We started off the day with three short story presentations. After that, students arranged themselves in a circle for a 'Lost on a deserted Island' simulation. I gave the students the description of the situation. As a class, they had to decide what they needed to survive, how they would go about doing this, how they would make decisions, who they would elect as their leader, etc. The purpose of this was to see how natural dynamics and conflicts can arise.
After that, we watched the first episode of the TV show "Lost", which reinforces the deserted island situation. We discussed some of the parallels with our class simulation: what makes a good leader? what are the priorities in that situation? How are roles delegated? How are alliances/groups formed?
Finally, we started reading Chapter 1 of Lord of the Flies and discussed the beginning of the novel. Please finish Chapter 1 for homework.
Reminders:
- Chapter 1: Lord of the Flies
