Lord of the Flies teaching pack
Designed for the GCSE English Literature specifications for AQA, Edexcel and WJEC Eduqas, this pack will help your students explore characters, themes and events through comprehension, debate and drama.
'This pack allows you to find your own path. Every lesson offers a choice of activities, so you can tailor your teaching to the needs of your pupils and your own areas of expertise, without compromising on quality of learning.'
Stephanie Atkinson, writer
Comprising 22 lessons and featuring practice exam questions, our Lord of the Flies GCSE teaching pack offers a creative approach to teaching this popular text.
What's included?
- 22 lessons featuring group, independent and exam preparation class activities
- 50 bespoke resources
- exam-style questions for GCSE English Literature.
What's inside?
Introduction (page 4)
Specification summaries (pages 5-7)
Chapter 1: Lesson 1 - good versus evil (pages 8-12)
- Resource - good and evil
Chapter 1: Lesson 2 - order and disorder (pages 13-19)
- Resource - images
- Resource - order and the conch
- Resource - the beginnings of disorder
- Resource - order to disorder
Chapter 2: Lesson 3 - characters and events (pages 20-23)
- Resource - context: William Golding’s life
Chapter 2: Lesson 4 - characters and events (pages 24-29)
- Resource - plot the tension
- Resource - narrative description
- Resource - dialogue
Chapter 3: Lesson 5 - Jack (pages 30-36)
- Resource - similes to describe Jack
- Resource - Jack’s character
- Resource - role on the wall – Jack
- Resource - description of the setting
Chapter 4: Lesson 6 - Setting and the littluns (pages 37-45)
- Resource - the threat to the littluns
Chapter 4: Lesson 7 - conflict (pages 46-55)
- Resource - ‘you let the fire out’
- Resource - imperatives and interrogatives
- Resource - interrogatives
Chapter 5: Lesson 8 - the text in context (pages 54-61)
- Resource - language in context
- Resource - character development: Ralph
- Resource - language in context
Chapter 5: Lesson 9 - Piggy (pages 62-67)
- Resource - Piggy's character
- Resource - Piggy's role
Chapter 6: Lesson 10 - the beast (pages 68-76)
- Resource - Krakens and dragons
- Resource - diamond nine
- Resource - verbs and adjectives
- Resource - chapter 6 Taboo
Chapter 7: Lesson 11 - leadership (pages 77-80)
- Resource - Simon’s leadership
Chapter 7: Lesson 12 - the rise of savagery (pages 81-87)
- Resource - Roger
- Resource - home versus the island
- Resource - Robert and Roger
Chapter 8: Lesson 13 - fear (pages 88-94)
- Resource - statements about fear
- Resource - fear
- Resource - the beast
Chapter 8: Lesson 14 - symbolism (pages 95-99)
- Resource - symbolism
Chapter 9: Lesson 15 - outsiders (pages 100-105)
- Resource - quotation analysis
Chapter 9: Lesson 16 - Simon’s death (pages 106-112)
- Resource - plotting the tension
- Resource - the rise of tension until a death
Chapter 10: Lesson 17 - Piggy (pages 113-118)
- Resource - Piggy and Ralph
Chapter 11: Lesson 18 - power (119 -124)
- Resource - images of power
- Resource - fire of power
- Resource - the shift of power
Chapter 11: Lesson 19 - the death of Piggy (pages 125-131)
- Resource - who said?
- Resource - the death of Piggy
- Resource - the aftermath of Piggy’s death
Chapter 12: Lesson 20 - change (pages 132-140)
- Resource - Ralph’s downfall
- Resource - changes on the island
- Resource - Ralph’s capture
Chapter 12: Lesson 21 - the final hunt (pages 141-151)
- Resource - predators and prey
- Resource - multiple interpretations
- Resource - unanswered questions
- Resource - convincing arguments
Chapter 12: Lesson 22 - revising the characters (pages 152-159)
- Resource - chapter titles
- Resource - balloon debate
- Resource - ideas for persuasive devices you could include
- Resource - who are you most like?
Exam style questions (pages 160-167)
- AQA style questions
- Edexcel style questions
- WJEC Eduqas style questions
This sample from the teaching notes is a suggested main activity which looks at Chapter 2 of Lord of Flies.
Structure and close reading
Using Resource 7 (Narrative description) get students to focus on the passage ‘A fire! Make a fire!’ to ‘over the tumbled scar’. This could be considered the turning point in Chapter 2. Making a fire is the catalyst for the events which follow and the next significant phase of character development. (AO2)
Ask students to focus on the description in this passage (as opposed to the dialogue in the first activity) and to find quotations linked to the senses of sight, hearing and touch. The quotations should be sorted as follows:
Hearing
‘The space under the palm trees was full of noise and movement’
‘Ralph was on his feet, shouting for quiet’
‘Piggy’s breathing was quite restored’
‘The noise of the errant assembly faded up the mountain’
Sight
‘The crowd swayed’
‘Piggy watched [Ralph climbing up the mountain] in disgust’
Touch
‘[Piggy] caressed the shell respectfully, then stopped and looked up’
‘[Piggy] picked up the conch’
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