We started today's class with everyone sharing the noun maps that they created in class. In looking at these maps, we talked about how they helped to draw out significant elements of the story that we might not have otherwise paid attention to (the conch shell, pigs, the beach, the plane, the idea of rescue, etc.). Our work with characters and objects (introduced today) will continue to help us with this focus.
In looking at the beginning of The Lord of the Flies, everyone then responded to the following prompt:
How well have the kids in The Lord of the Flies done on their own after the airplane crash?
How does this compare to how well everyone in our class did with our paper airplane crash?
After everyone had a chance to respond to this prompt, we discussed students' answers.
Next, everyone got together with their character partner for The Lord of the Flies and took a look at chapter three to compare notes on what they found for their character's actions or mentions of their character in this activity.
We then did a short mix and meet activity that paired people up with a new partner. Partners were then assigned an object to keep track of in the book (the conch, Piggy's glasses, pigs, fire, The Beast). Working with this partner, everyone then looked through chapters 1 through 3 of The Lord of the Flies putting a sticky note in the book whenever this object was mentioned. On the sticky note, each person wrote a brief summary of what was being said about the object or how it was used.
We will continue with this work next class.
Homework:
Read chapter 4 of The Lord of the Flies keeping track of when your character or object comes up in the story (put a sticky note in the book for any mention summarizing what was said/done).
Continue working with the set 4 roots and prefixes in preparation for the quiz on Friday.
Root/Prefix List
Root/Prefix Practice sheet
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