1. Lord of the Flies
By William Golding

2. 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?

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

10. 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?

11. 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?