Animal Farm Chapter Summaries
Chapter 5:
Mollie becomes a burden on the Animals in Animal Farm.
She is arriving late for work, taking sugar from a local farmer,
and stomping all over the tenets of Animalism. Eventually
she is lured away by the farmer who gives her sugar, and no
one mentions her again.
It is getting cold and Napoleon and Snowball are
arguing quite a bit. Napoleon is taking over all of the
conversations. Snowball studies a lot of Mr. Jones’ old books,
and brings a lot of knowledge into the conversations, he
suggest that the animals make a windmill so that their work
in the future will be much easier. Napoleon argues that they
should focus on what they need now, instead of what they
will need in the future.
The animals seems to start thinking that creating
the windmill is a good idea. They are about to vote, and
Napoleon gives a yell, and all of the puppies, who have now
grown into large dogs, run towards Snowball and chase him
off the farm.
The animals on Animal Farm are feeling very
Confused, but Squealer sets them straight, by
telling them that Snowball was a traitor and a
criminal.
The animals try to remember if this information is true.
And, after awhile, Squealer has them all falsely convinced
that Snowball is in fact a traitor. This allows Napoleon to be
set up as the leader of Animal Farm, and allows for him to
have all of the Animals support.
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Chapter 6:
*IF this is your group- focus your dialectical journal details
on what the animals life is like on the farm, how Mr.
Whymper interacts with the animals, and the way the
commandments change.
Brief Summary of the chapter: The animals are working
hard to build a windmill. Napoleon and Squealer have
changed one of the commandments. A storm hits Animal
Farm and the Windmill is collapsed, Napoleon blames this
collapse on Snowball. A death sentence is issued.
Chapter 7:
*If this is your group you should focus on: What is
happening on the farm (how are the animals being
treated?) and what the human’s think is happening on
the farm.
Brief Summary: The animals have a difficult
time rebuilding the windmill and Napoleon
begins to sell off the hens’ eggs. Napoleon
convinces the other animals that Snowball has
been visiting the farm, and has built a group of
traitors.
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Chapter 8:
* If this is your group you should focus on:
How the commandments on the farm are
changing and how Minimus, Mr. Frederick and
Mr. Pilkington are interacting with the animals.
Brief Summary: Animals have been killed in the
purge, this causes one of the rules to be changed.
The animals begin trading with humans, and the
pigs find a barrel of whisky and become
intoxicated.
Chapter 9:
*If this is your group you should focus on: What
is happening with Boxer and the rumors being
spread about Snowball.
Brief Summary: Napoleon is running the farm
into the ground by spending all the money. The
animals are living on food rations, Boxer has
fallen ill, and Squealer is spreading rumors
about Snowball.
Chapter 10:
*If this is your group you should focus on: What
life on Animal Farm is like, changes to the
commandments and how the pigs interact and
act like the humans.
Brief Summary: Many years have passed, life
has not improved much, and more
commandments have changed. The pigs and the
dogs are the only ones who seem to be living
comfortably. One day the animals notice that the
pigs are walking on 2 legs instead of four, and
that they are working on the sides of the
humans.
JIGSAW Directions
Part 1
*Read the summaries that happen BEFORE your
assigned chapter on the other side of this hand
out.
*Then, as a group open your new dialectical
journals and turn to the page that is your
assigned chapter.
*Once you have opened your journals, flip this
hand out over and look at what you need to focus
on for your chapter, and write a note about what
you need to focus on, on THE TOP of your page.
*Begin reading as a group and filling out your
chapters dialectical journal. Make sure that
EVERYONE in your group has the SAME thing
written down for EACH blank on your journal.
*When your journal is completed, send one
member of your group to me, to sign off on your
journal.
Part 2
*After you have practiced, come up with TWO
Questions you can use to check your peers for
understanding. These questions must be answers
that can be answered by the dialectical journal.
*After you have practiced, come up with TWO
Questions you can use to check your peers for
understanding. These questions must be
questions
*EXAMPLE (for chapter 5):
Q: Why does Mollie leave the farm?
*Each member of your group will be responsible for
teaching another group about your chapter.
Practice in your groups explaining what happened.
*Your explanation: should be a summary of the
chapter that is more detailed than the one I
provided for you.
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Part 3
*In your new groups, have each member
share their summary, tell everyone else what
to fill in on their dialectical journal, and ask
their check for understanding questions.
*Each member of the group must write their
answer to the check for understanding
question on a separate sheet of paper.
Tips And Reminders
*When you share your chapter
summaries, make sure you go
in the correct order.
*Make sure that EVERYONE is
filling out their journals.
*Take your time and ask
questions if you are stuck or do
not understand something in a
particular chapter.
*Remember, you are the expert
on your chapter, if you have not
read that chapter, you will have
a hard time helping your peers
understand the content.
*Enjoy the process and
remember that this is to help
you. :)