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Color_______________ Lord of the Flies​ Response Options Choose ONE option to complete for each discussion meeting using citations where necessary. Please vary your choices within your group for each meeting; no two people should have the same job. Life and Literature Linker:​ Can you strongly connect to a certain part of the text? If so, come up with at least ​one​ strong connection based on the passage you have read. In 3-4 sentences, explain how you can connect to the novel ​and​ why it is important. This CANNOT be a personal connection. Instead, it should be a text-to-text (book, magazine, newspaper…) or text-to-world connection (current event, song, movie, poem…). Passage Procurer​:​ Choose one passage from the novel that stood out to you. This could be your favorite part of assigned section, least favorite, most shocking, most confusing, or most uniquely written portion of the novel. Write 4-5 sentences (​not​ including the passage) that explain why the passage was chosen and/or why the passage is important. Creative Questioner:​ Come up with ​two​ meaningful questions that you would like to ask the author or one of the characters in the novel or quite simply questions you are left with after reading the section. These cannot be literal questions (no credit will be received for those). Following each question, you should use your ability to inference in order to write down a possible response based on information in the novel. Each response should be at least two sentences and use evidence from the text as support for your inference or critical statement. ​Author’s Craft Analyzer​:​ Write 4-5 sentences discussing and analyzing the author’s craft. Focus on the style of writing, the characterization, figurative language, theme, conflicts, use of literary terms, foreshadowing, or descriptions of the setting. What do you like about the style? Dislike? Be sure to justify your responses using specific details from the novel. Character Critic:​ Choose ​two​ thoughtfully chosen words to describe your character in this section. Support your underlined impressive descriptions with specific examples from the text. For each word, you need to have at least two supporting sentences to justify your opinion. Consider their personality, habits, or emotions. Travel Tracer​:​ Where does the novel take place during this section? Does your character go from one place to another? Why do you think the author chose the setting for this particular section? How does it help the plot move along? Write 4-5 sentences analyzing the setting of this section. Amazing Arguer:​ ​Think about a decision your character made (this could be something that he did, said, or even just thought about). Did you agree or disagree with the way a conversation or situation was handled, or would you have made a similar choice? Follow the example and provide a brief background of the situation, the claim, reason, evidence, explanation and justification. Interested Investigator:​ Throughout the novel you may encounter information that you are unfamiliar with. For example, you may want to learn more about a particular place, a disease or disability, a hobby or even a historical event. Briefly research a topic and follow the example. Provide the research topic, reason for research, source and five facts (written in your own words) about the topic. Vocabulary Viewer:​ ​Consider the new and interesting vocabulary words. As you read, find three words that causes your curiosity to peak and compels you to investigate. These words should to be unfamiliar words or a word that you want to know more about. Note each word, and copy the sentence from the book with that word in it using quotation marks and citations. Next, look up and write the meaning of those words using a dictionary. Finally, while considering this novel, write a new sentence using this particular word in a different setting with a different character. Setting Spectator:​ Choose a scene and describe how the author used setting to create a mood or feeling. See the suggestions below to help consider your response. Write 4-5 sentences describing the scene in a manner that attack the senses! ●
Think about the time of day (nighttime, early morning, afternoon) ●
Think about the weather or temperature (cold, cloudy day compared to a warm, sunny day) ●
Think about the conditions (a dirty location compared to a clean location) ●
Think about an item in the setting (a flying insect, a log, edible fruit) ●
Think about the type of people in the scene (a group of people, one person distracting everyone, a group of new acquaintances) Conflict Corroborator:​ ​After this week’s reading, you should have some hint about the main conflict (or at least one of the conflicts) of the story. Depending upon your chapter, the conflict could be crystal clear, or you may have to rely on inference. How is the author creating ​tension​ as the story unfolds? Write 4-5 sentences describing the conflict in this particular scene. You might want to think about: ●
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the setting relationships between characters foreshadowing/flashbacks descriptive language Literary Term Luminary:​ ​As you read, be on the lookout for one example of a literary term. Note the term, then copy the text that includes this term. Following that, write the complete justification and explain why you think the term is effective. Include a reference to the term’s definition in your explanation. You may provide an example any literary term. However, listed below is a quick reference to the common types of figurative language. ●
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metaphor – an object/person being compared to another without the words “like” or “as” simile – an object/person being compared to another using the words “like” or “as” alliteration – repetition of a sound or letter hyperbole – an exaggeration to gain attention personification – giving human characteristics to inanimate objects onomatopoeia – words that represent noises