Animal FarmEssential QuestionWhat is an allegory and how can it be effective?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:– Preview – Communism Good or Bad?– Learn about Allegories
Success CriteriaNo success
Preview
• What is communism?
• Do you think it is a good or bad idea?
Vocab
• Communism• Allegory• Rhetoric
• What to write?– Write a simple definition
of communism?– What is the main problem
with communism?
Allegory - Definition
• a figurative representation conveying a meaning other than and in addition to the literal
• Means something different to what is being said
Allegory
• What is the hidden message?– What do these
characters represent?
Rhetoric Definition
• What do you think Rhetoric means?
How will we read Animal Farm
• Tuesday’s with Morrie – together out loud/silent
• Gathering Blue – Read at home and completed a journal
• Anne Frank – Literacy Circles• Animal Farm – Read the book individually and
we will discuss on Fridays
Animal Farm Reading Schedule• Friday, May 8 ~ Thursday, May 14th – Read Animal Farm
– 1 chapter a day
• While you read, what should you be doing?• Friday, May 14th – We will have a comprehension test to ensure
that you have read the book– Open Novel is allowed
• Friday, May 14th - You will be introduced to the 4 different tasks students will complete1. Animal Farm and Allegory2. Animal Farm and The Soviet Union3. What’s in a name?4. Tyranny by any other name …
• Friday, May 22nd – Work period• Friday, May 29th – 2 groups present• Friday, June 5th – 2 groups present
Questions to guide your Reading• What is George Orwell (author) trying to persuade you of?
– Can you find his logos, ethos and pathos?• How is Animal Farm similar to the history of the Soviet
Union?– Hint: Find key events in Soviet history– Follow the link
• Each main character is related to someone in Soviet history. Who are they?– Example: Old Major = Karl Marx
• What lessons can we learn from this novel?– Tyranny? Education?
• Find the definition of unknown vocab