10th Grade English Wednesday 4 Dec. 2013 Agenda: Chapters 5-8 Vocabulary Test Chapter 10 Vocabulary Read Chapter 10 Mark 2 Passages and Craft 2 Questions While Reading Answer Ch 8-10 Comprehension Questions H/W: Finish reading chapter 10, answer Comprehension Questions 3,4,5,10,14, and craft 2 discussion questions for 2 quotes from chapter 10 Chapters 8-10 Comprehension Quiz Thursday, 12/5 Symbolism Project Due Friday, 12/6 Chapters 9-12 Vocab Test Thursday, 12/12

Ch 10 Vocab Gesticulating: to make gestures while speaking for emphasis POS: verb Sample Sentence: He was gesticulating with is hands to emphasize the importance of his point.

Ch 10 Vocab Obscene: offensive to decency and modesty POS: adjective Sample Sentence: The way Golding describes Simon’s death is simply obscene.

Ch 10 Vocab Assimilating: to incorporate and absorb into the mind. POS: verb Sample Sentence: He was assimilating the importance of maintaining the rules of society.

Ch 10 Vocab Quavering: to speak in a trembling voice POS: verb Sample Sentence: His voice was quavering from fear.

Ch 8-10 Questions What is the “Lord of the Flies”? What two things does Jack’s tribe steal from Ralph’s? Who dies? Describe the death scene. Who is first to insist that the murder was an accident? Which character doesn’t get any pork? What does Jack tell Ralph about the conch? Where is the body of the dead character at the end of the chapters? Where is the beastie or the dead pilot at the end of the chapters?

Ch 8-10 Questions What does Jack order the boys to do as the weather turns? What does the sow’s head represent to Simon? Name the bigun’s left in Ralph’s tribe. What effect did the paint and the costume have on Jack? What might the character’s death symbolize? Where does Jack’s tribe make camp? Who is the first to discover the true identity of the beast? Why does Jack leave the group? Who blows the conch to call an assembly at the beginning of Ch. 8? Who suggests that they return to the mountain to hunt for the beast?