Lord of the Flies, by Englishman William Golding, is an interesting narrative of a group of boys who are stranded on a desert island when their plane crashes.
My students tend to take a while to warm up to this story — which seems to be the case with most novels in the hands of my students. . .
However, Golding’s vivid characterization of the boys and the premise of a world without adults usually win them over in the end.
Available Teaching Materials
- Novel Plan – Word File
- Introductory Activity – Word File
- Quiz #1 – chapter 1 – Word File (not available for download)
- Quiz #2 – chapter 2-4 – Word File (not available for download)
- Quiz #3 – chapter 5-7 – Word File (not available for download)
- Quiz #4 – chapters 8-10 – Word File (not available for download)
- Quiz #5 – chapters 11-12 – Word File (not available for download)
- Test Study Guide – Word File
- Unit Test – Word File (not available for download)
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Hi,
I’m teaching LOTF for the first time and would like any tests/quizzes you’d be willing to share.
Thanks,
Madeleine Ayres
Scott Valley, California
USA
Madeleine,
Thanks for your message. I hope everything I e-mailed you earlier today will help! Good luck and keep in touch. :)
I am teaching LOTF this summer and would like to get copies of chapter tests and vocabulary or essay tests that you have. Any assistance is welcomed.
ed lake
Hello, Ed, and thanks for visiting my site!
I’m more than happy to send you the resources I have for LOTF, but in order to keep quizzes and tests safe and secure, I have to request your school information. I need, at minimum, your school email address and your school district and location.
I look forward to hearing back from you soon. =)
Jo
Hello!
I teach English in a small International School in South India and I’m currently using the Lord of the Flies in my lit class. I am collecting ideas for related activities and would be grateful for anything you would be willing to share.
The name of our school is Future School, (I teach English and Biology, and coordinate the school) and we are located in Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India. The email address of the school is futureschool@auroville.org.in.
Thank you for your help.
Warm regards,
Chali
Hi there, Chali! Thanks for visiting my site and sending me a message! You’re the first teacher from India from whom I’ve had the pleasure to receive an email requesting materials, and I’m more than happy to help you.
I’m concerned, though, about sending the quizzes to a generic school email address that anyone could have access to. In order to keep my materials secure, I’d like to be able to send them to a more secure email address. Is that possible?
If not, maybe you could explain the situation there a bit more to me. Most teachers here in the US have their own email address with the school district.
Sorry to be so hesitant about the address. I hope you understand. :) We’ll work something out!!
Jo
I am a homeschool mother and would love any teaching resources you have on Lord of the Flies. thanks!
Hi there! Thanks for your comment! Please forgive me the delay in response; since the school year began in late August, I haven’t yet found my balance, and the piles of work to be graded have been immense.
My usual policy is to send materials after having received a school/district name, location, and email address. However, you are the first homescool parent to contact me for resources, and (especially after perusing your excellent website a bit!) I want to support your journey, as well.
I’ll email you, and we’ll work something out, okay? :)
Jo
Hi,
I am teaching Lord of the Flies and would love love any of the tests/quizzes that you would be willing to share with me. Thanks so much!!!
Olathe, Kansas
USA
Hello. I am an ELA teacher in Altadena, CA and we start LOTF on Monday. I came across your site and am so impressed by what I see.
Would you be able to send me some resources for teaching this amazing book. I have been teaching it for three years and could always use more creative dynamic ways of educating my students.
Yours
Tom Hyatt
Dear Mrs. Hawke,
I came across your website while looking for additional resources for LOTF. I usually assign the book as summer reading and then briefly review it when school begins, but I enjoy teaching it so much that I am spending several weeks on the book. As a consequence, I need some additional activities. I was thinking of creating quizzes when I found your website. Your introductory activity and final test are so similar to some of the things that I do in class that I would love to have your quizzes if you don’t mind.
I teach 9th grade English at North Delta School, 330 Green Wave Lane, Batesville, MS 38606. (Phone: 662-563-4536) I do not have a more secure e-mail address than the yahoo address, so I hope that it will work for you. As a small, private school, we do not have organizational e-mail addresses, though we do have a website at northdeltaschool.net. If you would feel better about sending the quizzes to a school address, you could e-mail them to my headmaster, John Howell, at jhowellnd@gmail.com. His e-mail address is also located at the bottom of the North Delta home page. Please just ask him to pass them along to me and also e-mail me to let me know to get them from him. If these options don’t make you feel secure enough to send the quizzes, I will understand.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
Hi,
I’m a student that is working on LOFT. And my English teacher assigned us a project for Lord of the Flies.
The concept of the project is, we get three color’s and get assigned a character; I got Jack and got the colors light – dark green. We have to use Ethos, Pathos and Logos to describe how and why the color symbolizes the character. Seems easy right? Well, personally I don’t think it is. I’m really stuck and don’t know where to start, so if you have any advice for me, I would love to hear =/…
Thank you!
-chels.
Hey, Chelsea!
I have to say that I don’t think that’s an easy assignment at all. But it’s obviously not meant to be easy; it’s meant to lead you into some higher-order thinking!
Ethos, pathos, logos are three rhetorical styles, I know, but are you supposed to try to persuade the reader or listener that Jack is whatever color using each of them? If I remember correctly from my philosophy studies, the same three terms can also describe leadership qualities, a la Aristotle. This would make more sense concerning character analysis, but I can’t really see how it would work with the colors.
I guess I’ll need some more information first: How does your teacher mean for you to use ethos, pathos, and logos in your analysis? And, hopefully, this is not the same difficulty you’re already having. Regardless, I’m loving this kind of assignment, and my future advanced sophomores may have you to thank for my using something like it. :P
Hi,
I’m Amulya. i’m an English teacher. I’m currently teaching Lord of the flies to my kids. It wonderful if you could share some of your resourcs.
Thank you
AM
I teach English at a small school in western North Carolina. I usually teach sophomores and juniors; however, now I have picked up a senior class. Lord of the Flies is included in the canon of lit for this grade.
I am re-reading the novel now. I would appreciate any material you have which would help me.
Have a great school year.