Summer 2012
8/6-8/20
Take two pieces of paper.
Write one INTERESTING question on each
one.
Make a ball.
Rebellion
Uprising
Resistance
Insurrection
What are some famous revolutions in world history?
1775-1783 THE American Revolution –
against the King of England. For
independence.
1953 The Cuban Revolution – against the
dictator. For freedom and human rights.
1789-1799 The French Revolution – against the
French monarchy. For liberty and equality.
1917 The Russian Revolution – against the tsar of
Russia. For worker’s control of the country.
What are some famous revolutions in Korean history?
1894 Donghak Peasant
Revolution
(동학농민운동)
1960 April Revolution
(4월 혁명)
1980 Gwangju Uprising
(광주 민주화운동)
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Animal Farm is an allegory (우화).
An allegory is a story in which the
characters and events are symbols that
represent ideas about human life or for
a political or historical situation
Animal Farm is an allegory about (1) the
Russian Revolution and (2) power and
authority.
About Our Course
AT HOME
•You will read the assigned chapters at
home.
•You will follow the workbook, which
includes comprehension and discussion
questions.
•You will highlight, lookup, and record new
vocabulary in your vocabulary diary.
•You will be an active reader.
IN CLASS
•You will ask about vocab or the
meaning of sentences.
•You will participate in
discussions.
•You will complete in-class
activities.
MINI PROJECT
To show your understanding of Animal Farm and its
ideas, you will complete one mini-project for the
last day of class.
Homework: Read
Chapter 1
The focus of this chapter is a speech
given by an old and respected animal.
In this speech, he tries to persuade
the animals to rebel.
Persuasion is an important and useful skill to
have. Here are some common persuasive
techniques in English. You should understand
these so you can analyze the speech.
Rule of Three
Exaggeration
Alliteration
Repetition
Rhetorical Questions
Emotive Language
Persuasive Language
Based on the idea that people remember things better when there are three.
US Declaration of Independence
“life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
Julius Cesar
“Friends, Romans, countrymen – lend me your ears”
Barack Obama
“we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin
again the work of remaking America.“
Persuasive Language
exa
ggeration
Exaggeration is used to increase the importance or urgency of an issue. This creates an
emotional response from the reader/listener.
“If global warming continues, our world will be destroyed!”
Persuasive Language
alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words. It is persuasive
because it is draws attention and creates emphasis.
Alliteration is often combined with the Rule of Three
To argue like that makes those people
cruel, calculating and corrupt!
Health, happiness and hope for the New Year!
Persuasive Language
repetition
repetition
repetition
repetition
Repeating a word several times helps listeners/readers remember the message better.
We will all suffer for years to come unless we stop this
government, stop them in the workplace,
stop them in the polls, and stop them on election day.
Persuasive Language
Rhetorical
X
questions?
A rhetorical question is one in which the answer is so obvious it is not required. The
idea here is not to receive an answer, merely to reinforce a point.
How would you feel if we ran out of energy today?
Do you want the people in government to push you around?
Wouldn’t you like to be free from suffering?
Persuasive Language
Emot!ve Language
When words are used to make the reader/listener feel an emption like anger, sadness,
or happiness.
The animals are helpless against the oil spills and the US is
destroying their habitats.
Reading Strategy
The
You don’t need to understand
100% of the words on a page.
Using a dictionary for every
word would take to long.
You can skip some words and still understand.
“MR. JONES, of the Manor Farm, had locked the henhouses for the night, but was too drunk to remember
to shut the popholes. With the ring of light from his
lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across
the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew
himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the
cullery, and made his way up to bed, where Mrs.
Jones was already snoring.”
RULE
Homework – Chapter One
Before Reading
• Read the comprehension and discussion questions BEFORE reading the
chapter.
• Preview the Character Map, Timeline, and Animalism Guide
While Reading
• Use the 100% rule.
• Fill in the Character Map
• Answer the comprehension questions
• Lookup and record any important unknown vocabulary.
• Highlight confusing sentences or phrases.
After reading
• Answer the discussion questions
• Preview the in-class activity