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Course, Subject

English Regents, English Language Arts (2005), English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)

Web-based Resource

Access the game at: http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/literature/golding/index.html

Description

William Golding's first novel, Lord of the Flies, 1954, rapidly became a world success and has remained so. It has reached tens of millions of readers. If you are one of them, you may challenge your memory with this game. If you haven't read the book, read it and come back! It's a very entertaining and exciting book about a group of young boys who are isolated on a desert island. Play the game to test your knowledge of the characters, plots, and quotations!

Related Academic Standards

New York State

RL.9-10.7.a Analyze works by authors or artists who represent diverse world cultures.

RL.11-12.7.a Analyze multiple interpretations of full-length works by authors who represent diverse world cultures.

RL.11-12.9 Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics.

RL.11-12.10 By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.

RI.11-12.9.a Read, annotate, and analyze informational texts on topics related to diverse and nontraditional cultures and viewpoints.

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