Honors
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9
Daily Agenda PPT
Lit
Welcome, Freshmen!
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First day Prezi: Welcome to H 9th Lit Prezi
Syllabus
Animal Farm: Close Passage Read
Personal Info Notecards:
• Your name
• One nerdy thing about yourself
• One non-nerdy thing about yourself
• One thing I need to know about you as a student
Important Info for this Week
• HW (Due Wednesday): Look over Political Figures sheet, and read the
Russell Baker preface to Animal Farm:
• Annolight the text OR take 1 page of notes that (includes questions you have)
• Russell Baker Preface
• AF Political Figures Sheet
• Make sure to buy a vocab book in class ($15)
What am I learning today? 8-4-15
• Annolighting: A couple of ways to do it:
• Annolighting 1
• Annolighting 2
• Practice Close Passage Read with excerpt from AF (The Battle of Cowshed)
• AF – Important Terms to Know (chart)
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Irony: Situational Dramatic Verbal
Satire
Allegory
Fable
What am I learning today? 8-5-15
• AF- Important Terms to Know:
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Irony
Satire
Allegory
Fable
Propaganda
Communism
Dystopia
• Class Discussion – Russell Baker Preface
• Find two people to work with and create a “top 5 list” of key ideas in the article
What am I learning today? 8-6-15
• Summer Reading / AF Terms Chart / Vocab Books (BRING Monday) / Syllabus
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& Supplies
Team Theme Brainstorm!
Divide into teams and draw a theme out of a basket (1 per team)
Working with your team, find three strong textual examples of your topic / theme
and create, as a team, a visual representation of that theme that also includes your
three quotations with page numbers.
In addition, on a separate piece of paper, write a justification for each quotation you
choose (short paragraph) to read to the class Monday when we present our visuals.
List of themes / topics in Animal Farm:
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The corrupting effects of Power
Freedom and Responsibility
Coercion
Rescue
Grief
Guilt
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Discontent
Idealism
Jubilance
Rebellion
Fear
What am I learning today? 8/10/15
• Present Team Theme Visuals (in groups)
• Intro to Vocab Unit 1 (Unit work due and quiz Friday)
• Word Pronunciation (p. 14) / Vocab Knowledge Rating Scale
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I know it
I’ve heart it
No clue
• Intro Story (p. 12)
• Time to get started on Unit 1 work in groups
What am I learning today? 8/11/15
• Check out literature books from bookroom (keep at home or in locker until we
need them in class)
• Document Analysis Stations: Excerpts from Animal Farm
• Hand back summer reading assignments (in Synergy)
HW:
• Vocab Unit 1 quiz on Friday
• Unit 1 exercises due Friday
• Pages 17-21 (Choose EITHER number one or two under the section “Writing: Words in Action” on page 20)
What am I learning today? 8/12/15
• Media Center Orientation
• MLA Pretest / Webquest (see blog post)
HW:
• Vocab Unit 1 quiz on Friday
• Unit 1 exercises due Friday
• Pages 17-21 (Choose EITHER number one or two under the section “Writing: Words in Action” on page 20)
What am I learning today? 8/13/15
• Assign Partner Paper on Animal Farm: Brainstorming Day
• Choose a topical question from the list below with your partner, and
together, write a 1.5-2 page paper with a short introduction that answers and
discusses implications of the question within the context of Animal
Farm. Cite at least two pieces of textual evidence from the book (use theme
visuals)
AF Partner Paper Topical Questions
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What do the key characters and events in Animal Farm symbolize?
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What is allegory, why do you think Orwell chose it as a vehicle for his message, and is it effective?
How does George Orwell convey his ideas about government abuses in Animal Farm?
Are any governmental abuses in Animal Farm similar to governmental abuses in our world? How and in what ways?
What is the relationship between freedom and responsibility, and how does this go wrong in Animal Farm?
Should people sacrifice freedom in the interest of security? How is this dealt with in Animal Farm?
When does the government have the right to restrict the freedoms of people? Are there any examples of positive governmental control and
restriction in Animal Farm?
What was Old Major’s idea of a perfect society? What is the cost of trying to attain a utopia? How does this play out in Animal Farm?
How does Napoleon use rhetoric and propaganda to achieve power in Animal Farm?
How does literacy, education, and ignorance play an important role in Animal Farm?
What am I learning today? 8/14/15
• Vocab Unit 1 Quiz / Check exercises
• When finished, pick up a sample paper and annotate / make notes and
observations about how your paper should look and read.
• Whole class discussion
• Share contact info with your partner; use Google docs, email, etc. this
weekend to begin working on the paper with your partner.
What am I learning today? 8-17-15
• Today we’re working with our partners to begin drafting the Animal Farm
essay. See the following resources for help:
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YY6TQBK6OYlXlQ239EbsjINmmk6SCyPAYopIlSBTPI/edit?usp=sharing (Rubric)
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LfV92XVKV2xuPhcHIjWE87SoEIBJcOFu0
U1mhIzWoVM/edit?usp=sharing (Assignment Guidelines)
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PxX1mBPZLfz_H7mwUPhMseHXXAH3LT
gbQjIjXoF5PeU/edit?usp=sharing (Tips for Writing and Editing the Paper)
What am I learning today? 8-18-15
• Writing Lab Day:
• Set up www.turnitin.com accounts (see blog post and hard copy handout)
• See blog for sample MLA paper and tips for writing the essay
• Essay due uploaded to turnitin.com on Thursday (by 11:59)
What am I learning today? 8-19-15
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Q&A: Animal Farm Essay
Tips for Writing and Editing (handout)
Blog Resources
Demon in the Freezer: Think-Pair-Share:
• 2 questions/ points of confusion while reading
• 2 big ideas/ topics worth discussing
• Brainstorm discussable topics as a class
• HW: Animal Farm paper due Thursday @ 11:59 to turnitin.com
• Find a credible article on one of the topics we brainstormed – use CDL – print and annolight and
bring in to present to a group on Friday.