Grab a sheet of notebook paper Today’s learning objective (taken directly from core standards): “Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.” Describe the historical context and George Orwell’s motivation/inspiration for writingg 1984.
Great Books: 1984 Central Ideas that you can write about (pick two): hate, repression, totalitarianism, freedom (pick one and take notes on the central idea from each clip you watch) Segment 1: (7:43) -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdu5Lt8X0N0&feature=related Write a paragraph that summarizes the main characters, and the major complication of the plot. Segment 2: (7:31) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I2PZ8l84xk&feature=related Segment 3: (6:10) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo2DK839daw&feature=related Describe the historical context of the book, as well as Orwell’s inspiration for the world of 1984. Not required: Segment 4: (7:17) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSkmopDSMzs&feature=related Segment 5: (4:55) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEzEgXKHVMM&feature=related Segment 6: (5:51) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbU_ePn-51s&feature=related Segment 7: (6:49) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FzYU3Yi8ug&feature=related
Writing to meet the objective Today’s learning objective (taken directly from core standards): “Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.”