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October 6: (minimum reading expectation) Chapters 1 and 2. Read the essay on Thomas Hobbes (see link on home page).

October 14: Read chapters 4 and 5. Complete question # 2 on the Hobbes essay. Read the essay "Children and World War II." Be prepared to answer the two questions in class.

October 18: Read chapter 6. Be prepared for a quiz on chapters 4-6. Find a short biography on Golding. Bring it to class along with an original summary.

October 20: Read chapter 7. Write a one page essay (typed, double-spaced) about your reaction to the novel so far. This reaction should include: why you think the characters are behaving as they do, one connection, questions you might have (and their possible answers) and a prediction.

October 22: Read 8 and 9. Be prepared to write about chapters 7-9 in class.

October 26: Finish the novel. Be prepared for a graded fish bowl discussion.