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Lord of the Flies Book Club

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Ages 13-18
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In this 4-week book club, students will read and discuss William Golding's symbolic and savage Lord of the Flies
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Homework
1-2 hours per week. Students will read three chapters a week on their own time. Students will have access to the new video and a corresponding one page worksheet with discussion questions and places for fill-in-the blank answers. Each week, I assign a short writing assignment focused around that week's discussion questions and ask the students to share their responses in the classroom. There are also activities like vocabulary words and an optional Kahoot! review quiz to test their comprehension from the weekly chapters.
Assessment
The more questions, comments, and posts that students share in the classroom, the more I can understand their knowledge and comprehension of the topics we are discussing.
Grading
Please let me know if you require a grade for this course.

Class Experience

US Grade 8 - 11
Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a symbolic story about the deadly and violent nature of humans. This novel is often required reading for a lot of high school students. It is the perfect book for group discussion and analysis because Golding's use of  symbolism can be hard to appreciate and understand when reading alone. We will also tie into some historical references regarding the British's involvement and politics during World War II.    

Students will read three chapters a week on their own time. Each week a new video will discuss the pages that the students have previously read. This class does not meet live. The prerecorded sessions will emphasize characters, their motivations, theme, story plausibility, and inferences about what might come next. We will also refer to any symbolism within the story and discuss what the author intended to represent with those symbols.

Students will have access to a video that covers the important elements of the week's reading and a corresponding one page worksheet with discussion questions and places for fill-in-the blank answers. The worksheets will also address/remind the students of some of the important topics from each chapter. I also assign a short writing assignment focused around that week's discussion questions and ask the students to share their responses in the classroom. I also ask students to submit any vocabulary words the students didn't recognize or passages the students did not understand. The more questions the students ask, the more "discussion" we can have in the classroom after each chapter. 

Lesson breakdown:
Students will receive a worksheet and discussion questions for each weekly video. There is one weekly writing assignment to complete after the weekly readings. I will post a vocabulary word from the weekly reading for the students to use in a sentence that showcases their understanding of the definition. I will also post a link to an optional Lord of the Flies themed Kahoot! trivia review quiz that the students can fill out to further immerse themselves in this world.

Learning Goals

Week One: Chapters 1-3
Week Two: Chapters 4-6
Week Three Chapters 7-9
Week Four Chapters 10-12

Syllabus

4 Lessons
over 4 Weeks
Lesson 1:
Chapters 1-3
 Video lesson, worksheet, vocabulary words, writing assignment, and optional Kahoot! review quiz 
Lesson 2:
Chapters 4-6
 Video lesson, worksheet, vocabulary words, writing assignment, and optional Kahoot! review quiz 
Lesson 3:
Chapters 7-9
 Video lesson, worksheet, vocabulary words, writing assignment, and optional Kahoot! review quiz 
Lesson 4:
Chapters 10-12
 Video lesson, worksheet, vocabulary words, writing assignment, and optional Kahoot! review quiz 

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Parental Guidance
According to commonsensemedia.org: Parents need to know that Lord of the Flies has been described as dark, brutal, pessimistic, and tragic. Characters slaughter both an animal and a human in this story. Because of it's dark and violent nature, it may not be suitable for all students. Yet it deals with a fundamental issue of humanity: Are people naturally prone to evil? This and other issues in this novel would be invaluable for parent-child discussion, on both theological and humanist levels.
Supply List
The students will need a copy of Lord of the Flies to read on their own. It can be borrowed from the library or even listened to as an audio book. The students will not need a physical copy of the story in class, although they may find it helpful to have while filling out their worksheets or working on their writing assignment.
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    Joined June, 2019
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    Master's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from Spalding University
    I have a Master's Degree in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults. I was a substitute teacher for three years before teaching full-time on Outschool for multiple years.  I currently teach English Composition for a local nursing college. I have been blessed to discuss Lord of the Flies in the classroom many times, including my own high school reading experience! As an adult, I have reread this book multiple times because I learn something new every time I am exposed to this story. It is an excellent book to discuss because it brings up controversial questions about human nature, nature versus nurture, violence in our society, and adult hypocrisy (how can we say that the children's violence is wrong when there is a war going on?). I am excited to read it alongside your student to see what emotions, feelings, and gut reactions Lord of the Flies stirs up for them.

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