Lord of The Flies Chapter 5 and 8-sentence paragraph organization
Cut out the following sentences and assemble them into an 8-sentence paragraph. There are more than
eight sentences; some will NOT be used.
The first thing Ralph wants to discuss is the idea of monsters on the island.
One thing Ralph wants to discuss is that the boys aren’t making sure they always have fresh water.
Ralph claims there are no monsters on the island, but Piggy says there must be since the littluns have seen monsters
coming out of the sea at night.
Because Ralph has grown disgusted with the way the boys have been living without following rules, he has decided that
this meeting should be all business rather than fun.
He says that all the boys helped on the first one, only four boys helped on the second one, and only he and Simon worked
on the third one.
Ralph’s most important command is that they should die before they let the fire go out again.
Another rule that Ralph mentions is the failure to build the huts.
Instead of keeping the coconut shells filled with water, they go to the river to drink.
Ralph also shouts that the rules are the only thing they've got holding them together, but Jack is louder and leads a pack of
boys off to search for the beast and hunt him down.
Piggy states that there is no beast, and no fear, either—unless they get frightened of people, which there's nothing to fear
but themselves.
Even though Ralph does not feel good about how the meeting went and doesn’t think the boys will follow the rules, Piggy
tells him not to give up.
He says that a ship went by but didn’t stop because there was no sign of life on the island, and smoke from a fire would
have caused the ship to stop.
Once you have put your sentences in the correct order, answer the following questions:
1.
What do you notice about sentence #1? What does it do for the paragraph?
2.
What do you notice about sentence #2? What does it do for the paragraph?
3.
What do you notice about sentence #3? What does it do for the paragraph?
4.
What do you notice about sentence #4? What does it do for the paragraph?
5.
What do you notice about sentence #5? What does it do for the paragraph?
6.
What do you notice about sentence #6? What does it do for the paragraph?
7.
What do you notice about sentence #7? What does it do for the paragraph?
8.
What do you notice about sentence #8? What does it do for the paragraph?
The following eight-sentence format is very useful in achieving all the basic necessities of information presentation for the
purposes of writing any topic in high school. This structure will be the basis for many future writing assignments, so
study, practice, and learn it well.
Sentence #1= Topic Sentence: This introduces the topic of the paragraph.
Because Ralph has grown disgusted with the way the boys have been living without following rules, he has decided that
this meeting should be all business rather than fun.
Sentence #2= First transition and point
One thing Ralph wants to discuss is that the boys aren’t making sure they always have fresh water.
Sentence #3= Evidence to support point of sentence #2
Instead of keeping the coconut shells filled with water, they go to the river to drink.
Sentence #4=Second transition and point
Another rule that Ralph mentions is the failure to build the huts.
Sentence #5= Evidence to support point of sentence #4
He says that all the boys helped on the first one, only four boys helped on the second one, and only he and Simon worked
on the third one.
Sentence #6=Third transition and point
Ralph’s most important command is that they should die before they let the fire go out again.
Sentence #7= Evidence to support point of sentence #6
He says that a ship went by but didn’t stop because there was no sign of life on the island, and smoke from a fire would
have caused the ship to stop.
Sentence #8=Concluding Sentence: Finish your paragraph by reaching a conclusion and
reiterating your opinion.
Even though Ralph does not feel good about how the meeting went and definitely doesn’t think the boys will follow the
rules, Piggy tells him not to give up.
There are ONLY 8 sentences total in an eight-sentence paragraph...
don’t make it harder than it is!