10/26/19 Blogger #23 Meghan Stackhouse PD 5

Sophomores 2020
Period 5
Meghan Stackhouse
Blogger #23

Aim: How will students continue to present their group creative writing projects based on "Lord of the Flies"?

Today was the final of the two days spent in class on the presentations of the creative writing projects completed by each team inspired by "Lord of the Flies". Each team devised a fictional island, some accompanied by story-lines and other by physical models, or travel brochures, to accentuate their ideas during presentation. This will be the final day spent on the "Lord of the Flies" unit.

Group #1:
This group presented not just a picture, but a fully developed picture book to accompany the story they came up with. This booklet was composed of different segments and perspectives of certain features on this island. An example of this is how they emulated the idea that their world somewhat resembled the superficial, plastic-y world of Edward Scissorhands, using this imagery and comparison to accentuate the contrast between the typical townhouse versus the house the narrator chooses to enter in the story, stating it was larger and appeared more ominous. They used immersive vocabulary that did a good job of keeping the reader interested throughout the whole story as they were in the beginning.

Group #2:
This group used an extremely clever writing strategy in their presentation. They portrayed their story in a way that told the same coming of events from multiple points of view, so that they underwent the same journey yet experienced different opinions and feelings so that the class, as listeners, could sympathize various standpoints. They additionally used characters that act as parallels to the characters we read about in "Lord of the Flies", for the characters Jack, Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Samneric. I personally found this presentation to be my favorite, because I felt the most immersed in the story-line, so much so that the island they were primarily presenting came as a vivid image naturally throughout the telling of the story.

Group #3:
This group used the game Minecraft to construct an elaborate island that had many significant small details that all tied together very well in the grand scheme, and activated the classes close analytical thinking in order to break them down. They show us a specially built place for almost anything you could think to need or imagine, well complimented by the minecart rail they built to wrap around the entirety of the island, displaying it to the class in a neat start to finish process.