DLT:
I can organize writing to create a coherent whole.
I can relate a literary work to the important ideas of the time and place in which it is set or written.
I can explain the effects of the author’s life upon his or her works.
I can identify the ways in which the devices the author chooses achieve special effects and/or shape
the meaning of the text.
Bell Ringer
 Journal Writing: You need to write for 5 minutes
without stopping on the following topic:
 Discuss a time when you were in the minority or
witnessed someone in a minority situation
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How were you/they treated?
How did you/they try to convince others of your/their stance?
What other effective means might there be to persuade people
that you/they are right?
Note: Think outside the box! There are many different
ways someone can be in the minority:
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Race, Gender, Thoughts, Age, Areas, and Many More!
Mix-Pair-Share
 Using your bell ringer journal:
 Find a partner:
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Discuss your situation you wrote about in your journal
In the News
 Brad Paisley and LL Cool J’s Song “Accidental Racist”
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSurzeGvPrQ
 How do you feel about the song?
 How do you think Hollywood feels about the song?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3CI0B-AjAE
 Are Brad Paisley and LL Cool J in the majority or the
minority here?
Elements of Drama Pre-test
 Write your answers on your own paper.
 Enter your answers into the clickers.
Elements of Drama
 In the literature textbook turn to page 830.
 Read pages 830-833.
 Then using the context clues write definitions for the
following 19 bolded words. You can make flashcards.
Make sure that you include a sentence or a visual to
help the definition stick in your mind. This will help
you on the final test.
drama, conflict, climax, resolution, tragedy, tragic hero,
tragic flaw, comedy, stages, scene design, set, lighting,
costumes, props, dialogue, monologue, soliloquy, asides,
stage directions
(1903-1950)
Real Name: Eric Blair
British Political Novelist
Born: To English parents in India
After his father
retired, Eric and
his family moved
back to England.
He was sent to boarding school at
the age of eight to prepare for
Eton, an exclusive prep school.
Because he had a scholarship, he
was teased and humiliated
frequently.
At eighteen, he passed the Empire’s
Civil Service Exam and became a police officer
in Burma.
Returned in Europe
Socialist- s: one who advocates
or practices socialism
Socialism- a way of organizing
a society in which major
industries are owned and
controlled by the government
rather than by individual people
and companies
Most fables have two levels of meaning. On the surface,
the fable is about animals. But on a second level, the
animals stand for types of people or ideas. The way the
animals interact and the way the plot unfolds says
something about the nature of people or the value of ideas.
Any type of fiction that has multiple levels of meaning in
this way is called an allegory.
A composition making fun of
something, usually political.
Animal Farm makes fun of
political society after the
Bolshevik Revolution.
Russian society in the early
twentieth century had two social
classes: a tiny minority
(bourgeoisie) controlled the
country’s wealth.
The working class was called the
proletariat.
Communism arose in Russia when the
nation’s workers & peasants rebelled
against and overwhelmed the wealthy and
powerful class of capitalists & aristocrats.
Farmer Jones
A drunk and a poor farmer,
his cruelty towards the farm animals
inspires their rebellion.
Snowball
A clever pig with a head for ideas,
he becomes one of the main
leaders of Animal Farm and
the author of its central commandments.
Napoleon
A pig with a gift for techniques of control,
he establishes most of the
farm’s rules and eventually
becomes its sole leader.
Old Major
An elderly show pig whose
instruction to the animals
about "animalism" becomes
the philosophical basis
for the creation of Animal Farm.
Squealer
A pig with the ability to make any
idea sound reasonable,
he is Napoleon's side-kick
and is in charge of communicating
to the animals.
Boxer
A strong and hard-working carthorse,
he shows tremendous
faith in the rebellion and its leaders.
Assign Characters- Page 193
 Mr. Pilkington
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Wealthy Farmer
Mrs. Pilkington- Wife
Older Pilkington Boyage 9
Younger Pilkington
Boy- age 7
Farmer JonesDrunken Farmer
Dennis-Field Hand
Boxer- Work Horse
Mollie- Show Horse
-Snowball- Nice Pig
-Squealer- Devious
Pig
-NapoleonAmbitious Pig
-Old Major- Wise Pig
-Jessie- Sheepdog
-Muriel- Goat
-Rat- Selfish
-Narrator
-All Animals- This
will be any students
who do not receive
another part
Let’s Read!
 Keep These Things in Mind:
 Take on the role of your character
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Much more than just a story about animals!
 Allegory- Any fiction that has multiple levels of meaning
 Each animal represents a person or an idea
 Themes we discussed
 Words in (parenthesis) are the stage directions- you do
not read them, you just do them!
 It is what you make it
Exit Slip
 How does this literary work relate to the important
ideas of the time and place in which it is set or written?
 Explain the effects of the author’s life upon his or her
works.