The Lord of the FLies

"write away"

• look over your "BIG IDEAS TO DISCUSS" questions. choose one or two to expand upon. elaborate with examples-stretch your thinking.

"write away"

• You Can only pack 4 items in a backpack to help you survive on a remote tropical island. What would you pack, and why? Be specific.

TEAMWORK:
"Individual commitment to a group effort-that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." -Vince Lombardi

TEAMWORK
"If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together"

Reflect On a time when you had to work with others to achieve a goal. What was It?

What role did communication play, and how did collaboration shape the outcome?

What Could that Experience show about human nature?

I can analyze how communication, collaboration, and power dynamics influence group decision-making and problem-solving.

by William Golding
1954

ALLEGORY: A story in which the characters and events are symbols of something else

gOLDING'S PURPOSE:
"an allegorical microcosm" of the world he knew

MICROCOSM:
"Little World"

a small society or activity which shares all the features of a much larger one

The island, the boys, and many other objects and events represent Golding's view of the world and Human NATURE in general

and so seems like a smaller version of it.
(OFTEN POLITICAL, MORAL)

OUR PURPOSE:
"WHY ARE WE READING THIS?"

9th-grade essential question:
What makes up my identity, and how does my identity impact my role as a community member?

How are communities formed?
What holds them together?

How do individuals shape their communities? How do communities shape individuals?

What is the best way for groups to make decisions and determine common goals?

goALS: pURPOSE of unit

• 1. wHY DID WILLIAM goldinG WRITE THE lORD OF THE FLIES? (HIS PURPOSE)
• 2. wHY ARE WE reading IT? and, why are we creating these island societies? (OUR PURPOSE)

so...

• How can these ISLAND CHALLENGES help us answer these questions?

"ALLEGORICAL MICROCOSMS"?

Write AWay:
Finish the sentences: "People need..."
"Everyone deserves..."
"No one should ever..."

"My liberty to swing my fist ends just where your nose begins"

Community
LEADERSHIP
Conflict
PRIORITIES

Silent building challenge REFLECTION:

• Teamwork?
• Communication?
• LEadership?
• Priorities?
• Challenges, strengths?

Creating a new Society:
priorities

WRITE AWAY:
What is most important to you?
LIST "ABSTRACT NOUNS" that reflect your CORE VALUES.
example: honesty

our core values
highlight what we stand for and guide our choices and behavior

peak moments:
what values were you honoring at those times?

or, a time you felt upset or frustrated. What value was being suppressed?

prioritize:
rank your top 4 values, 1=most important.
THEN, WRITE ONE ON EACH post-it

A unified purpose:
CORE VALUES
MISSION STATEMENT

wHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? :

• 1. ISland Core values?
• 2. uSE VALUES TO CRAFT A Mission statemenT for your island
• 3. USE MISSION STATEMENT TO CREATE SYSTEM of government: (RULES, LAWS ETC).

pRIORITIZE:
wHAT ARE YOUR TOP FOUR SHARED VALUES?
SORT AND PRIORITIZE VALUE CARDS

lOOK FOR CONNECTIONS:
sORT INTO RELATED PILES:
EX: FLEXIBILITY, FREEDOM, LIBERTY

gIVE EACH PILE A NAME: EXAMPLE:
COOPERATION, KINDNESS, EMPATHY: WHAT COULD YOU NAME THAT PILE?

prioritize:
4 PILES = 4 CORE VALUES

tHEN, bUILD A TOP-DOWN WEB: A PILE= A VALUE= A BUBBLE

CARDS IN EACH PILE BECOME DETAILS UNDER EACH BUBBLE

FINALLY, CRAFT A MISSION STATEMENT THAT REFLECTS YOUR ISLAND'S SHARED VALUES

If youR island could have ONLY 4 laws, what should they be? Why? Who would decide?

Write Away:
"Action Expresses Priorities"
-Mahatma GanDhi

"Write Away"

• Think about LEadership: What Qualities make a Good leader? Why? List top three Qualities and a rationale (reason) for each.

Leadership:
"The Art of communication is the language of leadership"
-James Humes

Community: all the people who live in one place

predict:
How will communicating with your team impact your score? will it improve? Why or why not?

Lost at Sea!
On the LIFEraft:
a community-a shared sense of purpose

LOST AT SEA!

• What matters most? expand on why you ranked your 15 items the way you did. In particular, explain your choices for 1 and 15.

Challenge/Twist: No repeat words

Today you will...

• DEVELOP your island society: it needs systems, leadership, rules,
• but how?

What is a community?

ISLAND Survivor Challenge Folder Due today:
Priorities, values, mission statement, Government: Everything reflects 4 values

COMMUNITY: A SENSE OF HAVING SOMETHING IN COMMON

"Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching"
-c.s. Lewis

"How you do anything is how you do everything."

Your Core Values:
When have you lived up to them, and when have you not?

"Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble."
-Yehuda Berg

Words to Lift and Inspire:
Do you have a favorite quote? What words give you hope or lift your spirits?

Creating a mural of inspiring quotes

Micro field trip:

• 1. Find an inspiring quote
• 2. Put it on a post-it with black marker or pen
• 3. Head to the Lower Library to help build our rainbow mural
• 4. While you're there: read other quotes! Look for ones you like-jot them in your journal!

"quotes and Notes"
(open Book=OK)

nEXT STEPS: Name your Island and 4 LAWS THAT REFLECT YOUR ISLAND'S CORE VALUES

Due today: Chapter 2 in LOTF 3 Sticky Notes

Save the Last Word

Cards:
Red= 32-35
YELLOW= 36-39
green= 40-43
Blue= 44-47

Brief PLot Summary of pages (in Notebook)
What happens?
Anything new re: characters, Setting?

1. Passage (with page number)
2. OPen-Ended Question (with Page number)

Back of passage Card:
Why you chose it.
Observations, Questions, significance, Themes, Golding's purpose

Back of Card 2: answer Your Question
consider significance, theme, Character, Symbolism, Golding's Purpose.
Elaborate.
Fill the space.

check for:
Page number
not yes/no
considers "beyond plot"
(themes, symbols, author's purpose)

In Group:
1st person shares page number, Waits.
Then, reads front of card. That's It!

Person to the right responds. Then next, next, next.

finally, YOU get the
LAST WORD (read back of card, respond to others' comments)

Next person's turn.
(Same deal)

At the end:
Whip Around:
I think Golding wants us to think about...

Finally,
Best take-aways, new ideas, questions, insights

HW: SOS: Message in a Bottle using Unit 7 Words

Conch
SIMON
Jack
Hunting
Fire
Rules

Conch
Piggy
Jack
Hunting
Fire
Rules

Communication, Leadership, Priorities, Collaboration, Power, rules, Justice,

Keys to Finding Deeper meaning

INSIGHT

ACKNOWLEDGE COMPLEXITY

Look for Tension

Write Away:
With your word, create 2-3 "conversation starter" questions. Be sure they are open-ended and interesting

the painted faces symbolize the boys' transformation and the emergence of their primal instincts.

Oscar Wilde once said, "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." Reflect on how the anonymity of the internet or social media allows people to reveal their true selves, much like the painted faces in the book.

Can wearing a "mask" liberate us, or does it trap us in another identity? Provide examples from your own experience or observations.