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Welcome to your English wiki!

 

TAS Senior School

Year 10 English

Close Study of Text - Lord of the Flies

 

 

 

Course Summary

Welcome to the Lord of the Flies Wiki. This unit will expose you to a Nobel prize-winning text that has been highly regarded for its literary quality for decades. The objective of this unit is for you to explore figurative language, allegory and symbolism in detail and to delve into deep philosophical questions posed by the composer, William Golding.

 

 

 

 

 

Assignments

Rules of Society

 

Who was William Golding

 

Context

 

Check your reading go to:

http://www.ualberta.ca/~leendert/lotf/

 

Chapter 1

 

Vocabulary

 

Literary devices

 

Symbolism and Allegory

 

Intertextuality

 

Big Ideas to Discuss - Small Group Work

 

Inside Story

 

The Second Coming

 

Simon's Song

 

Trial of the Century

 

Triumph of Evil - examples from history

 

People Who Make A Difference

 

Different readings of LOTF

 

Essay questions

 

Essay writing tips

 

Glossary

 

e-Portfolios

 

Syllabus

Course outcomes

 

Assessment task & marking guidelines

 

Online Resources

http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/lordflies/main.htm#

 

http://www.gerenser.com/lotf/

 

http://www.homework-online.com/lotf/index.asp

 

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/flies/themes.html

 

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmLordFlies02.asp

 

http://www.novelguide.com/lordoftheflies/index.html

 

Online Writing Guides

http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~cwaddell/Basic_Prose_Style.html

 

http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/litwiki/index.php/Composition_FAQ

 

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