Old Major's Speech

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 vocabulary unit for this week.
2. Old Major using the propaganda technique Card Stacking in his speech to the other animals.
1. Create a T-chart to list the positive traits of animals and the negative traits of humans in Old Major's speech.
2. Add to the chart the missing information about animals and humans.
3. Write a paragraph that analyzes why Old Major uses the Card Stacking technique in his speech.

Homework:

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