Lesson Plan for Thursday, May 1, 2014

Thursday, May 1, 2014
1.  Independent Work
           Please work on the following:
                 Read through the "LOTF Synthesis" assignment handout
                 Finish yesterday's "Vocab: mal/ben" assignment
                 Plan your "LOTF Synthesis" essay and locate quotes
                 Do SSR
2.  Today's poem:
             A haiku by Shiki:  "On how to sing . . ."
3.  Discussion:
             Why does LOTF end the way it does?
             What is ironic about the ship seeing their smoke?
              What is ironic about being rescued by a warship?
              Golding said the whole thing is symbolic until the rescue at the end. 
              How does the ending shift the focus from the symbolic microcosm to the macrocosm?
              What does Ralph's survival mean?  What was Golding's purpose in this ending?
              What does "rescue" mean?
              How might in apply to us in the macrocosm?
              Why is Ralph's answer to "Who's boss here?" significant?
4.  If there is time, you may continue to work on your "Synthesis" assignment
               You will have more time to work on it on Monday.
                It is due at the beginning of the period on Tuesday.