Extract from the syllabus (kursplan)
• Skönlitteratur
och annan fiktion även i talad, dramatiserad och filmatiserad form.
- Samtal och diskussioner samt argumentation
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Språkliga strategier för att bidra till och aktivt medverka i samtal genom att ta initiativ till interaktion, ge bekräftelse, ställa följdfrågor, ta initiativ till nya frågeställningar och ämnesområden samt för att avsluta samtalet.
Today we are going to have Elsa's
seminar about chapter 3 of "Lord of the Flies"
On Friday Linnea and Filippa will guide us
through chapter 4
Here are the questions
Finally we will see the end of Forrest Gump and
start to work on the questions
Chapter 3: Huts on the
Beach
Key quote
“If
you’re hunting sometimes you catch yourself feeling as if--…There’s nothing in
it of course. Just a feeling. But you can feel as if you’re not hunting,
but—being hunted, as if something’s behind you all the time in the jungle.”
Questions
- As this
chapter opens, what is Jack doing? How has his appearance changed since
the last chapter?
- What is
Ralph doing down by the shore? Why is he frustrated?
- Why is
there tension between Ralph and Jack? What are Ralph’s objectives or
goals? Jack’s?
- What
reasons does Ralph give for needing the shelters?
- Who first
suggests they might not be on a “good” island? What has become
unmentionable amongst the boys?
- Where does
Simon go when he leaves the boys?
Quotes
“I
bet if I blew the conch this minute, they’d come running. Then we’d be, you
know, very solemn…when the meeting was over they’d work for five minutes, then
wander off or go hunting.”
“Jack
had to think for a moment before he could remember what rescue was.”
“They
walked along, two continents of experience and feeling, unable to communicate.”
Discussion Questions
Jack
says that sometimes he feels as if he’s being hunted when he is alone in the
forest. Explain why he feels this way.
Reread
the last eight paragraphs of this chapter. What kinds of imagery does Golding
use in this section, and what do you think he is trying to convey? Also, why do
you think he chose to include this section at this point in the book, and to
focus on Simon?
What
are some of the ways in which Simon’s character is revealed?
Chapter 4: Painted Faces
and Long Hair
Key Quote
“Kill
the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in.”
Questions
- At the
beginning of this chapter, Golding describes the passing of day. What two
parts of day are the boys most comfortable on the island? Why? What two parts of the day aren’t they
comfortable on the island? Why?
- What keeps
Roger from actually hitting Henry with the stones he throws at the smaller
boy?
- What
reason does Jack give for applying the colored clay to his face?
- Why
couldn’t the boys signal the ship that Ralph spotted on the horizon?
- Where was
Jack and his choir when Ralph spotted the smoke from the ship?
- Why does
Jack attack Piggy and what is the result of the attack?
- What is
Jack’s reaction when Simon gives Piggy the meat?
Quotes
“Here,
invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child
was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law. Roger’s arm
was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.”
“Ralph
turned and smiled involuntarily…Piggy saw the smile and misinterpreted it as
friendliness. There had grown up tacitly among the biguns the opinion that
Piggy was an outsider.”
“He
looked in astonishment, no longer at himself but at an awesome stranger…a mask
that drew up their eyes and appalled them. He began to dance and his laughter
became a bloodthirsty snarling…the mask was a thing on its own, behind which
Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.”
“So
Ralph asserted his chieftainship and could not have chosen a better way if he
had thought for days. Against his weapon…Jack was powerless and raged, without
knowing why. By the time the pile was built, they were on different sides of a
high barrier”
Discussion Questions
1.
The older boys called the small boys “littluns.” Why is this label necessary
from the point of view of the author as well as other characters? What does the
fact that the littluns are basically nameless convey about their purpose in
this story?
2.Does
it appear that Jack knows he has made a mistake by taking all of the hunters
with him to kill instead of leaving two as promised to keep the fire
going? How can you tell? Should his
apology to Ralph be enough?
Why
does Ralph call an assembly at the end of this chapter, when just at the
beginning of chapter three he was complaining about how useless the meetings
have been? What shift has taken place between he and Jack? Why does an
assembly, with the conch at the platform have to take place?
Finally we will see the end of Forrest Gump and
start to work on the questions
