1. Day 39–Intro to Fiction and Lord of the Flies Cont.

2. Objectives:
Introduce fiction and determine if it is used in a commercial or literary capacity.
Understand and Identify the differences between commercial and literary fiction.
Homework:
Finish Chapters 1-4 in LotF by 3/30- Close reading objectives can be found on my website.

3. Warm Up – Short Response
After learning about the
Stanford Prison Experiment,
How would you revise your warm up from yesterday?

4. The Stanford Prison experiment

5. The Stanford Prison experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment cont. 10 min.
The Stanford Prison experiment
Each of you will open the worksheet on classroom and complete the questions.
Enter the website at the top of the worksheet.(
Click The Story on the top right of the screen.
Pause after each page and answer the questions. Each question should be answered in paragraph form.
Make sure to submit the document to google classroom.
You may work with your partner to research and answer the questions.

13. Get your laptops
Download and read the texts “The Skull and the Arrow” and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”.
Read the passage and determine the purpose, expectations, and audience for your selection. Then determine which text is meant to be commercial and which is meant to be literary.

16. Lord of the Flies - Setting

17. The Island - LotF
The island is a perfect microcosm. It is like an ant-farm.
A microcosm is a_____________.
Population of leaders/followers.

18. Sketch of the Island
Beach

19. The Symbolism of the Island
Different areas of the island are associated with different ideas.
Beach = Dreams/hope of rescue
Mountain = ?
Bush/Forest = ?
Rocky-outcrop(peninsula) = ?

20. Symbolism Must have in order to speak Used to start a fire
BE ON THE LOOKOUT! THERE ARE LOTS OF SYMBOLS IN THIS BOOK! IT’S LIKE A GAME OF WHERE’S WALDO!!!!
Conch shell
Must have in order to speak
Make predictions. What might physically happen to the shell and what might that mean?
Glasses (specs)
Used to start a fire
Make predictions. How might this symbol play into the book? How might it change over time?

21. Symbolism
Golding uses symbols to represent different meanings within the book. Examples:
The title Lord of the Flies = Evil
A seashell used to call the boys and designate a speaking order might represent?
Keep an eye out for anything that could be symbolic (There are lots of them!).

22. ...Characters as symbols
In addition to objects, people/characters can be symbolic too.
What are various character traits that can be used to describe humans?
Golding attempts to emphasize this point by giving certain characters stronger attributes (one character embodies wisdom, one evil, etc.)

23. Lord of the Flies Time
Take out your LotF book and read. This is a good time to annotate.

24. Closure - 3,2,1 Write: 3 things you learned about fiction today.
2 examples of participial phrases.
1 question you have regarding the lecture.