Animal Farm by George Orwell Syllabus
Sweiss, 2013
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: HOW CAN THE AUTHOR’S USE OF ALLEGORY PROMOTE SOCIAL CHANGE?
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Homework/Activities:
Monday, December 2:
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Background Article on George Orwell
Article on 1917 Russian Revolution
PowerPoint on Animal Farm
Read Chapter 1 in Animal Farm
Homework: Close Read of Chapter 1
Tuesday, December 3:
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Introduction of Bloom’s Taxonomy
Read Communism Article
Discussion of Chapter 1 in Animal Farm
Characerization Chart
Homework: Characerization Chart
Reader Response Chapter 1
Wednesday, December 4:
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Read Chapter 2 in Animal Farm
Read Article on Utopias (Bloom’s
Taxonomy)
Utopia Graphic Organizer
Homework: Close Read of Chapter 2
Reader Response Chapter 2
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Thursday, December 5:
Friday, December 6:
Testlet 3!
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Monday, December 9:
Tuesday, December 10:
Wednesday, December 11:
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Read Chapter 3
Article on Dystopias (Bloom’s
Taxonomy)
Dystopia Graphic Organizer
Homework: Close Read of Chapter 3
Reader Response Chapter 3
Read Chapter 4
Read Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a
Woman”
Homework: Close Read of Chapter 4
Reader Response Chapter 4
MAP Testing!
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Homework:
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Read Chapter 5
From “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry
God”
Discussion of Propaganda (Ethos,
Pathos, and Logos)
Homework: Close Read of Chapter 5
Reader Response Chapter 5
Homework: Close Read of Chapter 6
Reader Response Chapter 6
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Read Chapter 6
Read “Malcolm X” from “The Ballot or
the Bullet”
“Imagine” Poem (Parallel Readings)
Friday, December 13:
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Read Chapter 7
“Crow Song” by Margaret Atwood
Homework: Close Read of Chapter 7
Reader Response Chapter 7
Monday, December 16:
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Read Chapter 8
Introduction to Satire (Ebay Song and
Colbert Report Clip)
Satire Article
Homework: Close Read of Chapter 8
Reader Response Chapter 8
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Thursday, December 12:
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Tuesday, December 17:
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Read Chapter 9
From “What the Black Man Wants”
Frederick Douglass
Homework: Close Read of Chapter 9
Reader Response Chapter 9
Wednesday, December 18:
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Read Chapter 10
Walt Whitman “I Hear America
Singing”
“Langston Hughes, “I, too, Hear
America Singing”
Homework: Close Read of Chapter 10
Reader Response Chapter 10
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Thursday, December 19:
Friday, December 20:
Texts:
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MAP Party for Class that Wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Collect Animal Farm Folders
TEAM 82 REWARD DAY!!!!!!!
Animal Farm
Background Article on George Orwell
1917 Russian Revolution Article
Communism Article
Utopias and Dystopias Article
Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman”
Jonathon Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet”
John Lenin, “Imagine”
Satire Article
Ebay Song and Colbert Report Clip (Satire)
Frederick Douglass, “What the Black Man Wants”
Walt Whitman, “I Hear America”
Langston Hughes, “I, too, Hear America Singing”
Discussion Questions:
 Do I realize there is an ongoing battle against the exploitation of the weak by the strong?
 What are my responsibilities to do something about this exploitation?
 What do the characters and events in Animal Farm symbolize?
 How does George Orwell convey his ideas about government abuses in Animal Farm?
 How can we identify examples of governmental abuses in our world?
 What is freedom?
 Is freedom ever free?
 What is the relationship between freedom and responsibility?
 What are the essential liberties?
 Is liberty and justice for all attainable?
 Should people sacrifice freedom in the interest of security?
 When does government have the right to restrict the freedoms of people?
 When is the restriction of freedom a good thing?
 What is allegory and why is it a powerful way to express an idea?
 How can an author’s personal experiences influence his/her work?
 What are the positives and negatives of communism?
 What is the cost of attaining utopia?
 What is the impetus for change (evolution & change)?
 How is change related to conflict (evolution & change)?
 How do authors use the resources of language (rhetoric) to create meaning?