Blog Entry #6

Chapter 6: Beast in Air
1:Jack
2:Simon
3:Piggy
4:Ralph
Students: Continue to write in the perspective of one of the main characters. Discuss how your character is feeling about the other people on the island, what he's seeing, saying, etc. Your entry should be written as a journal entry and continue to use vocabulary words from the current chapter (5).

Summary:
-While the boys were all sleeping, military planes were fighting fiercely above the island. A dead parachutist lands onto the island. His chute becomes tangled in some rocks and flaps in the wind, while his shape casts fearful shadows on the ground. His head seems to rise and fall as the wind blows.
-Sam and Eric were on duty during the night to ensure the signal fire continued, but they fell asleep. When they woke up, they saw the shadows of the parachutist and assumed it was the BEASTIE. Frightened, they run back to camp to tell Ralph what they saw. The twins tells all the boys during a meeting that morning what they saw and that the monster tried to attack them.
-Ralph allows Jack to lead a hunt with wooden spears to find the beastie to kill him.
-They search a part of the island that they've never been to before, but couldn't find the beastie.
-Ralph gets angry at the other boys who were supposed to help hunt, instead they are playing with rocks and horsing around.