Conch Lesson Plans - LessonCorner

1. Lesson & Title
...vents of our Activities 3 & 4 world.. You will be working in groups to complete a series of activities and projects relating to our story. The Your Grade activities that you will be working on will include themes such as the historical background for the novel, the Teacher's Corner symbolism of the conch, the element of survival faced by the boys on the island and current, and real-world political and social situations similar to the events in the novel Your Mission You and your team in responsible for working together in all aspects of this assignment and activities. This web site should be your ho...

2. Ocean Beach Center
...pe, ocean journal Procedure: Make simple drawings of ocean animals with Sharpie marker on sheet. Lay sheet out in dramatic play area or other available space and duct tape in place. Take out the sand table insert and place it on the sheet; fill with sand. Place stuffed animals and large sea shells (conch shells) outside of the sand table; small sea shells can be placed inside the sand table for students to hide, find, sort, and classify. Have remainder of materials available to the students to role play and explore with. Students can write or draw in the journal about their "day at the beach." Allow...

3. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
...f what you can eat. -Write a four-page report on the book, include; Title, author, setting, plot, critic, and would your teacher like it. -Give a 2 minute presentation on the book to you teacher, include; Title, author, setting, plot, critic, and would your teacher like it. -What would you use as a conch in the class and what would be the rules to use it? A Level 81-100 pts -Research the author and create presentation or a report about who he is and what else has he wrote. Include why did he write Lord of the Flies. -Critical thinking, why did he only write about boys? How would the story be differe...

4. Teaching English Language Arts: fliesUnit
...ist of symbols within the novel and asked to write down what they think the symbols might represent. The students will move from individual to pair to group and finally to a class discussion. Students make a list of ten symbols that they have encountered so far in the book. They use the format, The conch represents because Lesson 7 Characterization In this class students will be learning about dynamic and static characters. In particular the students will be looking at how Jack and Ralph change throughout the novel. The class activity will be to create a graphic representation of this change using a...

5. Symbolism in Lord of the Flies
...Using the page numbers given, find references to the assigned object and write them in the corresponding box. Then, explain the object's symbolic meaning and draw a representation. Prepare to share your interpretations with the class. Object Page Specific Reference Symbolic Meaning Visual Image 1) Conch P.22 140 185 2) Rocks 81 180-181 192 3) Island 10 81 201-202 4) Glasses 34 168 201 5) Fire 115 162 200 6) Mask 63-64 140 178 7) Lord of the Flies 143 185 205 8) Darkness 58 115 120 9) Mountain 68 115 118-119 10) Water 13 153-154 181 11) Shelters 55 200 12) Naval Officer 200-202 204 13) Hair (HW) 16...

6. BC Education - Fine Arts 11 Music: An Exploration of Music and Sound
...using them, including: + historical instruments (e.g., Haydn's baritone, Mozart's glass harmonica, hurdy gurdy) + instruments of various cultures (e.g., Aidjeridu, First Nations instruments, sitar) + invented instruments (e.g., electronic instruments, Harry Partch's work, Canada's Glass Orchestra, conch shell trombones) and sound sources (electronic, environmental, instrumental, vocal) outline musical notations and how they represent the elements of music, and listen to music using them, including: + historical development of notation (e.g., Gregorian chant, Franconian notation, Ars Nova) + notatio...

7. Families - Then and Now
...ics: paragraph and presentation Supplemental information Venn Diagram Handout: Click here Related websites Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia McLaughin http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~schapa/page.html Dunes and Seashore Activities comparing and contrasting dunes and the seashore These sites are from the Conch-Net web page which is hosted by the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia: http://coa.acnatsci.org/conchnet/facts.html Seashell facts. http://coa.acnatsci.org/conchnet/ More information about seashells http://coa.acnatsci.org/conchnet/edushell.html Pictures and information about shells. http://c...

8. Artifact classification
...enced by an art style archaeologists call the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex lived in these villages. Prior research shows many of the artifacts these people left are different from those of other tribes living in the area. Those influenced by the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex made, for example, conch shell pendants (called gorgets) carved with representations of crosses or serpent symbols. To keep the two kinds of cultures distinct, archaeologists named the one influenced by the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex ?Pee Dee.? 2. With the excavation finished, team members must now analyze the artifact...

9. Looking at Ritual and Ceremony (Education at the Getty)
...m that rituals are the steps taken within religious ceremonies. (Examples from organized religions: Receiving communion in the Catholic Church. Making the sign of the cross. Fasting during Ramadan. Saying "namaste" after Buddhist meditation. Walking counterclockwise around a Hindu shrine. Blowing a conch shell at a Tibetan shrine.) Point out to students that even if they are not part of an organized religion, they may perform rituals that are connected to spiritual beliefs. Have them also think of secular (non-religious) rituals in their lives. As a class, compare some of the religious rituals menti...

10. Anti-Bias Books: African American Music Lesson Plan
...Cupping hands: hands are held with fingers rounded to form a cup shape. Using the clapping motion with both hands cupped produces a hallow sound, different from regular clapping. Track 7 Temple Caves The sound of water dripping and flowing. The African rain stick can be heard as the water, and the conch shell at the end as the horn sound. Track 8 Listen to the sound of one of the oldest instruments known to man. Track 9 Bones Sound is produced by hitting one bone against another and also by using bones to strike the drum. Track 10 Lost River Drums and voice remind one of children from the mountains...