March 3-7, 2014 Mon- Friday
Animal Farm
By George Orwell
Allegory - Satire - Fable
“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”
UEQ:
How can an author’s use of allegory promote social
change?
• LEQ: How does George Orwell
use literary techniques in chapter
6 to communicate allegorical
meaning?
• Key Words:
• Dramatic irony
• Propaganda
• theme
• Characterization
• Plot events
• Utopia/dystopia
5 minute Bellringer: Vocabulary
• Choose one of the chapter 6 vocabulary words. Write a sentence that
uses the vocabulary word and contains a context clue to let the
reader of the sentence decode the meaning of the word.
• Underline your vocabulary word twice, and the context clue once.
Activity One: Review Subordinate Clauses
• Directions: Combine the given sentences into one sentence using an
adjective subordinate clause.
• Make the sentence in green the Main Idea (independent clause) and
the other sentence subordinate.
Review Subordinate Clauses—3 minute Practice
1. Jessie volunteers at the Children’s hospital.
2. Jessie is my neighbor.
3. Jessie lives across the street from me.
Jessie, my neighbor who lives across the
street from me, volunteers at the Children’s
hospital.
Review: Identify 4 literary techniques that Orwell uses in
chapter 6 to communicate allegorical meaning
Characterization
theme
Ironic Plot Events
Propaganda
Chapter 6 Literary Techniques
LF 2.1, LF 2.3.4
• Theme: (allegorical meaning--all attempts at Utopia will fail)
• Evidence that the animals still believe in and strive for Utopia
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
Review! Reminder!
From discussing to writing the literary
essay…Identify three things-1. Audience: assume that your reader has a knowledge of the plot and
characters
2. Purpose: to inform the audience of how Orwell uses literary
technique to communicate meaning
3. Staking a claim: identify a significant idea to be proved with
evidence from the text
Activity: Developing a Three Part Topic
Sentence
• 1. Ask questions! (Keeping in mind what you know
about Orwell’s theme.)
What conclusions does Orwell want the reader to
infer in chapter 6?
Why does Orwell show the reader that the
animals still believe in Utopia (Animal Farm)
despite the hard labor and oppressive leadership?
How to Stake a Claim in your Topic Sentence
• Think about your answers to the questions…
• Think of a statement or statements that can be made from the
conclusions you’ve drawn.
• Connect the focus of the prompt (in this case, the evidence that the
animals still believe in Utopia) with the claim that you are staking.
Some ideas of “claims” based upon in class
group work…In ch 6, Orwell shows that…
• As long as there is a dream to fight for, they will continue their
struggle. (Same reason that we fight for freedom.)
• As long as there is good in the world, the good can influence the bad.
• It is human nature to be optimistic.
• Some people are naïve enough to believe whatever their leaders tell
them. (this does not support the concept of the animals’ belief in
Utopia---instead, it supports the concept of Orwell’s use of
propaganda.
The Three Part Topic Sentence
Graphic Organizer…
How would you write a 3 part topic sentence for the
prompt?
1. In blank space #1, write the contextualizing information---author,
work, parameters
2. In blank space #2, write the focus by rewording the prompt (Orwell
shows that the animals still believe in the Utopia of Animal Farm
despite the hard labor and oppressive leadership.
3. In space #3, stake your claim. What does Orwell want the reader to
infer or think about the focus of #2? (which demonstrates that…?)
Putting it all together!
Under the blank boxes 1,2,and 3:
Directions: Combine each of the three parts on your
graphic organizer into one strong topic sentence.
In chapter 6 of Animal Farm, Orwell shows that
the animals still believe in Utopia despite the
hard labor and oppressive leadership, which
demonstrates that people don’t easily give up
on their dream for a better world.
Homework:
• 1. Read Chapter 7 Animal Farm---be prepared for a “Key Details” quiz