This reading assessment summarizes the student's experience reading and analyzing William Golding's novel "Lord of the Flies". The student drew pictures to help visualize the island setting described in the book. They also discussed how symbols like the conch shell are used to represent order deteriorating as the boys regress into savagery. The assessment concludes by noting that the many similes and metaphors in the novel helped the student visualize what was happening, showing the literary devices were effective.

1. READING ASSESSMENT On: Lord Of The Flies By: ZAID AYOUB

2. THE READING SKILL THAT I CHOSE In class, we drew a painting to help us visualize the island better.

3. … and one showed the dark side of the island. We then edited the painting on “picnik” to make it look better. I also did things that I couldn’t do by hand, like the contrast. One painting was showing a happy side of the island when Simon described it…