English Exams you have coming up….
Mocks:
Literature Unit 1- Of Mice and Men and
Animal Farm
Literature Unit 2- Poetry (in the mocks you
will not have an Unseen)
Summer English Exams
Literature Unit 1 (50%) (1hr 45)
•Animal Farm- 3 part extract question. (50 mins)
•Of Mice and Men- One Literature essay answering
a question on character of theme. (50 mins)
Literature Unit 2 (25%) (1hr 45)
• Unseen Poem (45 mins)
•Comparative essay of two poems you have
studied. One will be named, you chose the other
one. (1hr)
Summer English Exams
Language (60%) (1 hr 45)
•Part A is on Of Mice and Men. You will spend 1
hour on this. You will be asked to analyse an
extract then chose your own and write about it. It
will be linked to character and language.
•Part B will ask you to write one piece of non
fiction writing. You will spend 45 mins on this.
Lesson Aim
• To revise the key events in Animal Farm and
their location within the novel.
Starter: How do these link to Animal Farm.
Challenge: What is their significance? What does it
show?
Paired Work
• You will be given two chapters to focus on
.
• For Chapters 1-10, bullet point two or three
key events that took place.
• Try not to use your books- in the exam you
need to know exactly where to find things.
Chapter 1
• Old Major’s Speech
• Beasts of England song introduced
• Some characters introduced
Chapter 2
• Animals rebel against Mr Jones
• Pigs come up with the 7 commandments
based on Old Major's speech
Chapter 3
• Pigs reserve all the milk and apples for
themselves
• Education of the animals begin, but it is
inconsistent. Some animals want it, some
can’t learn, some can’t be bothered to learn.
• Pigs start the inequality
Chapter 4
• News of the rebellion spreads.
• Battle of the Cowshed
• Snow ball leads this and the awards for
animals are created.
Chapter 5
• Windmill idea suggested by Snowball- which
could produce the farm with electricity
eventually
• Napoleon disagrees and calls his dogs in to
chase Snowball out of the farm.
• He then takes the windmill idea and adopts
them for himself.
Chapter 6
• The pigs trade with the outside world, going
against the Commandments
• Windmill collapses- due to strong winds.
Napoleon blames on Snowball. He is
becoming a scapegoat.
• Pigs sleep in the farmhouse in the beds, going
against another Commandment. It is
explained through manipulation of words.
Chapter 7
• Hen rebellion- Napoleon wants their eggs to
trade with humans for other items
• Animals get executed by Napoleon’s dogs,
animals live in even more fear
• Animals start on rebuilding the windmill
Chapter 8
• Frederick and his men attack the farm and
destroy the windmill.
• The battle is disorganised.
• Pigs drink alcohol going against yet another
commandment. The animals see the
commandments being changed but don’t
realise it.
Chapter 9
• Animals start to rebuild the windmill
• Pigs ration the food more whilst the pigs have
lots of luxurious items.
• Boxer is sold to the slaughter house for
money- later used for whiskey.
• Napoleon becomes president by forced
default.
Chapter 10
• The Rebellion is a distant memory for most animals on
the farm now.
• Pigs walk, talk and act like humans.
• Commandments get changed to one maxim;
• All animals are equal but some animals are more equal
than others
• Pigs are seen drinking and playing cards with humans
• Pigs and humans disagree about something so they
fight
• The other animals can’t tell the difference between pig
to man and vice versa.
Think, Pair, Share
• Now that we’ve revised plot, we need to
revise characters.
• Write down a list of all the main characters.
• What type of animal are they?
What is their role in the novel and
who do they represent?
• Around the room are pieces of sugar paper
with the names of important characters
(Napoleon, Squealer, Snowball, Boxer, Mollie,
Benjamin, Moses, Clover, Old Major, Mr Jones)
MUST
What does the character do and represent?
SHOULD
How do they feel about Animal Farm?
COULD
What is their position on the Farm? How
do other animals perceive them?
Feedback:
• Present the findings about the characters to
the rest of the class.
• Which are key chapters for your character?
• Find an example and a quotation.