English Honors II – October 22, 2013

Agenda Lord of the Flies Powerpoint Presentation Author Novel Book Covers Small Group Activity: Island Challenge

Objective Students will be able to identify and recall key information regarding William Golding’s life and Lord of the Flies Students will evaluate, compare and contrast different book covers Students will be able to select effective imagery to describe their island in a group

Introduction Lord of the Flies

Sir William Gerald Golding About the Author Sir William Gerald Golding 1911-1993 British Novelist and Nobel Laureate Born in St. Columb Minor, Cornwall Went to school at Oxford University Worked as an actor, writer, producer and settlement house worker before becoming a secondary teacher

More About Golding Involved in the Royal Navy during World War II Part of the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck Involved in the landing in Normandy Resumed teaching after the war until he retired in 1961 In 1988 he was knighted Awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1983

About the Novel Lord of the Flies was Golding’s first published novel. Published in 1954. The novel was an immediate success in Britain and a best-seller in the United States in the late 1950s. In 1963, it was made into a movie in Britain. It was made into a movie in the United States in 1990. Lord of the Flies shows Golding’s view of human nature as evil and violent

Cover Comparison