Lord of the Flies - Context and Sound of the Shell Introduction

This lesson explores Lord of the Flies context and introduces students to the underlying themes of the novel.

The lesson looks at a Banksy image an refers this back to the novel, it asks students to look at various book covers and infer what the novel might be about, it also explores context of William Golding and looks at the Coral Island as his inspiration.

Students are also asked to consider the nature vs nurture approach. In the second lesson students read the first chapter of the book and consider what makes a good leader and do a brief character analysis.

These are two full lessons that can be used with students or as a revision lesson.