Lord+of+the+Flies (MI9) 

Lord of The Flies: William ( Bill ) Golding

What text connections are you making with the beginning of this novel? Given that this book is more than 50 years old, how has it been "remixed" for the 21st century? What is happening so far? fatcow47 I have made three connections so far: One with Lost, another with Flight 29 Down, and the last with Hatchet. They all had a plane crash just like this book. It has much more details and a big plane rather than back then when they had small planes. It is still like the 50 years ago because you would not just walk nude around an island. They had discovered many islands and back then it probably did not exist. A plane crashes and many kids are on an island.. Alone. They elect Ralph as chief, who abuses his ability, and they find rocks. Ralph makes them work while he relaxes. He also makes fun of people like Piggy and calls him Fatty.**
 * Day 1 Response

**One connection was when Ralph was with Piggy they where friends kind of until Jack and all the other people came along. It was like Ralph was friends with Piggy because no one else was around and Ralph also kind of used Piggy till he got to be chief and have power.** Ralph picked Jack, Simon, and himself to go to a mountain and look for food, water, and shelter. Piggy also wanted to come but Ralph wouldn’t let him. By flyingpig25
 * It is very good so far but it has lots of terms that I have never heard anywhere.**

DAY 1 RESPONSE My connections are: Text to world When they crash, in Lost they crash too. I think they would all have cell-phones and be really snotty. They would not know what to do, and they would think they were all going to die. They crashed and they blew into a shell and called a secret meeting and voted Ralph as chief. Then they went to the mountain and found a boat and they almost died of starvation. They found a pig and killed it and ate it. Ralph is also being mean to Piggy and calling him Fatty. pbandj

- goheat8

I have made a couple text connections during the first chapter of this book. One is that this book is like Hatchet, Lost, and Flight 29 Down. Another one is that Piggy, one of the boys in the book, talks, and looks just like Dudley (Harry Potter’s cousin) in Harry Potter. The last one is that almost all the kids on the island are nude, just like in The Cay. Some things that the author has changed since fifty years ago is that the planes back then probably had open tops, and did not fit many people. Another thing is that kids from boarding schools probably didn’t get to go on plane rides to places. What’s happened so far is that these kids have all crashed on a deserted island. They are all split apart, but two boys named Ralph and Piggy find a conch shell and blow into it to call a meeting. Soon, some more boys come to where they heard the noise. They get together with Ralph and Piggy. After they’ve all introduced themselves, Ralph, Jack, and Simon go search to see if they are actually on an island. When they get to the top of the cliff, they see that they are on an island. Raccoon09, The text to text connections I made were to Hatchet, Flight 29 down and Lost. Well, if it hadn’t been remixed it would be a lot more weirder to read, it still has some “old school” things in it like no one in their right mind EVEN on a desert island would run around naked in the 21st century, and they have WAY different grammar, also. It's British, but it’s not all primitive. OK what is happening is many boys are stranded on a deserted island and have to band together to survive, the group of boys have elected Ralph as chief of their ‘tribe’ Piggy and Ralph were like buddies but when Jack and the Choir came they started to break apart.

__**What rule would you make for the boys? Why? What rules would not work without adults around to enforce them?**__
fatcow47 The tribal council does not go well. They have a conch shell that they pass around and whenever Piggy has the shell they do not let him talk. They decide to make a fire so that a ship will notice them. They would because they maybe want to start a peaceful society and want to start a total monarchy ( which they do and it fails). They would not because they would want to have some freedom and want to just play. I would make an "everyone is equal" rule and would follow up to it unlike Napoleon did. I would make this because there would be more time wasted if they were insulting each other and deciding on a leader. One rule would not work: NO TRASH TALKING because kids in this book swear sometimes and they do not say nice things. Another would be: USE YOUR MANNERS because these are boys and boys' natural sense is to destroy things and be messy.

- goheat8 The tribal council went pretty terrible for the boys. Every time Piggy tried to talk, Jack cut him off and told him to shut up. Also, whenever Ralph talked to the boys, they would run off somewhere and scatter all over the island. Nobody would listen or stay still. Why the kids would want to make rules is because they want to make it easier to live on the island and be able to get along well with the other boys. Why they wouldn’t make rules is because they might just want to play and be free on the island. They also might not want to listen to their leader, Ralph. One rule I would enforce is that you have to go in groups together in the woods because that way if someone gets hurt, other people can help them. Another rule I would have is that if you want to eat, then you have to work. I would have that rule because if everyone just lounged around, nothing would get done. One rule that would not work is: no swimming in deep water. That wouldn’t work because the boys might need to get food out there. Another rule that wouldn’t work is: no fighting. That wouldn’t work because there are a bunch of boys on an island. They probably won’t get along all the time and be nice to each other.

It goes “pretty good” except I think Jack is a little suspicious. They pass around the conch shell and if you have the shell you can talk, only. But one time Piggy had the conch shell and Ralph still talked. They make rules because they need to be civil and work together to survive on the island. Also without rules everything is chaos. I would say that you have to have clothes and also you can’t go too far out in the water and too far into the jungle because it’s the ocean and there is sharks. Also in the jungle you can get lost or come across a dangerous animal. By flyingpig25 The tribal council does not go well. The conch shell is passed around, but they don't let Piggy speak. They make a fire, but do not even think about what was going to happen next. The whole island catches on fire and they use Piggy's glasses to start it without permesson. The fire was so the ships could see them. They try to start a peaceful community(which fails in the future). They just want to have some freedom and play all day. I think that they should have Piggy be the leader and treat everybody EQUALY! I would also make it that everybody would have to stay with the group. One person went away and got burnt to a crisp. There is also dangerous animals in the jungle so that means...Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh my! The rule of that you can do what you want, if there was parents there they would have made you work all day. I think that they all have to be nicer to Piggy because he is the smartest person on the island. __pbandj

R ____accoon 09__
 * Well, the tribe thingy isn’t going so well for the boys because they aren't following the rules very well, and their being mean to piggy because he is so fat and they are listening to the fit and “cool” kids to lead like Jack or Ralph because they are the “cool” but Piggy has the good ideas. That if someone is speaking... SHUT YOUR TRAP AND LISTEN! Because kids just wanna do what they wanna do, witch is breaking rules.**

__Day 3 Wiki Repsonse Question:__

 * In reading, strong readers often make connections to help make their book more interesting, exciting, and desirable to read. One type of connection is a text to text connection. This means that the reader is connecting some aspect of the current book they're reading to another book they've read. List three (3) text to text (t-t) connections you've made so far about your novel.**

-In the Lightning Thief there is a person that is kind of mean at first, but then gets nicer. Ralph is mean at first, but he gets a little nicer. -In the Magician there is a plane crash. In The Lord of the flies there is a plane crash. -In the Alchemist there is a tropical island. In the Lord of the Flies there is a tropical island.__Pbandj__

fatcow47 Animal Farm has people taking command and so does LOTF. Another is IOTBD where they are on an island just like them. The last is with Amelia Earheart, the person who crossed the sea and they think she crashed on an island.


 * One is in Animal Farm because a think Ralph & Jack are like snowball and Napoleon because I noticed Jack sneaking around.**
 * Another is in Jack Robinson and the Boar in Shirley’s class Mable is the leader like Ralph is the leader of the kids on the island.**
 * On Island of The Blue Dolphins the girl gets stuck on a island by herself and hopes to get saved by her tribe. In Lord of the flies all the boys get stuck a island aqnd also hope to get saved but by their parents.**
 * by flyingpig25**

- goheat8
One text to text connection that I’ve made is from The Cay. These books are alike because there are people who crashed on an island and have to get along and survive together on their own. Another connection I’ve made is from Animal Farm. These are alike because in Lord of the Flies, Jack wants to take control of all the people and the society they’re trying to build. He is just like Napoleon, only Napoleon wanted to take over a farm. The last connection that I’ve made is from Hatchet. These are alike because in Lord of the Flies, the boys have to kill the animals on the island for food. Brian has to do the same thing in Hatchet.

 -Raccoon 09  In Hatchet there is a plane crash where a young kid has to survive on his own. There is a plane crash in Lord Of The Flies

-Island of the blue dolphins because there’s a kid who has to survive on their own, just like LOTF (lord of the flies)

-Swindle, because a bunch of kids have to band together, just like LOTF