Name____________________
Summer Reading
Project
Honors English 10
Mr. Hansard
Goddard High School
Instructions
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Complete all Research / Pre-reading Exercises in the packet before reading.
Complete the Names / Etymology worksheets before reading.
Read Lord of the Flies from beginning to end.
Complete all Study Guide / Quiz questions in the workbook as directed.
Complete all Reflections in the workbook as directed.
Bring this completed packet to the first day of class in August.
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 265
2500 SOUTH 199TH WEST
P.O. BOX 189
GODDARD, KANSAS 67052-0189
PHONE: (316) 794-4100
FAX (316) 794-4130
Dear Honors 10 Student,
Congratulations on your interest in an accelerated English curriculum. As noted in the GHS Academic Planning Guide, the
work done in Honors English 10 will be more complex, in depth, and independent than customary English curriculum.
Throughout the year, Honors 10 students will:
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Read and discuss a broad variety of literature, including occasional outside readings.
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Focus on important writing skills, write frequent essays, and fine-tune editing skills.
Prior to the first day of school, each student is required to read and be prepared to discuss William Golding’s novel, Lord
of the Flies. The book can be located for purchase at Border’s or any other local bookstore, or it can be ordered at
Amazon.com (or a similar website) for around $10 (plus shipping). NOTE: if a student does not wish to keep his / her
book, he / she may donate the book to GHS for a small amount of extra credit. Extra credit will be awarded according to
the following criteria: 1.) Hardback (preferable) or paperback, 2.) New or used, and, 3.) Condition of book. Students
can check out the book from the library, or they may purchase the book as an e-book, but this will obviously mean that
they will not be able to turn in the book for extra credit.
The summer reading packet should also be completed before school resumes in the fall. Any assignments that
have not been completed will receive no credit and scores will be entered as zeroes. A test will be given
over the reading materials within the first couple of days after students arrive back at school, and students will
be required to take this regardless of whether they have completed the reading or not. We will follow up with
further assignments related to the summer reading once we get acquainted.
Supplies you will need to purchase for Honors English 10 -- Due no later than the THIRD DAY OF CLASS!
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3-Ring Binder for English only
Loose leaf paper – for each section of your 3 Ring Binder (No torn out notebook paper is allowed!)
Dividers (5 tabs – 1 each for: 1. Course Policy and Procedures, 2. Bell work / vocabulary, 3.
Permanent notes, 4. Temporary notes, and 5. Journal / Pop Culture References)
Several PENS, pencils, and hi-liters
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You must get a Google Drive Account – or - you must purchase a Flash Drive. Google Drive is EASY!
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A book for independent reading
I look forward to meeting each of you in August; however, if you have any questions before then, please feel
free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Ken Hansard
khansard@goddardusd.com
GHS English Department Chair
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Pre-Reading / Research
What’s in a Name?
Etymology of the names used in Lord of the Flies
Most of the names in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies appear to have been chosen for a reason. Each of the
following names appears to have symbolic significance. Research these names for yourself before you read to
better appreciate the significance of each.
Instructions: Using a name book, a Bible, a dictionary, or similar internet resources, research and write the origin and / or
meaning of each of the following names. Then, in the space that says “Character Notes” write several notes from the story
about each character, especially with attention to how each one’s characteristics match up with the etymology.
Ralph
Etymology / Meaning:
Character Notes from the Book:
Jack
Etymology / Meaning:
Character Notes from the Book:
Simon
Etymology / Meaning:
Character Notes from the Book:
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Maurice
Etymology / Meaning:
Character Notes from the Book:
Roger
Etymology / Meaning:
Character Notes from the Book:
Percival
Etymology / Meaning:
Character Notes from the Book:
Beelzebub (The Lord of the Flies)
Etymology / Meaning:
Character Notes from the Book:
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Name ___________________________
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies
Study Guides / Quizzes
Instructions: This is short answer. You do not need to answer in complete sentences, but your answers must be thorough and
complete. For each answer, indicate in parentheses the page number on which you obtained your answer.
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell
1. How did the boys arrive on the island?
2. What are the names of the twins?
3. How did Ralph call the 1st meeting?
4. What does Ralph’s dad do?
5. What nationality are the boys?
6. The island was roughly _________-shaped.
7. What is the “scar”?
8. For whom did Piggy vote as chief?
9. Who went to make sure the island was really an island?
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c.
10. Which two boys have set themselves up as de facto leaders?
11. Which boy appears to be the more violent of the two?
12. Which boy do we know has already assumed a position of leadership?
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Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain
1. Who is the only one who may interrupt the speaker holding the conch?
2. Who sees the beast/ beastie/ snake-like thing?
3. Who says again and again that there is no beast?
4. On page 37, Ralph makes a two-fold “mission statement.” What are the two parts?
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2.
5. Why do they need a fire?
6. What do the boys use to ignite the fire?
7. Who is the first boy to die?
Who said the following? Remember to indicate page numbers.
8. “How do you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?”
9. “I told you to. I told you to get a list of names.”
10. “We’ll have rules! Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks ‘em—“
Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach
1. What is Jack doing as the chapter begins (be specific)?
2. Ralph and _______________ are building huts.
3. Why can’t Jack get the pig to stay on his spear?
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4. All the hunters except for Jack have gone where?
5. Who helps the littluns to get fruit?
6. At the end of the chapter, where does Simon go (be specific)?
Who says the following? Remember to include page numbers.
7. “We want meat!”
8. “I was talking about smoke! Don’t you want to be rescued? All you talk about is pig, pig, pig!”
9. “I thought I might kill.”
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair
1. Who still “felt the unease of wrongdoing”?
2. Who was affected by the “taboo of the old life”?
3. How was Jack “liberated from the shame of self-consciousness”?
4. Why do the littluns obey the summons of the conch?
5. Why does Jack want Samneric to get him a coconut?
6. Why, when the ship passes, are the boys not rescued?
7. Why do the littluns keep getting stomach aches and diarrhea?
8. Who said: “They don’t smell me. They see me, I think. Something pink under the trees.”
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Chapter 5: Beast from Water
1. What is “Taken short?”
2. What does Jack say they ought to do before allowing the fire to go out?
3. Who scared the littlun by walking around in the jungle at night?
4. Which two littluns hold the conch at the assembly and talk about the beast?
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b.
5. Who said: “The thing is, we need an assembly.”
6. “Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!”
7. “Life…is scientific, that’s what it is.”
8. “What I mean is… maybe it’s only us.”
9. “What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”
10. How did Piggy’s specs get broken?
11. Who goes crazy and repeats his address over and over again?
Chapter 6 & 7: Beast from Air / Shadows and Tall Trees
1. What was the “sign that came down from the world of the grown-ups”?
2. Who saw the beast on top of the mountain?
3. What did the boys want to do instead of going to the other side of the island to check the fire?
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4. Who said: “I don’t believe in the beast.”
5. “We want smoke. And you go wasting your time. You roll rocks.”
6. Who hit the boar with his spear?
7. Who got hurt playing the role of the pig?
8. Who went through the forest alone to tell Piggy that the group hunting the beast would not be back until after
dark?
Which three characters climbed the mountain to look for the beast?
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Chapter 8: Gift for the Darkness
1. Who called the first assembly?
2. During the assembly, how many voted that Ralph shouldn’t be chief?
3. The hunters get a new name. What is it?
4. The group of boys looked at it with affectionate respect. What is it?
Who said the following? Remember to indicate page numbers.
5. “I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you.”
6. “I think we ought to climb the mountain.”
7. “We’ll hunt and I’m going to be chief.”
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8. “The head is for the beast. It’s a gift.”
9. “I’d like to put on war-paint and be a savage. But we must keep the fire burning.”
10. “Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill.”
11. “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you.”
Chapter 9: A View to a Death
1. What was the “cannon” that “continued to play” throughout chapter 9?
2. Who sat, like an idol, painted and garlanded, in the center of the lawn?
3. During the party, evening had come, not with calm beauty, but with the…
______________ _______ _____________________________.
4. At the party, who acted like the pig?
5. What happened to the parachutist?
6. Who was killed because the boys thought that he was the beast?
7. What happened to the body on the beach?
Who said the following? Remember to indicate page numbers.
8. “Do our dance! Come on! Dance!”
9. “Let them go. I don’t care.”
10. “P’raps we ought to go, too… I mean, to make sure nothing happens.”
Chapter 10: The Shell and the Glasses
1. What were Samneric doing at the beginning of the chapter?
2. What is Ralph frightened of?
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3. Who went with Jack to take fire from the others?
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b.
4. Before they were attacked, what did Ralph “desperately pray?”
5. Who was Ralph fighting in the dark?
6. What did Jack take from the others?
Who said the following? Remember to indicate page numbers.
7. “That was murder.”
8. “We don’t want another night without fire.”
9. “I thought they wanted the conch.”
Chapter 11: Castle Rock
1. Who “protested out of the heart of civilization”?
2. Who killed Piggy?
3. How was Piggy killed?
Who said the following? Remember to indicate page numbers.
4. “After all, we aren’t savages really, and being rescued isn’t a game.”
5. “Well, we won’t be painted, because we aren’t savages.”
6. “You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief.”
7. “See? See? That’s what you’ll get! I mean that! There isn’t a tribe for you anymore. The conch is gone—“
8. “Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?”
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Chapter 12: Cry of the Hunters
1. Who was the “savage whose image refused to blend with the ancient picture of a boy in shorts and shirt”?
2. Why would “bathing (Ralph’s) injuries have to wait”?
3. What did Ralph do to the Lord of the Flies?
4. Who had the “memory of a new and shameful loyalty”?
5. Who sharpened a stick at both ends?
6. What is the significance of the sharpening of the stick at both ends?
7. How did they attempt to get Ralph out of the thicket?
8. What were Ralph’s three different strategies for “escaping” the hunters?
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b.
c.
Who said the following? Remember to indicate page numbers.
9. Who said: “Nobody killed, I hope? Any dead bodies?”
10. “They are going to hunt you tomorrow.”
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Lord of the Flies Summer Reading
Reflection / Response
Instructions: For each Chapter, supply at least one favorite quote, the person who said it, and parenthetical documentation
(Golding 76). Next, explain the context for the quote (if necessary) and why you like the quote. Thirdly, think of something
that happened in the chapter and then think of a movie that it reminds you of. Explain the parallels between the scene that
you have chosen and the movie. If any of your answers are identical to (or very nearly identical to) anyone else’s answers,
both (or all) parties will earn zero credit. Further, there are many websites with notes (like Spark Notes) that will give you
the answers to the questions below. It is OK to research these questions and their answers. It is NOT OK to copy those
answers or paraphrase them. Your answers need to be in your own words. If your answers do not show your original thoughts
and voice, you will receive no credit. Be prepared to discuss and / or write about these when you return.
Chapter 1
Favorite Quote:
Why I like it:
Movie Parallel:
Chapter 2
Favorite Quote:
Why I like it:
Movie Parallel:
Chapter 3
Favorite Quote
Why I like it:
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Movie Parallel:
Chapter 4
Favorite Quote:
Why I like it:
Movie Parallel:
Chapter 5
Favorite Quote:
Why I like it:
Movie Parallel:
Chapter 6
Favorite Quote:
Why I like it:
Movie Parallel:
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Chapter 7
Favorite Quote:
Why I like it:
Movie Parallel:
Chapter 8
Favorite Quote:
Why I like it:
Movie Parallel:
Chapter 9
Favorite Quote:
Why I like it:
Movie Parallel:
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Chapter 10
Favorite Quote:
Why I like it:
Movie Parallel:
Chapter 11
Favorite Quote:
Why I like it:
Movie Parallel:
Chapter 12
Favorite Quote:
Why I like it:
Movie Parallel:
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