Hello there, Mr. Barnsley here.

Thank you so much for joining me today as we continue our reading of "Lord of the Flies".

Today we are gonna be looking at Chapter seven and really focusing on the character of Ralph.

You are gonna want to make sure you have a copy of the text in front of you.

I'm gonna recommend you have the Faber & Faber Main edition 1997.

This means that any of the page numbers I'm referring to will be exactly the same for you.

Okay, once you have your text in front of you, then I think it is time for us to begin.

Let's go.

Okay, so by the end of today's lesson, you are gonna be able to explain and explore some of the key events of Chapter seven of "Lord of the Flies".

So four key words to look out for.

The first is an adjective, "savage" and it means extremely violent, wild, or frightening.

The next two are places, they're referred to in the text.

The first is "Chatham", and that's a town in Kent which is home to a naval dockyard.

And the second is Devenport, which is a large naval base in Plymouth.

And the final word is a technique we're gonna be focusing on in the second part of today's lesson and it's a flashback.

This is a memory or a short part of a movie, story or play describing past events when we see something in the past from some of our characters.

So let's keep an eye out for all of these words when they arise in today's lesson.

So we are gonna be doing an exploration of Chapter seven of "Lord of the Flies".

You're gonna want your copy of the text in front of you.

At first half of the lesson, we're gonna be doing some reading and understanding of the chapter before moving on and focusing on how Golding uses flashback in this chapter.

So let's start by focusing on Chapter seven.

So before we do, let's remind ourselves of the character of Ralph, one of our main characters.

Which of the following adjectives could you use to describe Ralph? Which do you think could be applied to Ralph? Here are some adjectives that I've got on the screen, "cruel", "brave", "thoughtful", "bloodthirsty", "savage", "optimistic" or "authoritative" and "violent".

Why don't you pause the video, have a think.

Which of these adjectives would you apply to Ralph? Pause the video, have a think and press "play" when you've got some ideas.

Welcome back.

Some great discussions there.

I wonder if you said something similar to Izzy.

She picked out "brave", 'thoughtful", "optimistic", and "authoritative'.

"Authoritative" links that word "authority", meaning kind of has got control, leadership abilities.

Alright, why don't you pause the video and think, did you agree with Izzy and why do you think Izzy selected these words? Alright, pause the video, have a think and press play when you're ready to move on.

Welcome back.

Okay, it is time for us to do some reading and we are gonna read the whole of Chapter seven now, and that starts on page 119 and it finishes on page 135.

You are gonna need your copy of "Lord of the Flies".

I did warn you at the beginning of the lesson, you are gonna need ideally the Faber & Faber Main edition from 1997.

That means that our page numbers will match up.

So if you haven't already, now grab your copy of the text and open it on page 119 to start reading Chapter seven.

As you are reading, I really want us to focus on the character of Ralph.

Some things I want you to think about, how he was at the beginning of the novel and the things that he does in this chapter.

Okay, it's over to you now for some reading.

If you are working in a group, then you may wish to share the reading between you, reading aloud and if you're reading by yourself of course, that's absolutely fine, you can just read to yourself.

Alright, pause the video, read Chapter seven and press "play" when you are done.

Welcome back, some really fantastic reading there, really, really well done.

Before we move on, I want us to make sure we've really understood the key events in Chapter seven.

So on the screen you can see some of the events that happen in Chapter seven, but unfortunately they are in the wrong order.

So I want you to put them in the right order.

Let's look at these events together before we try and reorder them, shall we? So in this chapter, we learn the rest of the boys start a new hunt for the pigs and Ralph joins in.

We also see that Ralph, Jack and Roger climb the mountain and see the beast.

We also know Ralph has a vivid memory of one of his old homes.

We also see Ralph looking out over the sea and Simon predicts that Ralph will make it home.

And the boys, including Ralph, enact a hunt using Robert as the pig.

So over to you now to put these in the order that they happen in Chapter seven.

Pause the video, rearrange and then press "play" when you are ready to find out if you got it right.

Welcome back.

Let's see how you got on.

So the first of these events that happen in Chapter seven is that Ralph is looking out over the sea and Simon, one of the other boys, predicts to Ralph that he will make it home.

We then see Ralph having a really vivid memory of one of his old homes.

Then the rest of the boys start a new hunt for pigs and Ralph joins in.

The boys, including Ralph, enact a hunt using Robert as the pig.

And finally, Ralph, Jack and Roger climb the mountain and see the beast.

Well done if you've got all of those in the correct order, that shows me that you've really carefully read the text and you have understood what happened, great job.

Alright, over to you then for our first task in today's lesson.

I want you to think about the following adjectives that are on screen.

Now we've read Chapter seven, which of these do you think could be applied to Ralph and a second but possibly even more important discussion question, how do you feel about these changes? Let's remind ourselves of these words then.

They are "cruel", "brave", "thoughtful", "bloodthirsty", "savage", "optimistic", "authoritative" and "violent".

Which of these now apply to Ralph and what do you feel about the changes? If you've got a partner, this would be a fantastic activity to do as a discussion in a pair.

So please do feel free to work with them.

But if you're working by yourself, do not worry, you can think through this independently, maybe even make some notes if you so wish.

Okay, time for you to pause the video and think about have there been any changes to Ralph and how do you feel about them? Over to you.

Right, welcome back, some really fantastic discussions there.

And for those of you working pairs, it was really great to hear you adding to each other's ideas, building on and giving suggestions to each other.

And sometimes where you disagreed, it was fantastic to hear you challenging each other in a really respectful manner.

That's what we like to see from excellent discussion, well done.

Alright, let's have a look at what Izzy said then, shall we? Izzy said now that she thinks all of these adjectives could be applied to Ralph, a real change from the beginning of Chapter seven, so when we thought about how does she feel about this, well this is what Izzy said, " The change in Ralph is terrifying.

Up until now, he was civilised and reasonable.

Seeing him become savage makes the island seem even more dangerous as if cruelty and violence are inevitable." This is a really interesting viewpoint from Izzy.

Even though we've seen some terrible behaviour from some of the boys and we've been weighing up whether this was because of a result of the island or if they were always capable of this terrible behaviour.

We always had the character of Ralph behaving in a civilised and reasonable way.

And it felt like it was a reminder that ultimately all human beings have the power and capacity to be really good, civilised, reasonable people.

So seeing Ralph behave in this savage way is quite unnerving to us as a reader.

It suggests even the best behaved among us are still capable of behaving in such terribly cruel and violent manners.

I wonder if you agree with Izzy.

Why don't we take a moment now to just pause and reflect on the discussions that you've had and see," Are any of my ideas similar to Izzy? And did I have any different ideas to Izzy? And if I did have different ideas to Izzy, why were they different? And are any of those Izzy's ideas actually really good? And I can take these and use these to help me develop my understanding of the text?" Alright, pause the video, take a moment to reflect and press "play" when you're ready to continue.

Okay, welcome back, some great reflections there.

So we've spent some time now reading Chapter seven and really thinking about what happens and particularly focusing on Ralph's behaviour.

Now I really want us to focus on a very specific moment of the text, which is where Golding uses a flashback.

So to do this, I want us to reread this section starting on page 122, starting from the word "Once" to the word "friendly" on page 123.

This all focuses on Ralph's flashback, his memories, but what is it that Ralph remembers? Pause the video, reread this section and then see if you can find all the different things that Ralph remembers in this section.

Alright, you can work as you did in pair if you want to or you can work independently.

Pause the video, give this a go and press "play" when you're ready to continue.

Welcome back.

Let's have a look at some of the things that you might have said.

So you might have said that he remembers his father.

You might have said he remembers the two different navy bases.

You might have talked about how he remembered his mother, ponies, the snow, food and books.

Well done if you identified any of these things.

Alright, let's pause for a moment and check our understanding so far.

Which of the following does Ralph not remember in his flashback? Is it A.

his father and his mother, B.

his books and friends, C.

ponies and snow or D.

Chatham and Devenport? Pause the video, A, B, C or D, select the answer and then press "play" when you're ready to see if you were right.

Welcome back, well done if you said B.

books and friends.

Yes, he did remember books, but he wasn't thinking about friends.

So here is that list again.

What I want you to think about is each of these individual items and think about what do they tell us about Ralph.

Why do you think Golding included these details and what was he wanting us to think or feel or believe about Ralph? Alright, over to you.

Pause the video.

You can discuss this in pairs or by yourself, but think about how what each of these items or each of these memories tell us about Ralph as a boy.

Alright, pause the video, have a think and press "play" when you've got some ideas.

Welcome back.

Here's what some of the Oak pupils said.

You can compare your ideas to them.

So Izzy said," Ralph recalls a time when he was living with both parents at a naval base in the English countryside.

There is a particularly vivid memory of ponies and snow.

It seems like a really happy time." So Izzy said all of these events felt like a real happy time, but this was all before he was sent to boarding school.

Alex said," He also remembers eating cereal for supper and the books he read.

The books are "dog-eared", which shows that he has read them often.

He likes books about trains and ships and one of the books really frightened him.

' This shows us that he was really interested in the world around him and he was really interested in gaining more knowledge.

He's reading these books over and over and over again.

Why don't you pause the video for a moment and think, do these reflect the kind of discussions you were having about Ralph's memories? Pause the video, have a quick reflection and press "play" when you're ready to continue.

Okay, before we move on, let's check our understanding.

And we're gonna do this by matching the quotations from the flashback to their connotations.

What could they mean? What could it tell us about Ralph or what he was missing? So the quotes we're gonna look at are "cornflakes', "mummy", "Devenport" and "books".

And the connotations we're gonna try and match 'em to is "family, childhood, and the feeling of safety", "the world of imagination and fictional adventures", "familiar food served at regular times, suggesting order," and "a reminder of the existence and presence of war".

Pause the video, match the quotations to their connotations.

Press "play" when you think you're done.

Okay, you should have matched "cornflakes" to "familiar food at regular times", which really suggest this sense of order that Ralph liked.

"Mummy" to "family, childhood and that feeling of safety", "Devenport" was that reminder of the existence and presence of war.

Remember we said that was a naval base where the Navy would've been, kind of kept their ships.

And "books" links this world of imagination and adventure.

Well done if you've got all of those correct.

Now for our final task, I want us to look at where the flashback appears in Chapter seven.

So the chapter opens in the present with Ralph looking out the sea and he noticing how dirty he is.

Then we have this flashback where he recalls these key memories from his past.

We then go back to the present where Ralph joins the other boys in a mock pig hunt and we finish in the present where Ralph, Jack and Roger set off to look for the beast.

I want you to think about the effect of the flashback.

I want you to think about how the flashback links to and contrasts with the events before him standing and looking out at sea.

And I also want you to think about why this flashback has been positioned where it is and think about how it links and contrasts to the events that happen after the hunt and looking for the beast.

So we're really trying to think about the impact of this flashback, and particularly why Golding has chosen to put it at the moment in Chapter seven when he does.

So again, we're gonna do this via discussion.

So if you've got a partner, you can work with them.

If you're working by yourself, you can just think through these questions independently or jot down a few ideas.

Over to you now to pause the video and think about the effect of this flashback.

Press "play" when you've got some ideas.

Welcome back, some really fantastic discussions going on there.

Let's now take a moment to reflect on those discussions we've had by comparing them to some examples that some of our Oak pupils have said.

So Aisha said," Ralph's observation of his neglected physical state contrasts with the memories of being cared for." So the fact that he realised how dirty he is, it makes him remember just how well looked after he was.

" His previous life obviously felt more secure than life on the island.

His mother and father were both present, so he lived like the child he actually is." We can see on the island he's been forced to grow up without his parents around him.

Izzy said," The peaceful memories really contrast with the violent mock pig hunt and the search for the beast." And Jun said," The link I can see is that Ralph has lived in many different houses, moving between navy bases and his mother is missing." So the question is, was Ralph's life ever that secure and maybe his life on the island actually reflects some of that insecurity that he felt? Why don't you pause the video now to reflect on the discussions you had and compare your some of your ideas with the ideas of the Oak pupils? Okay, that's it, we've reached the end of today's lesson.

You have done some fantastic reading and analysis today.

On the screen you can see a summary of all the key learning that we've covered.

Let's quickly go through this together before we move on.

So we've learned that the boys stage a mock pig hunt using Robert as the pig, Robert is badly hurt.

For the first time Ralph joins in the violence and the savagery.

Ralph, Jack and Roger go to look for the beast.

And we know that Golding uses the flashback of Ralph's memories to depict a happier time, but the flashback also hints that the ever present existence of war.

Okay, thank you so much for joining me in today's lesson.

It's been a pleasure reading alongside you today.

I do hope to see you in some of our lessons again in the future.

So have a fantastic day with however you choose to spend the rest of it.

And I hope to see you all soon, bye-bye.