During our integration today, we spent the first part of the morning outside doing a leadership/teamwork activity. To help us better understand the challenges that arise when attempting to set up leadership responsibilities and government in a mini-society like that in Lord of the Flies, we divided into two large groups. Everyone was blindfolded, and members of each group had to work together to form large shapes using a piece of string. Some clear leaders emerged to delegate and direct instruction, and there were also some chaotic, messy moments! After our groups were finished, we headed inside to complete a small group assignment, The Lifeboat Game. In groups of four, students were given profiles of a group of fifteen fictional survivors. Imagining that they were on a lifeboat that could only hold nine people, and in order to survive they must rid the boat of some, the groups had to decide which people to "cast away" and why. This activity was difficult and fun, and a great discussion of our results followed. If you were absent, look over the Lifeboat Game handout and ask yourself this: What criteria did you look for when deciding who to cast off the boat? Why? What was your reasoning in deciding who would stay? What might your results say about what types of people our society values most? As a society, do we "cast away" certain groups of people? Who, and why do you think this is? Please read Chapter 8 by Monday...there will be a quiz! Thursday, September 18, 2008
English 9 Honors - Thursday, September 18, 2008
During our integration today, we spent the first part of the morning outside doing a leadership/teamwork activity. To help us better understand the challenges that arise when attempting to set up leadership responsibilities and government in a mini-society like that in Lord of the Flies, we divided into two large groups. Everyone was blindfolded, and members of each group had to work together to form large shapes using a piece of string. Some clear leaders emerged to delegate and direct instruction, and there were also some chaotic, messy moments! After our groups were finished, we headed inside to complete a small group assignment, The Lifeboat Game. In groups of four, students were given profiles of a group of fifteen fictional survivors. Imagining that they were on a lifeboat that could only hold nine people, and in order to survive they must rid the boat of some, the groups had to decide which people to "cast away" and why. This activity was difficult and fun, and a great discussion of our results followed. If you were absent, look over the Lifeboat Game handout and ask yourself this: What criteria did you look for when deciding who to cast off the boat? Why? What was your reasoning in deciding who would stay? What might your results say about what types of people our society values most? As a society, do we "cast away" certain groups of people? Who, and why do you think this is? Please read Chapter 8 by Monday...there will be a quiz! 
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