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 * LORD OF THE FLIES**

Earth Colony 3 Communications officer- Emily McLaughlin =**Book 1 - Lord of the Flies**= Actions: __2-29-12__ Today we recieved our books and assigned chapter one for tonight's reading. Read this article for some background on the book and the author: []

__3-1-12__ Summary of chapter one: The plane crashes and Ralph goes out alone.He then meets Piggy and throught their talk we find out that there is a world war, and the group of English boys were being transported.They go about the island looking for the other boys and find a conch shell.Ralph blows the conch shell and the other boys emerge. Jack emerges with the choir boys. Assignment: Read Chapters 2 and 3

__3-2-12__ Summary of chapters two and three: The boys decide to build a fire on top of the mountain hoping to catch someones attention so they can be saved. The fire gets out of control and burns a lot of trees on the island. The little boy that was searching for the "beastie" probably died in the fire but no one looked for him. Jack fails again at catching a pig so he went back to the beach where Simon and Ralph are attempting to built huts. Jack and Ralph get into an arguement about how no one helps out with the shelters and how the little kids don't do anything besides play and swim. Ralph and Jack try to calm their nerves by taking a swim, but they still are in disagreement. Also Simon helps the little kids get some fruit. Assignment: Read Chapters 4-6

__3-5-12__ Summary Chapters 4-6: Mornings are good and the kids are able to play, but the afternoons get very hot and some boys begin to see things. Night time can be scary for the boys. The littluns are still afraid of the beastie. The food they are eating causes them all to suffer stomach problems. The older boys are often mean to the younger boys. Jack still wants to kill the pig and paints his face to go on a hunt. Jack catches the pig, but Ralph is upset because the boys let the fire die. He was so upset that the fire was out because there was a ship that went by that could have rescued them. Ralph calls a meeting and scolds the boys for not taking responsibility. Jack plans to kill the beastie that the boys are afraid of. A man in a parachute falls from the sky but he is already dead. The mistake the man for the beast. The boys go looking for monsters and Ralph and Jack feel like friends again. Assignment: Read chapter 7 and 8

__3-6-12__ Assignment: Read 9 and 10

__3-7-12__ Today we our discussion with Mr. Bundy. We talked about theme, symbolism, and the basic idea of the story. These aspects will all be presented in our final project. Assignment: finish the book Final Project: media type="file" key="Lord of the Flies Final Project.wmv"