Knowledge Organiser Year 8 English Lord of the Flies
Enquiry Question: Lord of the Flies Big questions that will help you answer this enquiry question: 1) How is Piggy presented in the novel? 2) How is Jack presented in the novel? 3) How is Ralph presented in the novel? 4) To what extent is the idea of civilization central to the novel? 5) What does the conch represent? 6) What makes a successful society? 7)How is savagery used in the novel? 8) To what extent is the novel about freedom v. rules? 9) What is the significance of the hunters? 10) What is Golding s message about human nature in the novel? Key Vocabulary: Genre: a style or category of art, music, or literature. Utopia: an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. Dystopia: an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. Anarchy: a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems. Society: the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.
Term 1 (Nov Dec) Week: Homework The tasks below represent only part of what you can do to enhance and develop your understanding of the text. You are preparing for an exam on a challenging text. Knowledge is power, so the more you know, the more secure you will be in your learning. Task 1 Research William Golding and his other works. What has he written? What do you know about Golding s life? What was the period of time in which he was writing? 2 Research one of the following areas of context and create a guide for fellow students to understand what was happening at the time Golding was writing. Your guide should link to an extract from the novel that relates to your area of context, have a key summary of what you found out about the area of context and the links to a character from Lord of the Flies. Areas to choose from: R.M. Ballantyne's youth novel The Coral Islan World War Two specifically Britain s justification for their attacks The threat of nuclear war in 1954 3 Using your homework you have completed since September, write a 500 word evaluation answering the question: How is creative writing influenced by society? Consider: How the writer was influenced by what was happening in society at the time they were writing. How the language and symbolism across your research relates to key context such as period of time in which the text was written. How we respond to novels and fiction writing as a reader once we understand the context. If you have no homework (a likely story!) or you have finished the above, try these tasks on a weekly basis to ensure your understanding of the stories is secure. 1) Research Lord of the Flies and make some revision notes on the stories that you have read. 2) Research Golding and other works that he has produced. Are there common themes?
Commentary: This is a strong response to the task. There are well-selected quotations embedded in the response. Subject terminology is used accurately. The student carefully explores the effect of the quotations. The character of Jack is consistently focussed on. This response would have achieved 17/20
Wider Reading List Other novel by Golding Rites of Passage An account of a six-month voyage to Australia in the early 19th century by an assorted group of British migrants. Free Fall A self-examination by an English painter, Samuel Mountjoy, held in a German POW camp during World War II. Other 20th Century Novels Animal Farm by George Orwell When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle It describes the world of ten-year-old Paddy Clarke, growing up in Barrytown, north Dublin. From fun and adventure on the streets, boredom in the classroom to increasing isolation at home, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is the story of a boy who sees everything but understands less and less. Film adaptations (be careful of plot changes!) Lord of the Flies (director Peter Brooke) 1963