Analyzing Animal Farm chapter 2

Big Idea: How do good ideas go bad?

Learning Target: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Reading: Animal Farm chapter 1

Agenda:

1. Work on your new vocabulary list.
2. Play a Vocabulary Jam!
3. Get ready for our discussion on Thursday:
1. Fold a piece of paper in half. Label one side "Notice" and the other side "Question"
2. Write down what your character did this chapter. Create an "I wonder..." question
3. Write down how one of your themes came up in this chapter. Use the theme to create a question.
4. Notice what came up again and again in chapter two. Use this information to write a question.
5. Notice a contrast or contradiction in this chapter. Use it to write a question.
6. Look for an Aha! moment in this chapter. Use it to write a question.
4. Analyze the principles of Animalism with a partner.
1. List the seven commandments listed on pages 23-24
2. For each commandment, write why the animals chose the commandment.
3. It should look like a two column list.

Homework:

1. Vocabulary List #3: Animal Farm 3-4
2. Extra credit list #2