One of my sophomores' favorite activities this past year was a scavenger hunt that I planned in conjunction with
The Lord of the Flies. Students were divided into groups and given lists of items that corresponded with Golding's novel.
Their lists read:
- Something fair-colored for Ralph
- A rock that reminds you of Roger
- A leaf that reminds you of Simon
- Something identical for Samneric
- An item that reminds you of Piggy
- Something sharp for Jack
- An item that has a scar on it
- An item that could be used to make fire
- A "beastie" - no live things, please!
- A flower to represent the island's beauty
We went outside during each period (even though it was a slightly chilly/overcast day - but no turning back!) and groups set off with their lists and brown paper bags (an easy way to moderate the size of the items they collected).
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| and flowers, oh my! |
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| Rocks, |
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| and sticks, |
It was a lesson that definitely required some prep-and-planning time, but I'm sure it's one my students will remember. We all had a good time hearing different groups present their findings - there were some repeats, but even those provided good discussion points. I ended up taking pictures of what the groups collected and created a Powerpoint to share with them (different periods had different ideas, and one period missed the activity entirely due to a career fair... yup, thanks for the heads up, Office People... not). It was fun and a pseudo-review activity, as students sought to make sense of each group's item choices. Here are some of my faves:
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| Straw = Ralph's "Fair" Hair |
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Items for Piggy - The striped rock was "unique and different,
like Piggy" and the TruMoo milk has a... farm animal
connection, I think? Haha |
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All of the "sharp" things for Jack - thorns, a broken pencil, a nail,
some sort of metal stake, various sticks, a pointy rock, and a shard of plastic. |
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Leaves for Simon - a dead one (yeah, spoiler alert!) and an 'unlucky' and 'odd' three-leaf clover
that only has one leaf (they definitely plucked off the other two, lol) |
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All of their "beasties" - a few things that look like snakes, a 'caterpillar,' the bear on the Kodiak tin (*eye roll*),
and a few other items that had less-compelling rationales (one was literally described as "pea-pod thing"). |
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My favorite items with scars. A lot of students ripped holes in leaves,
which made me wonder about their understanding of the term "scar." :P |
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The most ironic items - huge rocks that represented either Roger (rock) or Piggy (huge).
Get the irony? Get it? Major bonus points if so! :) |
After the groups presented (and left for the day) I threw away most of the items (so many dead flowers and leaves!) and had a few students return the large rocks to their natural habitats, so I was glad for the photos. It was definitely a fun, creative activity that I hope made my sophomores'
LOTF experience the slightest bit more enjoyable. ;)
