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“MDE – English Language Arts Content Expecations.” –// State of Michigan //. 2009. Web. Dec. 2010  This is the website for the core standards of teaching English Language arts for high school level students. This is a long list of standards that teachers can base their lesson plans on or vice versa. According to the Michigan Department of Education these standards are set so that teachers may be able to refine their lesson planning skills. They are intended to benefit both teacher and student. Standards are essential to teaching any subject because they guide teachers through what their students are expected to know.  "Lord of the Flies - Lesson Plan Library." //Discovery Education Classroom Resources//. Discovery Education, 2010. Web. 07 Dec. 2010. .  This website is beneficial for all teachers because there are many classroom resources. You can see what other teachers are doing in their classes with games, lesson plans, etc. It’s a place to share and receive new ideas and gain new insight into teaching. There are a number of websites like this to look into. This site offers a lesson plan for // Lord of the Flies //with objectives and procedures. We used the activity of splitting students up into groups for our plan. It also provides discussion questions that you can incorporate into a lesson plan as well as assessment and evaluation. Beers, Kylene. //When Kids Can't Read: What Teacher's Can Do.// [S.l.]: Bt Bound, 2003. Print.  This book is about struggling readers in both elementary and secondary education. We differentiated our lesson plan to incorporate students of different learning abilities and styles. This book is a great source for all teachers who wish to include all of their students in their teaching. It provides different strategies and techniques by combining theory and practice. This book is a guide to aid teachers in helping students with vocabulary, comprehension, and textual response.  Gatsby’s American Dream. “Fable”. __Volcano__. Fearless Records. 2007  This is a song written by the band Gatsby’s American Dream. It centers on the novel. The lyrics examine some of the important themes in // Lord of the Flies //. The lyrics represent savagery, violence, and the loss of innocence. We thought this would be interesting to share with students because Gatsby’s American Dream is a modern, popular band. Listening to this song may trigger an interest in students. So this could be used before reading the novel, as a kind of hook, or it could be used while reading the novel, as a different interpretation. Babb, Howard S. //The Novels of William Golding//. [Columbus]: Ohio State UP, 1970. Print.  This is a book we used to better understand William Golding and // Lord of the Flies //. Babb offers insight into Golding's narrative skill. He also provides a detailed, but short, summary of the novel with character analysis. He illuminates that Golding uses a specific narrative method: "the recurrence of some event, situation, or fact in slightly varying form, the variations so managed that the sequence generates an ever-increasing emotional intensity (24)" that results in an inevitable conclusion. The book goes into even more detail about Golding and the novel. It also provides information about Golding's other work. We strictly focused on // Lord of the Flies. //  