11/05 The Paratrooper

11/05 The Paratrooper

Unit 2 Day 17

Agenda

• Do First

• Objectives

• In-Text Vocabulary

• LOTF Popcorn Read (pp. 100-103)

• Teacher Model

• Group Model

• Asynchronous Work (Exit Ticket; HW Sheet; Complete missing work)

Do First!

• What did the boys see in Lord of the Flies pages 95-98 & 100-103? (Type your answer in the chat)

• Watch the video.

• While watching, take mental notes on how the video relates to the reading.

Do First

• On the next slide, select the correct answer to the following question:

• What do the video and the text have in common?

Multiple Choice

What do the video and the reading have in common?

Choose the most correct answer.

• They all have males

• The paratrooper

• The forest

What literally happened in pages 94-98 & 100-103?

• Ralph wished for a sign from the adults

• While they're asleep, a dead paratrooper falls from the sky into a tree

• Samneric wake up early to light the fire and see the paratrooper in the trees

• They misconstrue the paratrooper for a "beast" and run down the mountain to tell the others

Objectives

• SWBAT explain how the narrator’s point of view highlights the boys irrational behaviors and fear of the beast 

• SWBAT expand kernel sentences to add detail and critical information  

In-Text Vocabulary

1 word!

Emphatic

expressing something forcibly & clearly

Conch Shell Read Aloud

Expectations:

Read along silently

Stay prepared to read

Answer CFU questions on Quizzizz

Read Aloud

Open up LOTF:

Book: p. 100

PDF: 93

"He handed the conch to Eric, the nearest of the twins."

Open Ended

On page 100, what do Samneric tell the boys at the meeting?

Read Aloud

Open up LOTF:

Book: p. 100

PDF: 93

"The circle of boys shrank away in horror."

Open Ended

How does the dialogue on pages 101-103 build tension between Ralph and Jack?

Open Ended

On pages 102-103, what plan do the boys make to deal with “the beast”?

Read Aloud

Open up LOTF:

Book: p. 103

PDF: 93

"After they had eaten, Ralph and the biguns set out along the beach."

Open Ended

What does Simon think of the beast based on this line from 103?

“Simon, walking in front of Ralph, felt a flicker of incredulity—a beast with claws that scratched, that sat on a mountaintop, that left no tracks and yet was not fast enough to catch Samneric.”

Point of View

A review

Stop & Jot

• Why would an author tell a story from a limited point of view? (ex: Hunger Games)

• Why would an author tell a story from an omniscient point of view?

• Take 1 minute to think. You will respond on the next slide.

Open Ended

Why would an author write a story from a limited point of view? Why would an author write a story from an omniscient point of view?

You have 3 minutes to answer this question in complete sentences using proper punctuation and capitalization.

Answer on the next slide:

What point of view is Lord of the Flies written in?

Multiple Choice

What point of view is Lord of the Flies written in?

• First-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

Why does the author use third-person omniscient POV?

Discuss aloud.

Why does Golding use third-person omniscient?

He uses this POV to reveal details to the reader that the boys do not know.

Let's zoom in!

• Time to analyze the importance of the author using third-person omniscient POV.

• Teacher will model first.

• Student listens and watches.

• Student copy + pastes the answer the teacher provides in the chat.

• 30 seconds: "11/06 The Paratrooper Notes" (Class Notes)

• "Like" my post in the chat when notes are open

You zoom in!

• Your turn to analyze the importance of the author using third-person omniscient POV.

• Re-read page 100 (PDF = 93)

• Answer the 3 questions in your notes about POV.

• Be prepared to share your answers in Quizzizz!

Copy from your notes:

1.  What does the reader know that the boys don’t know in this section? 

Be prepared to paste on the next slide.

Open Ended

1. What does the reader know that the boys don’t know in this section?

Copy + paste your response.

Copy from your notes:

Why would the author reveal the dead paratrooper as a “beast” to the boys? 

Be prepared to paste on the next slide.

Open Ended

2. Why would the author reveal the dead paratrooper as a “beast” to the boys?

Copy from your notes:

The boys act irrationally as they succumb to their fear of the beast. How does the point of view the author takes in writing this section explain for the reader why their actions are irrational? 

Be prepared to paste on the next slide.

Open Ended

3. The boys act irrationally as they succumb to their fear of the beast. How does the point of view the author takes in writing this section explain for the reader why their actions are irrational?