Monday – April 27, 2015
Entry Task
Grab a handout from the stool
Agenda
• Book check out
• What to expect in this unit
• Themes in Animal Farm
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Partner discussion
Whole class discussion
• I will be absent tomorrow
Homework:
1. Finish independent reading chunk – Tuesday
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Assigned on Friday from Google Classroom
You will need…
• Pen/pencil
• Animal Farm handout
Learning Targets
• I am familiar with what’s
ahead in unit 5
• I will think and write about
themes found in Animal Farm
• I will share my ideas with the
class
Success Criteria
Students will have…
…understood Unit 5
…read, written and discussed 6 themes from
Animal Farm
Unit 5 – Animal Farm
Independently read the WHOLE book 1st before
discussing/writing about it
Take notes while reading
Write a summary for each chapter
Learn and use 6 vocabulary words/week (5
weeks)
Discuss themes and concepts in Animal Farm
and how they relate to real life
Write analysis chunks on themes in Animal Farm
Animal Farm
By
George Orwell
Major Themes and
Vocabulary Concepts
How have so
many evil leaders
achieved and
maintained
power?
Animal Farm explains:
A. How humanity allows evil leaders to
gain power
B. What must be done to end it and
prevent it
Connecting Animal Farm themes to your life:
We are going to look at 6 claims about humanity.
These truths have allowed evil leaders to rise to
power. See handout.
● Work with your shoulder partner and give an
example from your life or something you’ve
heard/seen in the news that proves each claim to
be true.
Prepare to share with the large group!
Claim #1
Weak-minded or timid people often allow
“smarter” people to make decisions.
Animal Farm example:
“Several of them would have protested if
they could have found the right
arguments.”
Claim #2
People with power use it to their personal
advantage.
Animal Farm example:
“This work was strictly voluntary, but
any animal who absented himself from it
would have his rations reduced by half.”
Claim #3
Evil people usually are able to dominate
good people.
Animal Farm example:
“Let's face it: our lives are miserable,
laborious, and short.”
Claim #4
People who cannot read are easily
taken advantage of and are easy to
control.
Animal Farm example:
“Surely, comrades, you don't want
Jones back?”
Claim #5
Speaking out against government
tyranny is dangerous.
Animal Farm example:
“they had come to a time when no one dared speak
his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed
everywhere, and when you had to watch your
comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking
crimes.”
Claim #6
Powerful dictators will stay in power until
the citizens get educated and organized.
Animal Farm example:
“We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management
and organization of this farm depend on us. Day and
night we are watching over your welfare. It is for
your sake that we drink the milk and eat those
apples.”
Large Group Discussion Question
“The only thing necessary for evil to exist is
for good people to do nothing.”
If the 6 claims are true, then the above
statement must also be true.
● What impact might this have on the
citizens of any society?