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Kali Pawlak Date: 2.20.
2013 English II Grade: 10 Time: 51 minutes Periods: 2, 4, 7 Lord of the Flies: Studying Psychology and Sociology through Character, Conflict, and Irony Overview/Rationale: Because William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a text that explores the basis of human behavior in the actions and ideas of a group of pre-adolescent boys. Thus, students today will be participating in a close-read study of nine different psychological and sociological studies and theories, where each small group will be responsible for creating either a visual representation, a text rendering, or basic notes for one article. For the text rendering, students will choose three words, two phrases, and one sentence from the article and artistically render these words. The final product will be a collaborative poster for all three classes on each of the nine psychological and sociological studies and theories; each psychosocial concept will be complete with a visual representation (2nd period), a text-rendering (4th period), and general notes on the concept (7th period). This is preparation work for a gallery walk that all three periods will participate in tomorrow, where they will take notes on the remaining eight psycho-social concepts that will be displayed around the room. Essential Questions: What does an author reveal about human behavior through their development of character and conflict? What does an author reveal about human nature and their story's theme through including irony? What does William Golding reveal about the concept of power and human nature pertaining to power through examining characters and their conflicts? Enduring Understandings: Students will understand how to apply psychological and sociological studies to what they see in everyday human behavior. Objectives: 1. Generate preliminary opinions on social behavior and psychology prior to engaging with the text. 2. Examine and define founding psychological and sociological concepts that are explored in LOTF. Procedures: Before: 1. Do Now: Do you think the basis of man's being is good or evil? Give one example of human behavior from history or current society to support your opinion (5 minutes). 2. Students will share (hopefully differing) opinions (3 minutes). During:
1. Students will fill out an anticipation guide for concepts revolving around Lord of the Flies (5 minutes). 2. Students will discuss their opinions first in their small groups and then as a full class discussion (5 minutes). 3. In their small groups, students will be assigned to one of nine psychological/sociological founding concepts that are explored throughout LOTF. These concepts include: anomie, atavism, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Kohlberg's stages of moral development, Stanford Prison Experiment, Milgram's Experiment, Sam Keen's Faces of Evil, Solomon Asch's Social Pressure, Irvin Janis' Group Theory. 4. Students will read their assigned article pertaining to their assigned concept. Because these articles may pose difficulty for some students, they will be directed to annotate the article as follows: Summarize each paragraph/stanza/graphic; circle every word you do not know; write at least two questions you have after reading the article (7 minutes). 5. In small groups, students will discuss their summaries, look up the definitions for words they do not know, and attempt to answer one another's questions (5 minutes). 6. Each student will grab a large sheet of post-it paper and markers/colored pencils/crayons for their small group (2 minutes). 7. Depending on which period students are in, their small groups will do the following with their sheet of post-it paper and their assigned article: 2nd: Create a visual representation of the concept. 4Th: Text-Render the passage, choosing one word, one phrase, and one sentence that sticks out most from the passage. Write these words, phrases, and sentence artistically. 7Th: Write bullet-point notes to provide a basic understanding of the concept/article. After: 1. Students will put their used materials away.

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