Animal Farm Chapter 1

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. Vocabulary List #2: Animal Farm chapter 1-2
2. We will listen to chapter 1 of Animal Farm by George Orwell
3. You will track one character throughout the novel:
1. Napoleon
2. Boxer
3. Squealer
4. Clover
5. Benjamin
6. Muriel
7. Snowball
8. Mr. Jones (other men)
4. You will also follow three different ideas
1. tyranny
2. violence
3. inequality
4. manipulation
5. utopia/dystopia
6. power of words
7. rules/laws
8. corruption
9. work
10. intelligence
11. human beings
12. trust
13. friendship

Homework:

1. Vocabulary List #2: Animal Farm chapter 1-2