English 10 /period 4
Literature Circles
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
100 points (a test grade)
I am putting the reins in your capable hands! You will be working closely with your literature circle for the study of this intense novel. Your literature circle will meet once a week to discuss the week’s reading assignment. Each member of your circle must fulfill a different role each week.
Grading will be done on an individual basis and will create your test grade for this novel. Each role will require a written component that will be handed in weekly and graded.
Literature Circle schedule:
1.Thursday September 10Chapters 1-3
2.Thursday September 17Chapters 4-6
3.Thursday September 24Chapters 7-9
4.Thursday October 1Chapters 10-12
5.Thursday October 8Paper due
Theme:“The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature.”
Moral:“The moral is that the shape of society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable.”
“ ‘Lord of the Flies’” is a translation of the Hebrew Ba’alzevuv (Beelzebub in Greek). The devil which is devoted to decay, destruction, demoralization, hysteria and panic…in the book, it also the anarchic, amoral driving force of the Freudian Id whose only function is survival.” (All quotes taken from notes section by E. L. Epstein in Perigree Book edition of Lord of the Flies”
Main characters:
Ralph= civilization
Piggy=intellect
Jack=anarchy
*need 3 groups of 5, 2 groups of 4
Rotating group member assignments:(for groups of 5 one person must double up each week)
- Discussion director/facilitator: You are the leader for the day of the entire group; therefore, you will have a few more tasks to manage. You are responsible for keeping everything on task and moving forward. After the vocabulary master speaks, you will start the conversation off with a quick summary of all three chapters answering any plot confusion people may have. When this is completed you will lead discussion by asking some thought provoking questions. These are questions where people will infer, assume and maybe even disagree. Plot based questions (eg. Where are they?) are not thought provoking. You are to record people’s answers as they discuss.
What you pass in to me in your folder:
Plot summaries for each chapter.
5 thought provoking questions and the answers of your group
You are required to pass in a typed, one page reflection on your experience as leader the next day (Friday). I don’t want to know what you did (I already know that), but I want to know how you did. What were your strengths? Your weaknesses? What did you learn about yourself and group dynamics? (20 questions and answers/5 reflection)
- Literary luminary/alternate facilitator: You are responsible for choosing passages from the novel that are especially poignant, interesting ,powerful or puzzling. You will read them out loud to the circle and explain your justification for choosing them. If you found one puzzling, ask for your groups feedback and record it. If the discussion leader is absent, you will serve that role too, so have 5 thought provoking questions ready to go.
What you pass in to me in your folder:
3 quotes per chapters (9 in total) along with your justification. Please separate into chapters.(30 points)
3.Character Captain: You are responsible for explaining characterization of the main characters. You will delve deep into the psychology of the character and back up your findings with examples from the text such as dialogue, what the narrator says about the character, what others say, what character looks like and how he behaves in certain situations.
What you pass to me in your folder:
You will hand in a typed description of ONE main character (choose from the three) for each chapter along with TWO other characters (other major or minor) per chapter. This will total 3 characters per chapter. Please differentiate between chapters. If you use specific quotes, please include page numbers. (30 points)
4.Artful Adventurer: You are responsible for an artistic representation of the material read. You may do this through a combination of the following avenues: artwork in any artistic medium, music, poetry, collage, mobile etc. You will present your work to your group along with your justification.(15 points)
What you pass in to me in your folder:
The artwork
A typed half page explanation as to why you did what you did. (15 points)
All four assignments must be typed with proper heading and title of assignment and DON’T FORGET the chapter numbers!
Write the name of the group members.
Thursday , September 10
Discussion leader: ______
Literary Luminary: ______
Character Captain:: ______
Artful Adventurer: ______
Thursday, September 17
Discussion leader: ______
Literary Luminary: ______
Character Captain:: ______
Artful Adventurer: ______
Thursday, September 24
Discussion leader: ______
Literary Luminary: ______
Character Captain:: ______
Artful Adventurer: ______
Thursday, October 1
Discussion leader: ______
Literary Luminary: ______
Character Captain:: ______
Artful Adventurer: ______