Lord of the Flies

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Lord of the Flies

• Research Unit

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• You are going to write a researched literary
  analysis using two types of sources
• Primary source The book itself (Lord of the
  Flies)
• Secondary source Articles other people have
  written about the book

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• This will begin as a four paragraph essay
  containing
• An introduction
• 2 body paragraphs
• A conclusion

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• 9 steps in the essay process
• Select a topic
• Fill out brainstorm sheet
• Complete formal outline thesis statement
• Record support from primary source
• Read secondary source essays and take notes
• Incorporate notes into outline organize notes
• Write the rough draft
• Peer edit revise
• Write the final Draft

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Step 1 Select a topic

• Here are some suggestions
• the conflict of good and evil in humanity
• the presence of evil in humanity
• the loss of innocence
• the initiation of the innocent to a cruel reality
• mans inhumanity to man
• isolation or mistreatment of the individual
• mans animal nature
• the transformation from boy to savage
• use of symbolism in the novel
• contrast democracy and dictatorship in the novel
• other?? (get approved by Macon)

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Step 2 Brainstorm

• In the rectangle at the top of the page, jot down
  your topic (this doesnt need to be in sentence
  form)
• Divide your topic into two examples, first
  paragraph and second paragraph and list each in
  the two parallelograms below the top rectangle
• Include two examples, in your own words, for each
  topic

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Step 3 Formal Outline

• Create a title for your essay
• Include the authors name or book title the
  main idea
• Be specific We should know that you are writing
  about Lord of the Flies!
• Good title A Broken Shell and Shattered
  Innocence Lost Youth in Lord of the Flies
• Bad title A Broken Shell and Shattered Innocence

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Step 3 Formal Outline

• Include Introduction and Conclusion in spaces
  I and IV on your outline
• In spaces II and III, transfer/record the
  information from the reverse side of the form
  (from your brainstorm sheet)

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Step 4 Take Primary Source Notes

• In your essay, you will include quotations from
  your primary source to support your analysis of
  the text.
• These quotes should directly support each of the
  points on your formal outline (A, B)
• Begin the note-taking process by locating each
  example in the text (for instance, if I am saying
  that an example of Piggys mistreatment is when
  Jack beats him up for no good reason, then I need
  to locate that example in my book)
• Once you have located the passage that supports
  your argument, use the appropriate note-taking
  format to record the example

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Step 5 Secondary Source Notes

• In your essay, you will also include quotations
  from at least one secondary source to support
  your analysis of the text.
• These quotes are the authors ideas that may
  directly support one of the points on your formal
  outline (A, B), or he/she may suggest new ideas
  that go along with your analysis

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Step 5 Secondary Source Notes

• Do not record primary source quotations from the
  secondary source articles remember to record the
  authors thoughts
• Once you have located relevant information, use
  the appropriate note-taking format to record the
  example
• Note-taking requirement 2 secondary source
  quotations from at least one different articles

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Quoting the Primary Source

• Arent I having none, Jack had meant to leave
  him. . . (Golding 45).

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Heading

• First name Last name
• My name (Mrs. Macon)
• British Literature
• Date
• Typed in upper left-hand corner

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Final Draft

• Times New Roman or Arial
• 12 pitch font
• Double-spaced
• Header in upper right-hand corner with last name
  and page number

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