Chapter eight Review and Reflect What band level am I working at? Using the assessment descriptors, what skills have I achieved? How do I move up a level?

Band 5 Candidates demonstrate: Sustained, sophisticated interpretations of texts – A02 i sustained and sophisticated engagement with writers’ ideas and attitudes and sophisticated interpretations using imaginatively selected supporting textual detail – A02 ii sophisticated analysis of aspects of language and structure – A02 iii perceptive and mature comment on the significance of the contexts – A02 iv Band 4 Candidates demonstrate: sustained and developed interpretations of texts – A02 i engagement with writers’ ideas and attitudes and provide perceptive interpretations using precisely selected supporting textual detail – AO2 ii analysis of aspects of language and structure in convincing detail - A02 iii convincing connections between the texts and their contexts – A02 iv Band 3 Candidates demonstrate: clear evidence of understanding of significant meanings of the text – A01i ability to explain writers’ ideas clearly offering relevant and appropriate supporting textual detail –A02 ii ability to display understanding of features of language and structure supported by relevant and appropriate quotation – A02 iii ability to explore the significance of aspects of the contexts matched to textual details. – A02 iv Band 2 Candidates demonstrate some awareness shown of more obvious meanings in the text – A02 i some awareness of writers’ ideas supported by relevant textual detail – A02 ii some awareness of obvious features of language and structure supported by some relevant textual detail A02 iii make some relevant comments about the significance of the contexts – A02iv Band 1 Candidates demonstrate: limited understanding of the texts A02 i limited engagement with the writers’ ideas – A02 ii reference to a limited range of textual detail – A02 iii some awareness of contexts but very limited comment on their significance – A02 iv

Friend of fatherless! Fountain of happiness! Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul is on Fire when I gaze at thy Calm and commanding eye, Like the sun in the sky, Comrade Napoleon! Thou are the giver of All that thy creatures love, Full belly twice a day, clean straw to roll upon; Every beast great or small Sleeps at peace in his stall, Thou watchest over all, Comrade Napoleon! Had I a sucking-pig, Ere he had grown as big Even as a pint bottle or as a rolling-pin, He should have learned to be Faithful and true to thee, Yes, his first squeak should be "Comrade Napoleon!" Contrast between spiritual reference and very earthy reference Find examples of irony in this song to Napoleon.

As they approached the farm Squealer, who had unaccountably been absent during the fighting, came skipping towards them, whisking his tail and beaming with satisfaction. How is the verb ‘unaccountably’ ironic? What is Orwell suggesting to the reader about what Squealer was really doing during the destruction of the Windmill?

A cry of lamentation went up. Straw was laid down outside the doors of the farmhouse, and the animals walked on tiptoe. With tears in their eyes they asked one another what they should do if their Leader were taken away from them. A rumour went round that Snowball had after all contrived to introduce poison into Napoleon's food. At eleven o'clock Squealer came out to make another announcement. As his last act upon earth, Comrade Napoleon had pronounced a solemn decree: the drinking of alcohol was to be punished by death. At first, it is announced that Napoleon is dying. But what is really wrong with him? How does Orwell suggest this to the reader ?

PointEvidenceExplain How does Orwell use irony in chapter eight?

Why do writers use irony? To make clear what the writer thinks is really the truth To highlight the importance of the truth Irony is intentional Irony is sometimes confused with sarcasm but sarcasm is more direct and intended to be hurtful or cutting