Not a substitute for the book.

Listen to the text

A link to the book read by Golding!

Lord of the Flies

Hello Y11

Right, I hope we're getting back into the swing of things now. We are half way through out Lord of the Flies course so you should have a fairly solid understanding of the text and its messages.

A couple of things that really stand out from the examiner's report (after every exam there is a comment on how it went)

1. Write a lot about a little. This is key advice and something we have been working on throughout the GCSE  course. 
2. Focus on theme/message and not on content. Again -- do NOT tell the story. 

You should have read the book at least once by now. If you haven't, this is urgent and you need to sort it out. I'll upload the PowerPoints we've worked on in class. 

Let me know if you have problems.

Ms Caldwell

Characters

Sorry - this post is up a little late. I'm a bit out of the habit of blogging.
Your homework was to create detailed character profiles of two boys from the text: Ralph, Jack, Piggy or Simon.
I expect you've done this already...
They should include quotes from the text. Excellent ones will also explore the symbolic aspects of the character.
Here are some links:
Sparknotes, Bitesize and Pinkmonkey.
Should be enough to keep you going.
Any problems, let me know. If you find any good links, please add them as a comment.
Happy New Year btw.
Ms