Starter quiz
- If you are part of a group you are...
- a member of a bigger collection of people. ✓
- an individual outside a collection of people.
- an activity done by a collection of people.
- a shared goal devised by a collection of people.
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- In 'Lord of the Flies', Jack is a chorister. What is a chorister?
- a member of a church choir ✓
- a member of a band
- a member of a school community
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- What happens to Piggy's glasses in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- They have broken into tiny pieces.
- He has lost them.
- One lens has been broken. ✓
- He can't get the dirt off the lenses.
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- What is Jack's primary goal in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- to gain power ✓
- to be rescued
- to keep the "littuns" safe
- to find the beast
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- What is Ralph's primary goal in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- to be rescued ✓
- to assert his power over Jack
- to understand Piggy's ideas
- to make sure there is enough food
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- Which of the following is a synonym for disagree?
- consent
- dissent ✓
- disperse
- converse
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Exit quiz
- Match the words on the left with their synonyms on the right.
- patronising⇔condescending ✓
- misguided⇔incorrect ✓
- reveal⇔disclose ✓
- threatening⇔menacing ✓
- dismiss⇔minimise ✓
- Starting with the first, put the events of Chapter 8 of 'Lord of the Flies' in chronological order.
- 1⇔Jack breaks away from the group.
- 2⇔Some of the boys sneak away to join Jack.
- 3⇔Jack and his hunters kill another pig.
- 4⇔Simon sneaks away to be alone in the jungle.
- 5⇔Jack leaves the head of the pig as a gift for the beast.
- 6⇔Simon hallucinates a conversation with the head of the pig.
- 7⇔Simon appears to faint.
- What are the shared interests of Jack's group in Chapter 8 of 'Lord of the Flies'?
- becoming familiar with the jungle
- pleasing the beast by giving it the head of a pig
- enjoying the excitement of hunting ✓
- finding ways to make Ralph angry
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- Which of the following is not true of Simon in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- He was one of the choristers.
- He is prone to fainting fits.
- He enjoys solitude in the jungle.
- He is supportive of Jack. ✓
- He thinks the beast is something human.
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- What word beginning with 'H' describes an experience where someone imagines that something is happening?
- 'hallucination ' ✓
- What happens to Simon at the end of Chapter 8 of 'Lord of the Flies'?
- He falls over and is injured badly.
- He is described as falling into the beast's mouth. ✓
- He finds his courage and realises that it is just the head of a pig.
- He goes back to the beach and tells Ralph what the beast said.
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Key learning points
- Jack creates a breakaway group and some of the boys sneak away to join him.
- Jack and what he now calls his "tribe" kill a pig and leave her head as a present for the beast.
- Simon goes into the jungle alone and speaks with the head of the pig.
- The head of the pig appears to him as the beast.
- The beast tells him that he exists in all people and is the reason that everything is wrong.
Common misconception
Students may be confused about what is actually happening in the encounter between the beast and Simon.
Remind them that Simon has a tendency to lose consciousness. They need to be able to interpret this encounter on multiple levels.
Keywords
Patronising - speaking to or behaving towards someone as if they are stupid or not important
Misguided - unreasonable because of being based on bad judgement or on wrong information or beliefs
Threatening - expressing a threat of something unpleasant or violent
To dismiss - to decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering
To reveal - to make known something that is surprising or that was previously secret
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