And then we read the book, which felt like looking into a mirror. We eagerly awaited hearing we were terrible at this and fully destroyed the purpose of it, only to hear that this was what happened almost every single year. Our teacher never interjected, only watched from afar while grading our exams from the previous week-a brilliant time management idea I've come to realize.įinally our teacher stepped in. Which, at that age, is sort of a mark of pride to some and so once the chaos began those few gleefully pushed for more chaos. Everyone made bad deals or broke deals finding it funny to screw people over, multiple people clamored over who was in charge, people such as myself bounced from group to group doing devious deals or gossiping about what other groups were doing (I have always been a gossip queen), and by the second day we were all shouting at each other and feeling like we had somehow been so bad at this game that the teacher would never have his class play it again. Think Model UN but for Lord of the Flies. #IOBSERVE RATING AND TEACHING MICHIGAN HOW TO#Our teacher, who I remain close friends with to this day, had us play a simulation for two days where we were in the same situation as the kids in the book (before we began the book) and had to discuss and plan how to organize our lives to survive on this island. But I will also never forget the way it was taught. I was hooked, I think from that moment on I had it in my mind that to be someone who analyzes literature was a rock-star type vocation to me. This book is so rich in literary devices I remember it being the first moment where I realized the art of reading and writing as something far beyond storytelling and how much careful craft brings a work to life. Its a great book for a classroom and was where I was first taught symbolism in a way that really stood out to me. This book will forever haunt me and be forever intertwined with my freshman year of high school.
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