English Exams you have coming up…. Mocks: Literature Unit 1- Of Mice and Men and Animal Farm Literature Unit 2- Poetry (in the mocks you will not have an Unseen)

Summer English Exams Literature Unit 1 (50%) (1hr 45) Animal Farm- 3 part extract question. (50 mins) Of Mice and Men- One Literature essay answering a question on character of theme. (50 mins) Literature Unit 2 (25%) (1hr 45) Unseen Poem (45 mins) Comparative essay of two poems you have studied. One will be named, you chose the other one. (1hr)

Summer English Exams Language (60%) (1 hr 45) Part A is on Of Mice and Men. You will spend 1 hour on this. You will be asked to analyse an extract then chose your own and write about it. It will be linked to character and language. Part B will ask you to write one piece of non fiction writing. You will spend 45 mins on this.

Lesson Aim To revise the key events in Animal Farm and their location within the novel. Starter: How do these link to Animal Farm. Challenge: What is their significance? What does it show?

Paired Work You will be given two chapters to focus on. For Chapters 1-10, bullet point two or three key events that took place. Try not to use your books- in the exam you need to know exactly where to find things.

Chapter 1 Old Major’s Speech Beasts of England song introduced Some characters introduced

Chapter 2 Animals rebel against Mr Jones Pigs come up with the 7 commandments based on Old Major's speech

Chapter 3 Pigs reserve all the milk and apples for themselves Education of the animals begin, but it is inconsistent. Some animals want it, some can’t learn, some can’t be bothered to learn. Pigs start the inequality

Chapter 4 News of the rebellion spreads. Battle of the Cowshed Snow ball leads this and the awards for animals are created.

Chapter 5 Windmill idea suggested by Snowball- which could produce the farm with electricity eventually Napoleon disagrees and calls his dogs in to chase Snowball out of the farm. He then takes the windmill idea and adopts them for himself.

Chapter 6 The pigs trade with the outside world, going against the Commandments Windmill collapses- due to strong winds. Napoleon blames on Snowball. He is becoming a scapegoat. Pigs sleep in the farmhouse in the beds, going against another Commandment. It is explained through manipulation of words.

Chapter 7 Hen rebellion- Napoleon wants their eggs to trade with humans for other items Animals get executed by Napoleon’s dogs, animals live in even more fear Animals start on rebuilding the windmill

Chapter 8 Frederick and his men attack the farm and destroy the windmill. The battle is disorganised. Pigs drink alcohol going against yet another commandment. The animals see the commandments being changed but don’t realise it.

Chapter 9 Animals start to rebuild the windmill Pigs ration the food more whilst the pigs have lots of luxurious items. Boxer is sold to the slaughter house for money- later used for whiskey. Napoleon becomes president by forced default.

Chapter 10 The Rebellion is a distant memory for most animals on the farm now. Pigs walk, talk and act like humans. Commandments get changed to one maxim; All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others Pigs are seen drinking and playing cards with humans Pigs and humans disagree about something so they fight The other animals can’t tell the difference between pig to man and vice versa.

Think, Pair, Share Now that we’ve revised plot, we need to revise characters. Write down a list of all the main characters. What type of animal are they? What is their role in the novel and who do they represent?

Around the room are pieces of sugar paper with the names of important characters (Napoleon, Squealer, Snowball, Boxer, Mollie, Benjamin, Moses, Clover, Old Major, Mr Jones) MUST What does the character do and represent? SHOULD How do they feel about Animal Farm? COULD What is their position on the Farm? How do other animals perceive them?

Feedback: Present the findings about the characters to the rest of the class. Which are key chapters for your character? Find an example and a quotation.