Starter quiz
- What is context?
- information about what happens in a text
- the circumstances in which a text was produced ✓
- the key themes and characters in a text
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- In which year did World War II end?
- 1939
- 1941
- 1943
- 1945 ✓
- 1947
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- 'Lord of the Flies' is a novel. What is a novel?
- a work of non-fiction that tells a story about life and the world
- a short, rhythmic work involving rhyme
- a narrative work of fiction that tells a story about the human experience ✓
- a literary work written for the theatre that dramatises events through dialogue
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- A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views. People ______ their opinion at debates.
- 'argue' ✓
- Which of the following nouns indicates the most leadership and authority?
- Mister
- Lord ✓
- Citizen
- Peasant
- Pauper
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- What do we mean by the phrase 'the writer's intentions'?
- the writer's thoughts and feelings towards the reader
- the writer's life and their experiences
- what the writer aimed to do when they wrote the text ✓
- the career ambitions a writer has - what they intend to do next
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Exit quiz
- In which year was 'Lord of The Flies' published?
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954 ✓
- 1955
- 1956
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- Which jobs did William Golding have in his life?
- He was a blacksmith.
- He was in the Royal Navy. ✓
- He was a doctor.
- He was an English teacher. ✓
- He was a factory-worker.
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- When was 'Lord of the Flies' set?
- against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution
- against the backdrop of WWI
- against the backdrop of WWII ✓
- against the backdrop of the Plague
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- To ______ someone means to subject them to cruelty and unkindness.
- 'persecute' ✓
- ______ is the opposite of savagery.
- 'Civilisation' ✓
- What did Golding aim to explore through writing 'Lord of the Flies'?
- challenging situations in which it is difficult to object
- humans' innate sense of morality
- the circumstances it takes for a person to become savage and cruel ✓
- humans' capacity for brutality ✓
- the interactions and development of children in social groups
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Key learning points
- Rules and laws are put in place to try and ensure that society remains civilised and peaceful.
- 'Lord of the Flies' was written and published shortly after WWII.
- The novel is set against the backdrop of WWII.
- The novel explores human beings' capacity for persecution and brutality.
- Golding himself experienced the brutality and savagery of humans, whilst at war.
Common misconception
When pupils think about the role of rules in society, they tend to focus on the role of more punitive rules and argue that rules are restrictive.
Try to get pupils to understand the necessity for rules and laws - particularly those that ban harming others. Get students to imagine what life would be like if harming others was not prohibited.
Keywords
Civilised - an advanced state of social existence in which people are polite and well-mannered in their interactions with one another
Brutality - immense cruelty and savagery
To persecute - to subject someone to cruelty and unkindness
Savage - cruel, violent and out of control
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