Monday, February 6 th, 2017 Take out your research from Friday. Finish your research (using a Chromebook or phone) Share out / discussion of research findings at your tables Then, class share out of research You will need to write down all of the notes to fully connect the Animal Farm allegory (people and events).
Monday, February 6 th, 2017 Every student researches all 4 items at his/her table individually. We will share out as a class. (Chromebooks / phones) Table 1 Leon Trotsky, The Pravda, Karl Marx and Marxism, Stalin s secret police Table 2 & 5 Leon Trotsky, Propaganda outside the Soviet Union (which Russia created), Communism vs. Socialism Table 3 Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Bolsheviks, Aristocracy Table 4 Leon Trotsky, Vladimir Lenin, The Church during the Russian Revolution / Stalin era Table 6 Leon Trotsky, The Revolutions of 1917 (both of them), Czar Nicholas II Table 7 - Leon Trotsky, KGB (is this the same as Stalin s secret police?), Consumerism, Germany and England during Stalin s era (what was their relationship with each other?)
TUESDAY, February 7 th, 2017 QW What was the biggest AH HAH moment you had from your research? Explain. CREATE CORNELL NOTES OF FILM(52 MINUTES) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g ala27h- TQ&list=PL7E3F5229FFC111EB Summarize within sections Work your notes
WEDNESDAY, February 8, 2017 Finish film with Cornell Notes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gala 27h-TQ&list=PL7E3F5229FFC111EB Summarize within sections Work your notes Complete characterizations. Discuss allegory (animals who represent real people from Russian Revolution)
THURSDAY, February 9, 2017 QW With what you know now, is Orwell accurate in his portrayal of the revolution and Stalin era? Explain. Socrative quiz over Trotsky film next week! What is close reading and what is the purpose? CLOSE READING Read pages 59-68. Then, do close reading portion of chapter 6
THURSDAY, February 9, 2017 CLOSE READING CHAPTER 6: Listen to chapter 6 What is the goal of close reading? What is the process of close reading? Re-read the passage from chapter 6 of Animal Farm silently. Ignore the questions in bold. Then, go back and annotate and answer questions (look up words in bold, ask questions) Complete the close reading pyramid
FRIDAY, February 10 th, 2017 Pick up Vocab Chapters 6 & 7 tape into your Writer s Notebook QW - This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half. I connected with this immediately with things that I see within my life and the world. How can you connect this with yours? What is the hidden meaning? How else did Squealer or Napoleon assert and/or confuse the followers? How are they able to do this? Can you see this prevalent within your life here at school? The world? ELA Remember your book response due February 24 th! PAP journal entries due Feb 17 th Finish annotating / answering questions from chapter 6 Animal Farm excerpt
FRIDAY, February 10 th, 2017 CONTINUE CLOSE READING Volunteer to hand back papers? Annotate / Answer Questions Complete Pyramid handout Due Monday at the beginning of class Pre-AP: Respond to the prompt homework (due Monday) if not finished! (On Notebook Paper not in your Writer s Notebook): Many components of Orwell s allegory have developed throughout this book. Thoroughly explain the allegorical connections to the Russian Revolution / Stalin era and support with evidence laid out in this excerpt from Chapter Six. Write a response using your understanding of the word choice and details revealed in the passage to present your opinions about what George Orwell is trying to get the audience to understand about the theme in the novel. (What theme from Animal Farm is George Orwell revealing by writing a novel that has 2 meanings which show the Russian Revolution s events and people?)
FRIDAY, February 19th Close reading of chapter 6, pyramid, and writing prompt are due Monday Brainstorming for the prompt: 1 Theme from Animal Farm: What lesson is the author teaching us with this theme? Use at least two allegory examples that show this theme / lesson from the chapter 6 excerpt only. (Allegory connections can be any event or character)