Lord of the Flies By William Golding

Quick Write In your notes: Look at the cover What do you think this story will be about? (If you know, please don’t share). Analyze the title What do you think about the title? What do you think it means?

Background Check Cover: Title: The story takes place on an island. A group of boys crash landed when their plane was shot down during a war. There are no adult survivors. Title: Lord of the Flies is literally translated from “Beelzebub,” an alternate name for Lucifer or Satan. Turn and talk: If the author titled his book after the devil, what do you suppose you should look for while you read? What can you expect will happen? (2 min)

Literary Terms Allegory - A story with a double meaning: a primary or surface meaning and a secondary or under-the-surface meaning. Symbol - An object, animate or inanimate, which represents or ‘stands for’ something else. Flashback - A term which probably derives from the cinema, and which is now also used to describe any scene or episode in a play, novel, story or poem which is inserted to show events that happened at an earlier time. Microcosm - A representation of ideas and activities present in larger society Foreshadowing - Technique of arranging events and information in a narrative in such a way that later events are prepared for or shadowed forth beforehand. This gives structural and thematic unity. Theme - The central idea which may be stated directly or indirectly by the author

Literary Terms – What to look for Allegory Look for religious connections within the text. Symbol Look for objects that represent more than their literal representation (characters count, too). Flashback Look for places that give the reader more context about characters prior to the current setting Foreshadowing Look for moments/descriptions that could suggest later problems Microcosm Connect the basic story to larger world issues. Theme Follow recurring messages the author embeds throughout the text.

Author Background William Golding Born September 19, 1911 Cornwall, England Studied science but switched to English Lit in college Became a teacher WWII entered the Royal Navy Discovered the innate evil of man Success with LOTF, but not much else Returned to teaching and writing

Close Reading For this unit, you will be required to keep close reading notes to demonstrate your understanding and higher level thinking skills of the novel. You will do this for all chapters You will be assigned a focus question for each set of chapters. Keep detailed notes for your focus question in addition to your close reading notes You must write down page numbers of important information

Group Meeting 1 Introduce yourselves – Name If you have read the book before (DO NOT GIVE IT AWAY!) Favorite vacation spot and why

Group Meeting 1 Trade contact information with your group members. Get phone numbers and emails – make a GroupMe chat if necessary

Group Meeting 1 Decide the protocol if someone is going to be absent. What will members be responsible for? How soon should someone notify your group How will work be completed if someone is absent?

Group Meeting 1 Decide group dynamics Who will keep the rest of the group on task? What is required of each group member before, during, and after meetings? What happens if someone does not follow through?