Lord of the Flies Teaching Resources


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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 – DOC or PDF

  • Introductory Team Activity – DOC or PDF

  • Quiz #1 – chapter 1 (not available for download)

  • Quiz #2 – chapter 2-4 (not available for download)

  • Quiz #3 – chapter 5-7 (not available for download)

  • Quiz #4 – chapters 8-10 (not available for download)

  • Quiz #5 – chapters 11-12 (not available for download)

  • Test Study Guide – DOC or PDF

  • Unit Test (not available for download)

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Most of my teaching resources are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License, which means you can feel free to use them with attribution as long as you don’t use them commercially. If you’re not sure, don’t hesitate to ask me. Unfortunately, I am currently unable to send out my tests and quizzes, but I am hoping to establish a less time-consuming alternative for this in the near future. Sorry!!


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  • Madeleine Ayres

    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

  • http://www.mrshawke.com mrshawke

    Madeleine,

    Thanks for your message. I hope everything I e-mailed you earlier today will help! Good luck and keep in touch. :)

  • Edwin Lake

    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

  • http://www.mrshawke.com mrshawke

    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

  • Chali Grinnell

    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

  • http://www.mrshawke.com mrshawke

    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

  • http://www.exploreacademy.blogspot.com C Sheafor

    I am a homeschool mother and would love any teaching resources you have on Lord of the Flies. thanks!

  • http://www.mrshawke.com mrshawke

    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

  • Jessica

    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

  • http://www.aveson.org Tom Hyatt

    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

  • Berri Gordon

    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!

  • Chelsea

    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.

  • http://www.mrshawke.com mrshawke

    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

  • Amulya

    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

  • Lisa Burrell

    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.

  • Ira Baker

    Hello Mrs. Hawke,

    I am about to teach LOF and would love any tests, quizzes, projects, etc. that you may have. It looks like the last person to email you was about 2 years ago. I hope that you still check the site.

    Thanks in advance for all of your help,
    Ira Baker

  • Michele Figueiredo

    Thank you for taking added time out of an already hectic schedule to respond, reply, and attach your work. You are certainly appreciated over here in GA.

  • http://www.mrshawke.com mrshawke

    Thank you, Michele. I’m glad to do it. :)

  • Alexandra Mancuso

    Hi there Mrs. Hawke,

    Remember me! :) We e-mailed a couple of times in September about some ‘Separate Peace’ material( remember, I’m the new ESL teacher with 8 different level groups, from Montreal). Let me simply say that I put my own twist to it and it worked like a charm with my group. I see that you have all these nice resources for LOFT and would love to be able to use them, if possible?

    Thanks in advance

    Alexandra

  • Samatha Canuto

    Hi there, I teach at a very small,reamote school on the Navajo reservation just outside Albuquerque, NM. I teach all the high school classes 9-12 and want to teach Lord of the Flies to my sophomores. I have taught it in the past but could use some new materials. My school info is:
    Tohjiile Community School
    P.O. Box 3438
    Tohajiilee,NM 87026
    505-908-2426 OUr school doens’t have a website or a school e-mail that everyone uses. But you could call and talk to my principal if need be. Her name is Jane Pitts.

  • Michelle Havens

    I am interested in any tests/quizzes and anything else you are willing to share on The Great Gatsby and Lord of the Flies. I am starting a unit on The Great Gatsby, my first time teaching it, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Michelle Havens
    Forest High School
    Ocala, FL
    Marion County School District

  • Anne Williams

    Would you be willing to share your tests and quizzes with me as well? I am new to teaching Lord of the Flies as well.

    thanks,
    anne williams