Starter quiz
- The writer's ______ is anything the writer does consciously - any creative decision they make.
- 'method' ✓
- What physical characteristics does Jack have in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- golden skin
- black hair
- freckles ✓
- red hair ✓
- tanned skin
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- Which of the following characters are lower-class in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- Ralph
- Piggy ✓
- Jack
- Samneric
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- What does 'to ostracise' mean?
- to include and support
- to leave someone out deliberately ✓
- to behave in a savage and cruel manner
- to take charge of a situation
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- What does Ralph represent in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- dictatorship
- peace
- savagery
- civilisation ✓
- democracy ✓
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- What is an allegory?
- a brief statement that refers to a character or incident from another text
- comparing two things in order to show the difference between them
- a short novel or a very long short story
- a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning ✓
- a short story typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral lesson
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Exit quiz
- Which of the following is a synonym for the word 'innate'?
- organic
- inherent ✓
- contrived
- unfortunate
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- A ______ essay is one in which all of the ideas and opinions expressed work together to feed into one 'bigger idea' or argument.
- 'cohesive' ✓
- Which of the following does not need to be included in the supporting detail in a paragraph outline?
- a plot summary ✓
- potential vocabulary you might want to use
- quotations from the text
- the writer's use of methods
- the effects of the writer's use of methods
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- A ______ introduces the main idea in your paragraph - what you will be proving.
- 'topic sentence' ✓
- What is the following sentence an example of: "Thus, Golding suggests that man has an innate evil inside, that emerges when rules and laws are removed?"
- topic sentence
- thesis statement
- supporting detail
- concluding sentence ✓
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- What is the writer's intention?
- their main character
- their aims in writing the text ✓
- the context of the text
- how convey their message
- their life story and how this influences the text
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Golding uses the novel to explore the true nature of human beings.
- A cohesive argument unpacks one 'big idea' - each paragraph should work with the others to prove the 'big idea'.
- Single paragraph outlines contain a topic sentence, supporting detail and a summary sentence.
- Supporting details should contain quotes, along with the writer's methods, key vocabulary and contextual information.
- A single paragraph outline should be planned for each section of your response and can take up to five minutes to plan.
Common misconception
Students often think that characters are not methods. They tend to think of methods as just 'similes' or 'metaphors'.
Any choice that the writer makes consciously is a method. This includes their use of characterisation. Anything the character says or does is a method.
Keywords
Cohesive - when all the ideas are united and work together to support one larger argument
Innate - instinctive and natural
Primal - describing an early stage in human development
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