Advanced Placement Classroom: Lord of the Flies [Paperback]

Advanced Placement Classroom: Lord of the Flies takes a fresh approach to a school classic by offering an abundance of student-centered classroom ideas. A large menu of rigorous choices will engage both teachers and students in the process of building interpretations through close reading, collaboration, and active learning. Clearly explained prereading, reading, and post-reading tasks help students to develop their individual encounters with the text and then enter the conversation of literary scholars. Additional chapters explore the interface between the world of the text and the text in the world, including technology integration. Sample AP prompts and essay analyses are included.

Grades 9-12Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Arent there any grownups at all?: Introduction Chapter 2 Come on, were explorers: Teaching Lord of the Flies Chapter 3 Its like in a book: Prereading Activities for Lord of the Flies Chapter 4 Ive got the conch: Reading Lord of the Flies Chapter 5 This is what people can talk about: Discussing and Performing Lord of the Flies Chapter 6 If only they could get a message to us: Understanding and Writing About Lord of the Flies Chapter 7 Sharpen a stick at both ends: Project Ideas for Lord of the Flies Chapter 8 How many of you are there?: Resources for Teaching Lord of the Flies References About the Author Common Core State Standards AlignmentAdvanced Placement Classroom: Lord of the Flies takes a fresh approach to a school classic by offering an abundance of student-centered classroom ideas.

Grades 9-12

Timothy J. Duggan, Ed.D., teaches in the Division of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education at the University of South Dakota (USD). He also has served as the director of gifted programs at USD, coordinating the South Dakota Governor's Camp and the Ambassadors of Excellence Camp. Dr. Duggan holds degrees from the University of Califoló’