Bell Ringer
0 George Orwell’s Animal Farm is an allegory and a
satire. You have been asked to present to an audience
of peers the moral or lessons learned in
Animal Farm. In the presentation, you must discuss
how the lesson or lessons learned can benefit one’s
life. Also, make sure that you make personal
connections to your own life.
Bell Ringer
0 Assignment: You are the dramatic reviewer for
PEOPLE Magazine and have been assigned to write a
review of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Begin by
giving a one or two sentence synopsis, followed by
comments about the overall theme. Then discuss two
characters- their weaknesses and strengths, as well as
their relationship to each other. Conclude with a
reactionary statement based on your experience of
the play.
Movie
0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5110BLvXd0
0 2nd and 4th A Day
0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF0ipHQsmCA
0 B Day
Vocabulary
0 Review vocabulary words.
0 Quiz a partner.
0 Add…
0 Vanity- excess pride in one’s appearance
0 Deceitfulness- intended to deceive, misleading
0 Exploitation- use or utilization, especially for profit
0 Idealism-the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble
principles, goals, etc.
0 Look at the vocabulary words on page 192 in the Holt
Reader!!!
Literary Analysis
0 Answer the margin questions on pages 193-212.
0 Turn your answers into the tray.
0 You will have 45 minutes.
Partner Activity
0 With a partner, decide who each animal/character
represents in terms of the political issues.
0 Example: The animal guard (Jessie’s puppies) represent
the secret police/army/soldiers.
0 You may use your phones to look these up.
0 Write at least a paragraph explaining Orwell’s
purpose.
0 DLT: I can analyze the author’s stated or implied purpose.
Partner Activity
0 Think about how the pigs are running the farm and the
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windmill controversy. (managing “employees” is difficult)
With a partner, create a fictional company of your choice.
Describe what your company is going to manufacture or do.
(write 1 paragraph about your company)
Imagine that you have 5 employees working for you. Design a
work schedule (for one week)and a pay scale for your
employees.
Decide which of the 5 previously discussed themes, this part
of the story would express and explain why.
0 DLT: I can evaluate the author’s use of parallel plots/subplots
0 DLT: I can distinguish the theme of an increasingly challenging text.
Trashketball
0 Review Animal Farm for your Drama-Animal Farm
Test.
0 Test will be Thursday/Friday
Rules of Trashketball
1. Stay in your seats at all times.
2. You will have 30-60 seconds to discuss the
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answer to a question AND
Write ONE response to the question on a
sheet of paper.
All teams will hold up their answers.
If you are correct, your team will get the
opportunity to shoot the correct response into
the trashcan from a 1, 2, or 3 point line.
If the shot is made, the team gets extra-credit.
Shots will be made after ALL the questions
have been answered.
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0 Q.1)
Describe theme
Answer
The big idea or what the story is about.
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Q. 2- How is plot described?
Answer
The action or sequence of events
3
What is the point of view in a story, poem, essay, or drama?
Answer
The point of view comes from the person who is telling
the story, whether it is a narrator or character
4
What is the definition of fiction?
Answer
Literature in which the plot and characters are
imaginary.
5
When an object stands for or represents something else, what
literary device is the writer using?
Answer
Symbolism
6
What is the term that is used for good word choice?
Answer
Diction
7
What is the definition of the
climax of a story?
Answer
The high point of interest or suspense
8
What is the denouement or falling action in fiction or drama?
Answer
The resolution of the conflict after the climax in the
fiction or drama and thus providing an outcome to
the plot situation
9
What is dialogue?
Answer
Someone talking within the play or story set off by
quotation marks.
10
Rising action, considering plot and narrative, is best
described as what?
Answer
Events or sequence that build up to the climax
11
0 When a character gives a speech, what term best
describes this?
Answer
0 Monologue
12
What term best describes a long speech expressing the
thoughts or feelings by a character on stage who is
trying to make a decision that is very serious and
difficult?
Answer
0 Soliloquy
13
0 A stage performer may make comments intended to
be heard only by the audience and supposedly not by
the characters. What do we call this?
Answer
0 Aside
14
What kind of comparison is being used in the phrase
“her words fell on me like a load of bricks”?
Answer
0 Simile
15
0 Dramatic irony is a particular kind of irony that
involves the character in fiction or drama. Describe
this technique.
Answer
0 An event that directly contradicts what is expected. The
readers know something the character do not.
16
0 The following is an example of ______:
The car huffed and puffed all the way up the hill
Answer
0 Personifcation
17
0 A character who serves as a contrast or conflict to
another character, similar to the protagonist, is a
_________character.
Answer
0 A foil character
18
0 What kind of comparison is being used in the
following: “His eyes were piercing darts into my soul.”
Answer
0 Metaphor
19
0 What is an allegory?
Answer
The characters stand for virtues and vices. There is
more than 1 level of meaning.
20
0 What is a fabel?
Answer
0 A story/play that has more than one level of meaning.
21
Which animals seem to represent ordinary, decent
citizens?
Answer
0 Jessie and Muriel
22
0 What is the moral of Animal Farm?
Answer
0 An idealistic system can easily be corrupted.
23
Which character symbolizes positive leadership for the
revolution?
Answer
0 Snowball
24
George Orwell wrote Animal Farm because of his…
Answer
0 Hatred for injustice and political lying
25
0 Which character does not represent a satirical
character :
0 Squealer
0 Napoleon
0 Mr. Jones
0 Boxer
Answer
0 Boxer
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0 What are the themes for Animal Farm
Answer
0 Freedom and individual dignity should be guarded.
0 Weakness can be dominated by strength, fear, and
trickery.
0 Vision and hope must be kept alive
0 Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts
absolutely.
0 Language is a powerful tool, used improperly it can
enslave us.