1. April 15-18 I can organize writing to create a cohesive whole. I can analyze the author’s stated or implied purpose. I can evaluate the author’s use of parallel plots/subplots I can distinguish the theme of an increasingly challenging text. I can score 80% or higher on my Animal Farm -dramatic literature test. I can distinguish the characteristics of dramatic literature.

2. Bell Ringer- 2A and 3B 0 George Orwell’s Animal Farm is an allegory and a satire. You have been asked to present to an audience of peers the moral or lessons learned in Animal Farm. In the presentation, you must discuss how the lesson or lessons learned can benefit one’s life. Also, make sure that you make personal connections to your own life.

3. Bell Ringer-3A and 4A 0 Assignment: You are the dramatic reviewer for PEOPLE Magazine and have been assigned to write a review of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Begin by giving a one or two sentence synopsis, followed by comments about the overall theme. Then discuss two characters- their weaknesses and strengths, as well as their relationship to each other. Conclude with a reactionary statement based on your experience of the play.

4. Movie 0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5110BLvXd0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5110BLvXd0 0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF0ipHQsmCA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF0ipHQsmCA

5. Vocabulary-A day 0 Review vocabulary words. 0 Quiz a partner. 0 Add… 0 Vanity- excess pride in one’s appearance 0 Deceitfulness- intended to deceive, misleading 0 Exploitation- use or utilization, especially for profit 0 Idealism-the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, goals, etc. 0 Look at the vocabulary words on page 192!!!

6. Literary Analysis 0 Answer the margin questions on pages 193-212. 0 Turn your answers into the tray. 0 You will have 35 minutes. 0 2A- finish the questions. 0 You will have 10 minutes.

7. Trashketball 0 Review Animal Farm for your Drama-Animal Farm Test.

8. Rules of Trashketball 1. Stay in your seats at all times. 2. You will have 30-60 seconds to discuss the answer to a question AND 3. Write ONE response to the question on a dry erase board. 4. All teams will hold up their answers. 5. If you are correct, your team will get the opportunity to shoot the correct response into the trashcan from a 1, 2, or 3 point line. 6. If the shot is made, the team gets extra-credit.

9. 1 0 Q.1) Describe theme

10. Answer The big idea or what the story is about.

11. 2 Q. 2- How is plot described?

12. Answer The action or sequence of events

13. 3 What is the point of view in a story, poem, essay, or drama?

14. Answer The point of view comes from the person who is telling the story, whether it is a narrator or character

15. 4 What is the definition of fiction?

16. Answer Literature in which the plot and characters are imaginary.

17. 5 When an object stands for or represents something else, what literary device is the writer using?

18. Answer Symbolism

19. 6 What is the term that is used for good word choice?

20. Answer Diction

21. 7 What is the definition of the climax of a story?

22. Answer The high point of interest or suspense

23. 8 What is the denouement or falling action in fiction or drama?

24. Answer The resolution of the conflict after the climax in the fiction or drama and thus providing an outcome to the plot situation

25. 9 What is dialogue?

26. Answer Someone talking within the play or story set off by quotation marks.

27. 10 Rising action, considering plot and narrative, is best described as what?

28. Answer Events or sequence that build up to the climax

29. 11 0 When a character gives a speech, what term best describes this?

30. Answer 0 Monologue

31. 12 What term best describes a long speech expressing the thoughts or feelings by a character on stage who is trying to make a decision that is very serious and difficult?

32. Answer 0 Soliloquy

33. 13 0 A stage performer may make comments intended to be heard only by the audience and supposedly not by the characters. What do we call this?

34. Answer 0 Aside

35. 14 What kind of comparison is being used in the phrase “her words fell on me like a load of bricks”?

36. Answer 0 Simile

37. 15 0 Dramatic irony is a particular kind of irony that involves the character in fiction or drama. Describe this technique.

38. Answer 0 An event that directly contradicts what is expected. The readers know something the character do not.

39. 16 0 The following is an example of ______: The car huffed and puffed all the way up the hill

40. Answer 0 Personifcation

41. 17 0 A character who serves as a contrast or conflict to another character, similar to the protagonist, is a _________character.

42. Answer 0 A foil character

43. 18 0 What kind of comparison is being used in the following: “His eyes were piercing darts into my soul.”

44. Answer 0 Metaphor

45. 19 0 What is an allegory?

46. Answer The characters stand for virtues and vices. There is more than 1 level of meaning.

47. 20 0 What is a fabel?

48. Answer 0 A story/play that has more than one level of meaning.

49. 21 Which animals seem to represent ordinary, decent citizens?

50. Answer 0 Jessie and Muriel

51. 22 0 What is the moral of Animal Farm?

52. Answer 0 An idealistic system can easily be corrupted.

53. 23 Which character symbolizes positive leadership for the revolution?

54. Answer 0 Snowball

55. 24 George Orwell wrote Animal Farm because of his…

56. Answer 0 Hatred for injustice and political lying

57. 25 0 Which character does not represent a satirical character : 0 Squealer 0 Napoleon 0 Mr. Jones 0 Boxer

58. Answer 0 Boxer

59. 26 0 What are the themes for Animal Farm

60. Answer 0 Freedom and individual dignity should be guarded. 0 Weakness can be dominated by strength, fear, and trickery. 0 Vision and hope must be kept alive 0 Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. 0 Language is a powerful tool, used improperly it can enslave us.

61. Test 0 Write the answers on your own paper. 0 Click in your answers when finished.

62. Discuss Results

63. Partner Activity 0 Think about how the pigs are running the farm and the windmill controversy. (managing “employees” is difficult) 0 With a partner, create a fictional company of your choice. 0 Describe what your company is going to manufacture or do. (write 1 paragraph about your company) 0 Imagine that you have 5 employees working for you. Design a work schedule (for one week)and a pay scale for your employees. 0 Decide which of the 5 previously discussed themes, this part of the story would express and explain why. 0 DLT: I can evaluate the author’s use of parallel plots/subplots 0 DLT: I can distinguish the theme of an increasingly challenging text.