- •Assignment 1 (Chapter I)
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •2. Study these word combinations:
- •3. Translate into Russian:
- •4. Complete the following sentences. Make your comparisons somewhat exaggerated or comic. M o d e l: He spoke with a touch of bitterness as if I had frustrated all his lifelong ambitions
- •5. Recall the situations from chapter 1 in which these utterances were used:
- •6. Apply the words and word combinations below to situations and personages different from those in the novel
- •7. Explain in English:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •III. Questions and topics for analysis and discussion
- •Assignment 2 Chapters 2, 3
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •3. Translate into Russian:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book under discussion suggested by the sentences:
- •7. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Find sentences in chapters 2 and 3 which may confirm the following statements:
- •10. Say whose utterances these are, what preceded them, what state of mind they convey:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 3
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •3. Study these word combinations, add some more:
- •4. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •6. Discuss episodes from your own life when:
- •7. Recall the situations from the book where the following sentences occur:
- •9. Paraphrase or explain:
- •10. Find sentences confirming that:
- •11. Say why this happened:
- •12. Say whose utterances these are and what emotions they convey:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 4 Chapter 5
- •5. Make up situations of your own round these sentences:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book suggested by the sentences:
- •7. Apply the vocabulary below to Jack and the situation on the island:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Confirm or disprove the statements by quoting the text:
- •10. Say what incidents in the past these statements refer to:
- •11. Say whose utterances these are and how they throw light upon the speakers' wishes:
- •12. Say why these things happened:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 5 (Chapters 6, 7)
- •3. Paraphrase the words in bold type using the active vocabulary:
- •4. Make up sentences of your own after the pattern:
- •5. Recall the situations from chapters 6, 7 suggested by these sentences:
- •6. Paraphrase or explain:
- •7. Confirm or disprove the statements by quoting the text:
- •8. Say whose utterances these are and interpret the full meaning of each:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 6 (Chapters 8, 9)
- •4. Make up sentences of your own after the pattern:
- •5. Recall episodes from your life when:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book suggested by the sentences:
- •7. Make up your own statements based on the proceedings in chapters 8,9 applying the vocabulary below to:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Quote the text to confirm the following:
- •10. Say why this happened:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 7 (Chapters 10, 11)
- •4. Use the active vocabulary to express these notions:
- •5. Make up situations of your own round these sentences:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book suggested by these sentences:
- •7. Apply the vocabulary below to Jack's savages:
- •8. Paraphrase or explain:
- •9. Find sentences in the text confirming that:
- •10. Say why this happened:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 8 (Chapter 12)
- •3. Make up situations of your own round these sentences:
- •4. Recall the situations from chapter 12 suggested by these sentences:
- •5. Apply the vocabulary below to Jack's tribe:
- •6. Paraphrase or explain:
- •7. Confirm the following by quoting the text:
- •8. Say why this happened:
- •9. Discuss the implication of the utterances:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 9 Discussion of the Novel
12. Say why these things happened:
1. Once more that evening Ralph had to adjust his values. (p.133)
2. Ralph felt a kind of affectionate reverence for the conch, ...(p. 134)
3. Simon felt a perilous necessity to speak;... (p. 148)
4. There was the sound of a brief tussle and the conch moved to and fro. (p. 149)
5. The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away. (p. 150)
6. The sound of mock hunting, hysterical laughter, and real terror came from the beach, (p. 152)
7. The three boys stood in the darkness, striving un-successfully to convey the majesty of adult life. (p. 155)
III. Questions and topics for discussion
1. Ralph's state of mind before the assembly. Why did he find the chiefs position trying? What features of the life on the island was he especially irritated by?
2. Ralph's speech. Discuss the boys' way of life on the island as made obvious by the speech.
3. Why was the question of fear so urgent? Who suffered from fear most? What state did fear reduce Percival to? What was the danger of it? What arguments did the big boys give to do away with fear?
4. Follow the mood of the audience throughout the assembly, the boy's reaction to Ralph's, Jack's, Piggy's and Simon's speeches. Specify instances when the assembly behaved hysterically.
5. Note Jack's behaviour and his attempts at self-assertion and hurting Ralph. How did the assembly break up?
6. Ralph, Piggy and Simon hold a conference. How did Piggy and Simon react to Ralph's wish to give up being chief? What advice did Piggy give to Ralph as to his proper line of conduct? What features of a good chief did Ralph lack?
7. Sum up the new information about Simon. Why did Simon break with the hunters? What attempts did Simon make to give help to Ralph? Why did he fail?
8. Point out words or phrases used as incantation by Ralph, Jack, Simon, the hunters.
9. Pay special attention to the change in the colour of the conch. What symbolic significance is attached to the change by the author? Mark all the references to black in the chapter. What do black and white stand for? What did Jack's attempts to snatch the conch from Piggy symbolize?
10. Trace the growing symbolic meaning of fire, hunting, Piggy's glasses, the hunters's chant and dance.
11. How does the author strike a pessimistic note at the end of the chapter?
Assignment 5 (Chapters 6, 7)
I. ACTIVE VOCABULARY
sensible to escape responsibility to come in handy to take strides
to toss and turn incredulity funk n, v
to be on the lookout to be nuts on smth vicious(ly) adj
II. EXERCISES
1. Give definitions of these lexical units relying on an English-English dictionary; point out the derivatives of the words in bold type:
sensible; to toss and turn; incredulity; to be nuts on smth; to come in handy; funk; vicious
2. Study the use of the active vocabulary in these word combinations and sentences:
a) an incredulous listener (smile, look), to show (to conceal, to feel) incredulity, an incredible story (version); a vicious smile (remark, temper, kick), to ask (to speak, to laugh) viciously; to take great (giant, dangerous) strides in the right (wrong) direction; a sensible idea (answer, fellow, action); to be nuts on sightseeing (embroidery, psychology, pictures, minerals, curiosities)
b) 1. Civilization is taking great strides towards further material progress. 2. "Why can't you be like the Happy Prince?" asked a sensible mother of her little boy who was crying for the moon. (0. Wilde) 3. The carpet is dusty. A vacuum-cleaner would come in handy. 4. "You are nuts on making rules for others," his sister remarked viciously. 5. Nightmarish visions made him toss and turn all through the night. 6. "I can foresee your incredulity, but the poem was written by myself," said the student with a touch of modesty. 7. The biologist was always on the lookout for rare butterflies. 8. Some war criminals fled Latin America to escape responsibility after the war. 9. The boy was about to ask a question, he put up his hand but funked the last moment.