1. A THEMATIC UNIT BASED ON LORD OF THE FLIES
SURVIVAL
A THEMATIC UNIT BASED ON LORD OF THE FLIES

2. THE STUDENTS Large class 28 students 15-16 year olds
10th grade Looping English
students know each other and the teacher from last year
16 boys, 12 girls
Mostly white middle class background of European decent
¼ students on free and reduced lunch
Some Native American students-Stillaguamish
One former ELL-Mexican
A few students have trouble focusing but none on IEP or 504

3. LEARNING STANDARDS
10.SL.1 - Initiate and participate in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with divers partners on grades 9-10 topics, test, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.  
10.W.10 - Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences

4. LEARNING TARGETS: DAY 1
Students will evaluate 12 items in order of importance to their survival in a simulated plane crash scenario.
The students will argue and defend their opinions and collaborate to reach a group consensus.

5. LEARNING TARGET-HOMEWORK
Students will write a reflection on survival game exercise which will focus on the following:
their observation of behavior-theirs and their classmates
how smoothly the activity went and why or why not
the role they played and why
what they learned from the exercise especially about themselves

6. DAY 2
Students will articulate their observations and share their reflections on the previous day’s survival scenario in a whole group discussion.
They will answer the guiding question for the unit “What does it take to be a survivor?” in their journals.

7. ASSESSMENTS Survivor scenario activity: Plane crash reflection
Teacher will type student responses evaluating discussion equity
Plane crash reflection
Teacher will evaluate student written responses for reflection on human behavior
Journal reflection
The teacher will evaluate students for synthesis of ideas:
Based on the survival scenario, debrief and class discussions students will determine what it takes to survive

8. SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
This lesson will deepen knowledge and skills from previous units…
Survivor scenario activity:
SKILL: The ability to articulate thoughts and ideas
SKILL: The ability to share and collaborate with peers
SKILL: The ability to argue and defend opinions
Plane crash reflection
SKILL: The ability to express ideas in writing
KNOWLEDGE: human behavior and needs

9. PRIOR LEARNING What students already know… Survivor scenario activity:
Debate Unit: argue and defend position/opinion
Prior class discussions in previous units
Plane crash reflection:
Anthem Unit:
What is more important needs of society or individual
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Animal Farm Unit:
Qualities of leadership

10. WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO LEARN
How to reach a group consensus
How to analyze what items are necessary to survival
How to evaluate behavior

11. GATEWAY ACTIVITY Read Survival Exercise Read Debrief
Decide to stay or go to nearest town
Rank 12 items in order of importance
All decisions must be unanimous
The teacher is not on the plane with you!
Read Debrief
Score 12 item ranking
If you exceed 30 you are dead!