Animal FarmEssential QuestionWhat is an allegory and how can it be effective?

Learning Outcomes - Students will:– Preview – Communism Good or Bad?– Learn about Allegories

Success CriteriaNo success

Preview

• What is communism?

• Do you think it is a good or bad idea?

Vocab

• Communism• Allegory• Rhetoric

• What to write?– Write a simple definition

of communism?– What is the main problem

with communism?

Allegory - Definition

• a figurative representation conveying a meaning other than and in addition to the literal

• Means something different to what is being said

Allegory

• What is the hidden message?– What do these

characters represent?

Rhetoric Definition

• What do you think Rhetoric means?

How will we read Animal Farm

• Tuesday’s with Morrie – together out loud/silent

• Gathering Blue – Read at home and completed a journal

• Anne Frank – Literacy Circles• Animal Farm – Read the book individually and

we will discuss on Fridays

Animal Farm Reading Schedule• Friday, May 8 ~ Thursday, May 14th – Read Animal Farm

– 1 chapter a day

• While you read, what should you be doing?• Friday, May 14th – We will have a comprehension test to ensure

that you have read the book– Open Novel is allowed

• Friday, May 14th - You will be introduced to the 4 different tasks students will complete1. Animal Farm and Allegory2. Animal Farm and The Soviet Union3. What’s in a name?4. Tyranny by any other name …

• Friday, May 22nd – Work period• Friday, May 29th – 2 groups present• Friday, June 5th – 2 groups present

Questions to guide your Reading• What is George Orwell (author) trying to persuade you of?

– Can you find his logos, ethos and pathos?• How is Animal Farm similar to the history of the Soviet

Union?– Hint: Find key events in Soviet history– Follow the link

• Each main character is related to someone in Soviet history. Who are they?– Example: Old Major = Karl Marx

• What lessons can we learn from this novel?– Tyranny? Education?

• Find the definition of unknown vocab