Animal Farm Film

Today we watched a bit more of the Animal Farm film, and I collected late Totalitarianism essays.

Thus Ends the Quarter

Today we:

• Collected Final Project Essays;
• Took the Unit Final Exam;
• Finished Presentations.

Presentations Continue...

...but in the lecture hall today.

Unit Final Exam Tomorrow!

Presentations

They will continue tomorrow. Who knows where? We will then. I hope.

More Work Time & Animal Farm

Today we wrapped up the projects and readied them for presentation tomorrow. Then we watched a bit of the TBS Animal Farm film.

Extended Time

We have extended the work time a bit and postponed presentations until Wednesday. Make sure you get checked off by your adviser.

More Crazy Worktime

I( started by handing back the AQWF essays (I know, finally...), then talked a bit more specifically about the essay for the project.

Collected Today:

• Project Essay Rough Drafts (to be returned Monday)
  
• Animal Farm Faces Project

"I will work harder."

Work time continues. Remember that Animal Farm faces and project essay rough drafts are due tomorrow by the end of second period. And show those letter to your parents/guardians!

Crazy, Crazy Work time: Day 1

Today we spend much of the day working on the two projects currently underway in Integrated. Handouts for both are available at the handouts page.

Wrapping Up & Faces

Today we wrapped up our discussion of the novel and I introduced the next phase: The Animal Farm Faces Project.

HW:

• Faces Project due 3/21
• Totalitarianism Project due 3/25

Pigs Rule

Today we had a short quiz on chapter 9, talked about chapters 8 and 9, and finished the book aloud in class. We then got started on some end-of the book questions (below) which should be finished for HW.

These questions should be answered in complete paragraphs and contain SPECIFIC examples (even quotations) from the text.

1. Discuss your response to the last chapter. Identify specific sections or events and explain how you reacted to them and why you reacted in those ways.
2. Explain how the following quotations fit in with the ideas and characters in Animal Farm

• a) "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." ~George Santayana
• b) "Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely." ~Lord Acton

Napoleon the Dictator

Today we talked about the tools a bit, finished discussing the questions from Wednesday, and had plenty of time to read chapter nine. We'll finish the book in class tomorrow.

HW Read chapter 9 and take notes.

Show Trials

Today we took a quick quiz and, after some discussion questions, talked a bit about chapters 6 & 7.

HW: Chapter 8 with notes.

Piggy Propaganda, Part II

Today we discussed the Piggy Propaganda work from yesterday and took a few more notes on the allegorical level of Animal Farm.

HW: Read chapter 7 and take notes.

Piggy Propaganda

today we had a short quiz on chapter 5 and did a worksheet looking at the pigs' use of propaganda in the first five chapters.

HW: Read chapter 6 and take notes.

Chapters 3 & 4

After a brief quiz, I collected reformatted papers and warm-ups. We spend the rest of the day on questions for chapters three and four. We discussed these and I collected them before the end of the period.

HW: Read and take notes on chapter 5.

Chapter 3 & the Great Paper Re-Format

Today we looked at Squealer's use of propaganda in chapter three of Animal Farm. I also returned AQWF papers for reformatting and re-revision. If you got your paper back, fix it and return it to me ASAP!

HW: Chapter 4 with notes.

Papers Due

Today I collected final draft AQWF essays at the beginning of class. We spend the remainder of the period working discussion questions for chapters 1 & 2 of Animal Farm. We discussed th questions at the end of the period, and I collected them. Question sheets are available in class.

HW: Chapter 3 with notes.

Let the Revolution Begin

After the warm-up and checking off of notes, we talked a bit about Animal Farm and spent a good half the period reading.

Chapter 2 w/ notes due tomorrow.

AQWF Essay Final drafts due Wednesday!

Welcome to the Farm

Today we began the day with a look at an introductory paragraph in preparation for paper revision (Final drafts are due Wednesday). We wrapped up the propaganda notes and got copies of Animal Farm.

HW: Read and take notes on chapter one.

Remember, in addition to general character information and plot, you should be taking notes on how the 5 Tools, Propaganda Techniques, and Themes show up in the text.