name

Colors

Symbol

Chant, slogan

Moira Young on Dystopian Literature

Read for claims & evidence

Agree or disagree?

Dystopian Music

CCR’s “Bad Moon Rising”

David Bowie’s “Big Brother”

Corey Hart’s “I Wear My Sunglasses at Night”

Zagar and Evans’s “In the Year 2525”

REM’s “It’s the End of the World As We Know It”

Queen’s “Radio Gaga”

Adele’s “Skyfall”

The Buggles’s “Living in the Plastic Age”

Styx’s “Mr. Roboto”

Lawrence Kohlberg’s Six Stages of Moral Reasoning

Video

Which stage best fits your thinking?

Moral Dilemmas

• How did you resolve situation?
• What factors did you consider?
• Which stage fits your thinking?

VOCAB!

Best guess using context clues.

Vocabulary List #1

1. specious plausible but actually false; deceptive or misleading�2. skewed turned to one side; biased�3. bastion a well-fortified position; stronghold�4. hiatus a break, pause, or gap�5. gesticulated made hand motions�6. ebullience zestful enthusiasm�7. pall a gloomy effect�8. festooned decorated�9. inscrutable impossible to understand; impenetrable�10. opaque light can’t get through it�

HW: sentence demonstrating clear understanding of word (with correct POS)

Codes of Conduct

• These Are the Things (I learned in Kindergarten)
• The Outdoor Code (Boy Scouts)
• Code of Conduct for Members of the US Armed Forces

Journal: Codes of Conduct

• Are these codes reasonable? Explain.
• Which code of conduct do you most identify with?
• What would your code of conduct be if stranded on a deserted island?

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• These Are the Things �(I learned in Kindergarten)
• The Outdoor Code �(Boy Scouts)
• Code of Conduct for �Members of the US Armed Forces

Read Chapter 1!

Articles to use (on drive)

Text Messaging Flash Mob

Journal; Lord of the Flies

Terror in Littleton-the Psychology

Girl Power BOOKMARK on Chrome

Art of Violence BOOKMARK on Chrome

Age of Reason

Chapter 1

The Island: Visual

Use all of chapter 1

Graphic representation (sketch, painting, clay, paper, 3D)

Accurate yet creative

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Light vs Darkness: Light usually suggests hope, renewal, or intellectual illumination; darkness implies the unknown, ignorance, or despair.

Colors: Red: blood, sacrifice, passion, disorder�Green: growth, hope, fertility�Blue: highly positive, security, tranquility, spiritual purity�Black: darkness, chaos, mystery, the unknown, death, wisdom, evil, melancholy�White: light, purity, innocence, timelessness (negatives: death, horror, supernatural)�Yellow: enlightenment, wisdom

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After Ch 1

• SIGHT
• “mirage”
• Heat haze
• Sun blindness
• Piggy’s “glasses flashing”
• Piggy cleaning his classes
• Balance of play & responsibility
• Swimming, wrestling, standing on head, taking off clothes, pushing rock off ledge
• Calling others, taking names, electing chief, determining island, “something was being done”
• “them fruit”
• Pages 9, 10, 12, 17

Chapter 1 Tic Tac Toe

• Well developed, thoughtful responses �(not two sentences of surface �level responses)
• Work in singles or doubles
• Due @ end of hour

Age of Responsibility

Age of Responsibility MELT

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Should the U.S. justice system treat juvenile violent offenders as adults?

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Main idea: Flip & answer prompt

Evidence: real world evidence (history, current event, personal example, literature)

Link: explain your evidence and explain how it connects with and supports your claim; this should be about 2 sentences

Transition/Conclusion: wrap it up with something relevant, urgent, sassy

Four Readings

Read. Share main ideas.

Should the Law Treat Kids and Adults Differently?

Age of Reason

How Old is Old Enough?

Supreme Court Opens Door...

Age of Responsibility CR

Select one of the four questions on the right.

Write a constructed response answering that question.

Use at least one quote (from any of the articles) as evidence in your paragraph.

• How should children be held responsible for the crimes they commit? Explain.
• Do you agree with SCOTUS 2016 decision?
• Why is there such a discrepancy in how the world views adults?
• When should kids be charged as adults and when should they be charged as kids?

Journal: Areas of Responsibility

• What are the most important responsibilities?
• What standards should society use to determine how old people should be to __?
• Are you protecting the individual or society?
• To what extent are various factors considered: history, cognitive abilities, law, local culture, hypocrisy, safety, etc.?

Two discussion questions per reading

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Chapters 2 & 3

Vocabulary List #2

• declivities downward slopes
• impalpable intangible; not perceived by touch
• sinewy lean and muscular
• tacitly without being spoken
• improvisation to invent without preparation
• apex the highest point
• derisive scornful
• effigy a likeness or image
• tempestuously like a storm; turbulently
• incantation a verbal charm or spell�

Swiss Family Robinson

• Compare and contrast the first actions, reactions, thoughts of the Swiss Family and the boys in LotF.������
• What influence might adults have had on choices in Lord of the Flies?
• How might Franz’s character by based on LotF?

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TC: Make a Quiz!

• Write four multiple choice questions
• Tone
• Figurative language
• Main idea
• Details�
• Write four short answer questions
• Motifs
• Setting
• Characters
• Theme

• Answers options:
• Correct
• Opposite of correct
• Distractor
• CLOSE to answer but still wrong

2. Answer key-what are you looking for?

Piggy MELT Ch 3

Piggy says on page 54: “People were never quite what you thought they were.”

Cliques

Observe student

population at KeHS.

• Are there groups/cliques?
• What characteristics distinguish each group?
• In what ways do individuals behave differently when in a group versus alone?
• Do groups have leaders? If so, what distinguishes them from the other members?

JOURNAL Part 1: true or false?

• I can remember wanting to play with a toy that was not associated with my gender.
• I have been told outright that I could not do something because of my gender.
• I have had to suppress a certain emotion because to express that emotion in public would not be “manly” or “ladylike” or otherwise in keeping with my gender.
• I have judged someone else because their actions “didn’t fit” with their gender.
• I have had other people judge me because they thought my actions “didn’t fit” with my gender.

Journal part 2

• Do you think that gender role expectations have shaped who you are? If so, how? If not, why not?�
• Do you think you would be any different if the pressures of conforming to gender role expectations didn’t exist? If so, how? If not, why not?�

Nature vs Nurture

Handout #1-5

Video

Articles

Discuss:

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#6: Constructed Response

• Who might be most interested in resolving the nature versus nurture debate? What effect might a resolution have on our society? �
• If you were raising identical twins, what might you do to make sure that they were unique individuals? Explain your answer. �
• Based on what you have learned, do you think it is possible to change your personality? Why or why not? If so, how would you go about making changes?

Tea Time!

Biscuits & tea?

Discussion questions from ch 1-3

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Britain > America in one thing

America > Britain in one thing

Tribal Competition #2

How to build a shelter?

Tested by water/wind

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5 cards

15 minutes

Chapters 4 & 5

After Ch 4: Timed Write

Read the prompts�Read & annotate the passage�Outline:

• How sight motif is developed
• “Odd succession of mirrors”
• “---------------”
• “------------------------”
• Ignoring sharks and stars
• Sharks →
• Stars →

Write two paragraphs!

Q1: motif of sight

Q1: motif of sight

Q2: sharks & stars

P.36: discussion of beastie

P. 52: ‘not a good island’

“But you can feel as if you’re not hunting, but-being hunted, as if someting’s behind you all the time in the jungle.”

After Ch 5

Partner (or self) quiz:

One partner does motifs

One does quotes

Due @ end of hour!

Chapter 5 Quote Analysis:�due @ end of hour

1. “Yet, there was a space[…] that knew nothing of him and was in ruins” (62).��2. “We’ve got to talk about this fear […] ‘And be happy’” (82).��3. “Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness” (89).��4. “The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away” (91).��5. “I know about people. I know about me. And him. He can’t hurt you: but if you stand out of the way he’d hurt the next thing. And that’s me” (93).

Pick three of the following quotes:

For each, READ the quote and its surroundings. Then provide:

A. the speaker�B. to whom or about whom s/he is speaking, �C. the context of the scene (what led up to the scene or what this scene leads to)�D. why this quote important (consider themes, motifs, symbols, etc)�

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Chapter 5 Quote Analysis: due @ end of hour

Psychological: �of, affecting, or arising in the mind; related to the mental and emotional state of a person.�

Philosophical: �relating or devoted to the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.

Find 3 psychological or philosophical quotes

For each, provide:

A. the speaker�B. to whom or about whom s/he is speaking, �C. the context of the scene (what led up to the scene or what this scene leads to)�D. why is this quote important (consider themes, motifs, symbols, etc)

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Symbolism

Tic Tac Toe

• What is it?
• With whom is it associated?
• Why is it important?
• What does it represent?�

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Symbol: one thing represents something MORE

Metaphor: one thing represents something ELSE

Grown-ups

Fear

Nature vs Nurture

How is your identity shaped by nature (genetics) and nurture (environmental factors)?

Nature: Nurture:

Chubby cheeks, subby hands, toes Love of outdoors

Absent minded, rapid thought Contributions to community

Long winded, unnecessary details Healthy habits/lifestyle

Start sentence, trail off… Love of travel and adventure

Patience for kids Hard work/perseverance

How can our surrounding influence our decisions?�

What does the absence of society (authority, rules) allow for?

Grown-ups

Fear

Motif Analysis

What it represents (3)

Why it’s important; understanding or significance (4)

Quote #1

Quote #2

Gallery Walk

Discuss & Notes

Motif:

Represents:

Significance:

Tribal Competition #3

Relay Races:

Decide who will compete in which events.

• Crabwalk
• Wheelbarrow
• Three legged
• Dictionary on head

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Vocabulary List #3

• incredulity disbelief
• taut tight
• coverts thick underbrush providing cover
• obtuseness dullness; flatness; lack of sharp edges
• luxuriance having rich or profuse growth
• impervious incapable of being affected
• rebuke to criticize or reprimand
• sanctity sacredness; godliness
• maternal relating to motherhood
• cynicism attitude scornful of the motives or virtues of others�

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Fear

I am afraid of ___________________ because ____________________.

Fear in Chapter 5

Jack: “And as for the fear-you’ll have to put up with that like the rest of us [...] The thing is - fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream” (Golding 82).

“‘Maybe there isn’t a beast[...] What I mean is...maybe it’s only us’[...] Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness” (Golding 89)

FDR: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Write one possible theme statement about fear based on these three quotes.

Fear is your topic.�Ask yourself:

What can be learned or understood about fear? What is the message about fear?

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Theme Statements

Power:

Desire for power can cloud sound judgment; true power comes from being selfless.

Personal Growth:

By directly confronting the pain, one can begin the process of healing.

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Tribal Challenge #3: Trivia

Rhetorical Devices & Figurative Language (RD & FL)

1-5

Writing Rules and Regulations (W)

1-7

Julius Caesar (JC)

1-8

Rhetorical Analysis

FDR’s First Inaugural

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March 4th, 1933

What happened in late 1920s?

What was developing in Europe?

Quiz

• Find passage in the book
• Reread around it
• Answer ALL four questions in detail
• Staple and turn in
• Study vocab (quiz tomorrow!) extra credit for reading book.

Chapters 6 & 7

Archetypes

• a recurrent character, symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology.�
• a very typical example of a certain person or thing.

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Damsel in distress

Star crossed lovers

Hero

Friendly beast

Mother figure (earth, fairy godmother)

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Others?

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Character Chart

Five of nine needed

One significant thread between character and other

Use back side if needed

Consider archetypes!

Archetypal Characters & Colors in LotF

A. Beezlebub�Contemporary name for the devil�Source for Beelzebub: Hebrew Bible understood to mean "lord of the flies"

B. Savior �Contemplative spirit�Calm nature

C. Blind Prophet�Knowledge, wisdom�Ironic

D. Outcast�Socially different

Red: blood, sacrifice, passion, disorder ��Green: growth, hope, fertility ��Blue: highly positive, security, tranquility, spiritual purity ��Black: darkness, chaos, mystery, the unknown, death, wisdom, evil, melancholy ��White: light, purity, innocence, timelessness �(negatives: death, horror, supernatural) ��Yellow: enlightenment, wisdom

Archetypal Characters in LotF

A. Beezlebub�Contemporary name for the devil�Source for Beelzebub: Hebrew Bible understood to mean "lord of the flies"

B. Savior �Contemplative spirit�Calm nature

C. Blind Prophet�Knowledge, wisdom�Ironic

D. Outcast�Socially different

Beezlebub

"the prince of the devils," Matthew 12:24. This name is derived from Baal-zebub, an idol deity among the Ekronites, signifying lord of flies, whose office was to protect his worshippers from the torment of the gnats and flies with which that region was infested, 2 Kings 1:2,3,16. It is also sometimes written Beel- sebul, which signifies probably the dung-god. The Jews seem to have applied this appellation to Satan, as being the author of all the pollutions and abominations of idol-worship.

be-el'-ze-bub (in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) : In the time of Christ this was the current name for the chief or prince of demons, and was identified with SATAN and the DEVIL. The Jews committed the unpardonable sin of ascribing Christ's work of casting out demons to Beelzebul, thus ascribing to the worst source the supreme manifestation of goodness (Matthew 10:25; Matthew 12:24, 27 Mark 3:22 Luke 11:15, 18, 19).

Blind Prophet : O Brother Where Art Thou?

• What does the old man see?
• How is he a prophet?
• What are the escaped prisoners ‘blind’ to see?
• Ralph implores that he wants to give up as he, Piggy, and Simon are “three blind mice” (Golding 93). In what ways are the boys blind?

Agree or Disagree?

Real world evidence :

History, literature, current events, personal experience

• “Fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream” (Golding 82).

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• What is man’s “essential illness” that Simon acknowledges on page 89? (It may help to reread that page)

Flashback and Foreshadowing

Flashback: 97, 98, 112 (pick ONE)

Foreshadowing:105, 117 (pick ONE)

Analyze two scenes:

• Why was it included?�
• What role does it have in the novel?�
• What message might Golding be including with this narrative technique?

Agree or Disagree?

Answer & argue (w/ evidence):

Real world evidence :

History, literature, current events, personal experience

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• What is man’s “essential illness” that Simon acknowledges on page 89? (It may help to reread that page)

Is it different from the strange flittering in Ralph’s mind (107-108)?

Flashback and Foreshadowing

At least one example �of each in chapters 6-7.

For each, answer:

• Why was it included?�
• What role does it have in the novel?�
• What message might Golding be including with this narrative technique?

Tribal Competition #4

Two Sentence Scary Stories:

15 minutes

Vote in classes tomorrow

When you get a divorce, your ex usually leaves the family tree. My ex-wife is still hanging there.

I’m cooking for my girlfriend tonight and she asks me what we’re having for dinner. I don’t have the heart to tell her it’s my ex-wife.

Dear Landlady: I found the apartment to be a bit too spacious for my liking, so I have moved into a cozier place. The only downside is the springs above me creak whenever you get up or lie down.

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English 4 Reflection

• What is your current grade in this class?
• What missing assignments do you have?
• What grade would you like to end the semester with? How do you plan on accomplishing this goal?
• How can I help you achieve this goal? How can I help you be successful in the last three weeks of school?

2 Sentence

Scary Stories

Vote for best at table

Share with rest of class

I cut down the tree in my front yard because the branches kept scratching and banging on my bedroom window every night. I’m starting to think the tree was the least of my problems, since the scratching and banging hasn’t stopped.

I’m cooking for my girlfriend tonight and she asks me what we’re having for dinner. I don’t have the heart to tell her it’s my ex-wife.

Dear Landlady: I found the apartment to be a bit too spacious for my liking, so I have moved into a cozier place. The only downside is the springs above me creak whenever you get up or lie down.

With my final glance, I see the clock read “12:07″, as she plunged her horrific claws deep into my heart. I suddenly awake, thankful it was just a dream, and see the clock reads “12:06″; my closet door creaks open and a mirror shatters.

Theme Analysis

Fear Responsibility vs play

Rules Savagery

Sight

1.

2.

3.

4.

Fear Theme Statements

Fear is simply the unknown; it can be overcome with education and experiences.

Fear allows us to acknowledge both dangers and possibilities.

To prevent fear from breaking you, you must let fear drive you.

Fear can only control you if you cannot control your fear.

Mudslinging

Using insults and/or accusations to damage the reputation of one’s opponent.

• Lord of the Flies
• Politics
• Bumper Sticker!

Bumper Stickers!

Get the word out

Why does this bumper sticker work?

What’s your message?

Is it memorable?

Is there a pithy quote that tells your story?

What do these have in common?

Chapter 8

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.

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NYT Flies Aggression https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/text-to-text-lord-of-the-flies-and-a-fight-club-for-flies/comment-page-1/?_r=0

Role of Gender

Would girls do the same thing if stuck on an island?

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PART I:

Constructed Response

“The greatest ideas are the simplest” (Golding 129).

Use one example of real world evidence (history, literature, current events, etc.) to state whether you agree or disagree.

PART II: Juxtaposition:

two or more ideas, places, characters, objects, or actions placed side by side for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts

Reread the murder scene on pages 135-136. Analyze the contrasting imagery of the blood and the butterflies.

• What emotions might this contrast evoke in the reader?
• Why does Golding include such juxtaposition in such a graphic scene?

Vocabulary List #4

• derision scorn or ridicule
• assimilating absorbing
• purged freed from impurities; rid from unwanted condition
• luminous radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright
• myopia nearsightedness
• propitiating appeasing; trying to please
• pinnacles tall, pointed formations
• truculently disposed to fight
• momentarily briefly
• eclipsed obscured; blocked from view�

Gender Journal

Gender:

“the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex” �(Merriam Webster)

Or

“all of the norms, traits and expectations that go along with one sex or the other” �(New York Times)

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• Do you think kids feel pressure to conform to gender roles? Do you think adults feel that same pressure? Explain.�
• When gender role expectations change, what causes that change?�
• Are there certain gender role expectations that you think will never change or should never change? Explain.�
• Are there certain gender role expectations that you think are especially important to change? Which ones and why?

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Reminders:

Library for class Tuesday** & Wednesday�**List #3 vocab make ups at lunch in library

FEAST for your tribe on Thursday (emulate the feasts in chapter 8)

Drinks, fruits, veggies, sweets, savories� Cups, plates, napkins, silverware?

FINAL vocab quiz Friday (MP)

True or False: Questions:

1. I can remember wanting to play with a toy that was not associated with my gender.�2. I have been told outright that I could not do something because of my gender.�3. I have had to suppress a certain emotion because to express that emotion in public would not be “manly” or “ladylike” or otherwise in keeping with my gender.�4. I have judged someone else because their actions “didn’t fit” with their gender.�5. I have had other people judge me because they thought my actions “didn’t fit” with my gender.�

Are there pressures specific to this school or in middle and/or high schools in general to conform to gender roles? What are they?

Do you think adults feel pressure to conform to gender roles are much as teenagers and children do? Why or why not?

How are the these pressures different for girls and women than they are for boys and men?

If you could change one thing about typical and/or stereotypical gender roles, what would it be?

True or False JOURNAL Answer

• I can remember wanting to play with a toy that was not associated with my gender.
• I have been told outright that I could not do something because of my gender.
• I have had to suppress a certain emotion because to express that emotion in public would not be “manly” or “ladylike” or otherwise in keeping with my gender.
• I have judged someone else because their actions “didn’t fit” with their gender.
• I have had other people judge me because they thought my actions “didn’t fit” with my gender.

• Do you think that gender role expectations have shaped who you are? If so, how? If not, why not?�
• Do you think you would be any different if the pressures of conforming to gender role expectations didn’t exist? If so, how? If not, why not?

“Girls Will be Girls”

&

“When Women Rule”

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Partner �up to

read,

share, �discuss

Gender CR

Pick ONE of these three claims:

Agree or disagree in a CR (MELELT) while including:

• One example from real world
• One example from own life

• “Hillary Clinton isn’t the only woman struggling to find an ideal mix of feminism and femininity, one that allows a woman to behave both like and unlike a man without being penalized either way.” �
• “In democracies in the television age, female leaders also have to navigate public prejudices — and these make democratic politics far more challenging for a woman than for a man.” �
• “The broader conundrum is that for women, but not for men, there is a tradeoff in qualities associated with top leadership. A woman can be perceived as competent or as likable, but not both.”�

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Reminders:

Gender CR due now to me!

FEAST for your tribe on Thursday

Drinks, fruits, veggies, sweets, savories� Cups, plates, napkins, silverware?

FINAL vocab quiz Friday

Mudslinging

Using insults and/or accusations to damage the reputation of one’s opponent.

Public Service Announcements

Raise awareness, change public attitudes and behavior towards social issues

Mudslinging PSA: Three Parts

• Jack with Ralph on 125-127 of book OR 178-183 of E Reader PDF
• Political Campaigns prior to 2016
• Public Service Announcement

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In library today and tomorrow

Due @ end of class tomorrow (Wednesday)

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Reminders:

PSA due (email) by end of hour!

Turn in PSA rubric to folder.

FEAST for your tribe on Thursday

Drinks, fruits, veggies, sweets, savories� Cups, plates, napkins, silverware?

FINAL vocab quiz Friday

PSA Reminders

Identify problem & offer solution

Creativity, word choice, organization

Less is more!

Turn in PSA rubric to folder.

Vocab when done!

Kid Nation:

Contemporary Lord of the Flies

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2007-CBS

40 kids, 40 days, desert of New Mexico

Chapters 9 & 10

Demented...but partly secure 152

Think of history class. What is one another society that you would consider demented but partly secure?

Describe this society in detail. Compare and contrast it with the society the boys have created on the island.

Are humans inherently* evil?

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Lord of the Flies�Stanford Prison Experiment

“When the Good Do Bad”�Milgram Experiment��

T: introduce topic

R: restrict your claim

I: FOUR pieces of illustrating evidence

A: analyze how each proves claim

C: SASSY conclusion

Lord of the Flies

Stanford Prison Experiment

Article: “When the Good Do Bad”

Milgram’s Experiment

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Are humans inherently evil?

4 pieces of evidence:

Chapter 11

Use specific evidence from the text in your responses.

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• How has Ralph changed over the course of the novel? What do you suppose caused that change?
• How has Samneric changed? What do you suppose caused that change?
• How has Piggy stayed the same? Why do you suppose that is?

Journal:

• What do you feel is mankind’s most significant flaw?
• What are you afraid of?

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Short Story

Read (& enjoy!)

Answer questions on separate paper

Short story: “The Tell Tale Heart”

• Determine whether the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” is reliable or unreliable. When does the narrator tell the truth and when does he not?
• “The Tell-Tale Heart” has only ONE instance of dialogue: the last paragraph of the story. What purpose does this piece of dialogue serve in the story? Why did Poe not include any other examples of dialogue in the text?
• Reread the second paragraph. What is the narrator’s tone toward himself and his actions? Cite 2 word choices used by the narrator that support your answer.
• Poe once wrote that every word in a story should create a “single, overwhelming impression.” In your opinion, what impression was he trying to create in this story?

Short story: “The Most Dangerous Game”

1. What is ironic about General Zaroff’s statement, “We do our best to preserve the amenities of civilization here”? Do you feel the boys in LotF did their best to preserve the amenities of civilization on the island? Find a quote to support your answer.�2. What evidence can be found in the story to support the idea that humans’ animalistic impulses are not far below their civilized exteriors? �3. On page 1 of Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game, Rainsford says, “The world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees.” Explain the significance of this perspective in relation to the two main characters of Rainsford and Zaroff. What do the words and actions of these characters reveal about Connell’s view of human nature? How does this view clash with or support Golding’s view as evidenced with Lord of the Flies? Use at least one quote from each text in your response. �4. “Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and, if need be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong. Why should I not use my gift? If I wish to hunt, why should I not? I hunt the scum of the earth—sailors from tramp ships—lascars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels—a thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them.” Which boys from LotF would agree with this statement? Which boys would disagree? Do you agree or disagree with Zaroff?�

Chapters 11 & 12

Physical Representation of the Island

Tribal Competition #6��

Email depiction by end of class!

Voting on Tuesday.

gwen.pennington@prosserschools.org

• Google Drawings
• Microsoft Publisher
• Paint
• Collage
• Hand created (paint, sketch, etc.)
• Other?

Two requirements:

• Label important locations
• Include (artistically) all tribal members’ names

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Fanfiction Meets Facebook

What happened to Ralph, Jack, and Samneric?

Facebook profile for each @ age 30

Group of three-one per person

Theme Analysis CR

Theme-

universal understanding about human nature; what can be learned or understood after reading the text

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Topic → theme

M- In his novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding conveys the idea that (THEME).

E- An example of this is when… provide context → “quote” (Golding 13).

L- Explain significance of quote and how it supports theme; > just one sentence

E- This theme is developed further when...provide context → “quote” (Golding 45).

L- Explain significance of quote and how it supports theme; > just one sentence

T- Sassy, relevant, urgent conclusion

Create Your Own Utopia

Utopia Project Suggestions

• Divide and conquer
• 1, 2-4, 5-7, 8-11
• 1, 2-6, 7-11
• Google/Microsoft drive?
• All work at once
• Bullet points
• BORING
• Peer review
• Take ownership
• Same grade!
• Set norms
• Set yourselves up for success

“The Lottery” | Shirley Jackson�The inhabitants of a village prepare for the lottery, an annual harvest time tradition. Everyone gathers to draw slips of paper from an old black box

“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” | Ursula Le Guin�The citizens of Omelas are happy and celebrating the summer festival. They have an arrangement that guarantees their happiness.

“2 B R 0 2 B” | Kurt Vonnegut�All of society's ills have been cured: wars, famine, disease, and death from aging. The population is maintained at 40 million. When there is a birth, someone has to volunteer to die. Edward Wehling finds out that his wife is going to give birth to triplets.

“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury �Would the world come to an end if we ceased to exist? In this post-apocalyptic story, Bradbury contends that nature — and even some things we have created — may just carry on without us.

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Read two stories and analyze each by answering:

• What current flaw(s) of society is the story critiquing?
• How is the future of the world portrayed in the story; what is different or unique about this dystopia?

Dystopian Short Stories

Part I: Read “The Lottery” and answer the questions.

Part II: Pick at least one more short story to read and analyze by answering:

• What current flaw(s) of society is the story critiquing?
• How is the future of the world portrayed in the story; what is different or unique about this dystopia?

“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” | Ursula Le Guin�The citizens of Omelas are happy and celebrating the summer festival. They have an arrangement that guarantees their happiness.

“2 B R 0 2 B” | Kurt Vonnegut�All of society's ills have been cured: wars, famine, disease, and death from aging. The population is maintained at 40 million. When there is a birth, someone has to volunteer to die. Edward Wehling finds out that his wife is going to give birth to triplets.

“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury �Would the world come to an end if we ceased to exist? In this post-apocalyptic story, Bradbury contends that nature — and even some things we have created — may just carry on without us.

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2081 Journal

1. How do you define equal?

2. What does it mean when our Declaration of Independence promises “all men are created equal”? Is it true?

3. Is it fair that some people are smarter or faster than other people? Is it fair that some people make more money than other people? Explain.

4. How would our world be different if all people had the same level of intelligence and skill? What would it look like?

5. What is the relationship between fair and equal?

2081 - “Harrison Bergeron”

Answer questions on separate piece of paper.

Johnny Express

Part I:

• What current flaw(s) of society is the story critiquing?
• How is the future of the world portrayed in the story; what is different or unique about this dystopia?

Dystopian Music

Dystopian Poetry

Dystopian Art

Agree or Disagree?

Find piece of art to support your position.

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.” - Oscar Wilde

After Reading

Post Reading Activities

• Survival Challenge-big white packet
• Reality TV script/scene reenactment/prediction
• Misuse of Power and Control
• Voicethread (Penguin)
• Politically Correct LotF (bookmark saved from New Yorker)
• Class Election (Jack/Ralph or OWN election for mock survival)
• C/C scenes from 1963 and 1990 films
• C/C Simon’s death scene and Rue’s death scene in HG
• Wall E-Divergent-Hunger Games-The Giver-2081 connections
• Stanford Prison Experiment
• Create your own Utopia
• Rewrite story (short story) as with women

Venn Diagram: C/C

Hunts in chapters 4, 7, 8

To

Murder of Simon in chapter 9

To

Capture of Samneric in chapter 11

To

Murder of Piggy in chapter 12

Simon and Rue

What is the common theme of lost innocence based on these two portrayals?

Contrast the societal responses/dealings with the bodies.

Reading chunks

1 (1-31)

2 & 3 (32-57)

4 & 5 (58-94)

6 & 7 (95-108)

8 (124-144)

9 & 10 (145-168)

11 & 12 (169-202)