WEDNESDAY January 26

OBJECTIVE: Students will finish reading Animal Farm and complete extra credit assignments to boost their final grades.

JOURNAL: FREE WRITE (This is your LAST journal of the semester!)

AGENDA: 1) Finish reading "Animal Farm" and complete the worksheets for Chapters #1-10.  Remember, all work is due no later than tomorrow!

2) Extra-Credit Options (All worth 20 pts. each):

A) Eulogy: Compose a eulogy for yourself.  What might people say about you at your funeral if you were to die today?  Remember, eulogies include memories/stories from your life (sometimes funny).  Your eulogy should be about ONE page hand-written.

B) "Beasts of Philly": Compose a song modeled after the Animal Farm song "Beasts of England."  In this song, you will express the dreams you have for the city of Philadelphia and what you hope it may one day be like.  You may also mention how the city is currently and what changes need to be made.  Song should be at least 20 lines long.

C) Character Sketch: Choose one of the characters from Animal Farm and draw a picture of him/her.  Use information from the book to make the picture as accurate as possible and make sure to display the character's name on your drawing.  You may draw your pictures in black and white or use color.

HOMEWORK: Finish all classwork and optional extra-credit.  All work must be submitted no later than tomorrow (weather-permitting).

MONDAY January 24

WEEKLY STANDARDS: 1.1, 1.3, 1.8

TOPIC: Wrap-Up and Review

Objective: Students will be able to explain how the characters in Animal Farm are used to satirize humans and human nature.

Journal: What similarities do animals and humans share?  Name a few things that both humans and animals seem to need/want (Ex. Food, protection, family).  Ultimately, do you believe that humans and animals are really that different or are we the same?  Why?  If humans did not exist in the world, what animal would rule?

Agenda: 1) Vocabulary Quiz #15

2) Chapter #10: Students will read Chapter #10 of Animal Farm focusing on the pigs’ transformation into “humans” and how that transformation is used to satirize human nature.  Students will also be able to explain the irony of the book’s ending.

3) Question Worksheet for Chapter#10

Read Chapter 10 HERE

Homework: Finish Question Worksheet for Chapter #10

FRIDAY January 21

Objective: Students will be able to describe how a eulogy can be used as propaganda.

Journal: Vocabulary List #15 : Practice #3

Agenda: 1) Chapter #9: Students will read Chapter #9 of Animal Farm and will be able to explain how the animals are tricked into allowing Boxer to be sent to his death.  The class will then examine Squealer’s eulogy on pg. 115 looking for examples of propaganda.

2) Question Worksheet for Chapter #9

Read Chapter #9 HERE

Homework: Compose a eulogy for yourself.  If you were to die today, what would be said about you at your funeral?  Remember, eulogies usually focus on the positive aspects of a person’s life and poke humor at the negative.

THURSDAY January 20

Objective: Students will be able to describe how an author uses poetry as propaganda.

Journal: Vocab List #15 - Practice #2

Agenda: 1) Comparing a Song and a Poem: Class will listen to the original recording of “We Are the World.”  Afterwards, the class will discuss how the lyrics in the song are used to evoke emotion from its listeners.  The class will then read the “Comrade Napoleon” poem on pp.90-91 of Animal Farm focusing on devices the author uses to evoke emotion.  Students will also look for further instances of propaganda in the song.

2) Chapter # 8: Students will read Chapter #8 of Animal Farm, focusing on the pigs’ continual use of propaganda and the alterations of the animals’ seven commandments.

Read Chapter #8 HERE

3) Question Worksheet for Chapter 8

Homework: Compose a song in honor of someone who doesn’t deserve to be honored.  In this song you will humorously glorify the person in a similar style to that used in the “Comrade Napoleon” poem.  Give your poem a serious tone which will, in turn, make it appear more humorous and satirical.

WEDNESDAY January 18

Objective: Students will finish writing the rough draft for their research paper and will submit it for editing.

Journal: Vocab List #15 - Practice #1

 

Agenda: 1) Research Paper: Students will finish writing the rough draft for their research paper on the famous author they have chosen.  Their rough draft will be about 4-5 pages double spaced and will be submitted electronically for editing.

Homework: Finish rough draft and submit via e-mail no later than Friday the 21st @ midnight.  Submit to TeacherWinberg@gmail.com  NOTE: Any rough drafts submitted after midnight on Friday will NOT be edited and will lose 50 points off the final grade (meaning, the paper will only qualify for a maximum of 150 out of 200 possible points)

TUESDAY January 18

WEEKLY STANDARDS: 1.3B, 1.3C, 1.2C, 1.5A, 1.6D, 1.6E

TOPIC: Characterization and Propaganda

OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to identify and label different types of propaganda and make inferences about different characters based on direct and indirect characterization.

JOURNAL: Yesterday, we had off from school to celebrate Martin Luther King day.  MLK dreamed of a world free from hatred and inequality.  What are your dreams for the world?  What would you like to see happen in the future?  Explain.

AGENDA: 1) Vocabulary Quiz #14

2) Introduce New Vocabulary Words (Last set of words for the semester!!!): abstain, boisterous, brazen, brusque, capacious, digress, discredit, fraught, hackneyed, inevitable, parched, pragmatic, prosaic, reclusive, substantiate 

3) Reading "Animal Farm" Chapter #7

Read Chapter #7 HERE

4) Completing "Animal Farm" Question Worksheet for Chapter #7

HOMEWORK: Finish Questions for Chapter #7 of "Animal Farm."  Also, if you are missing questions or worksheets from Chapters #1-6, you must turn in all work NO LATER than Thursday, January 27th.

FRIDAY January 14

Objective: Students will be able to identify and label different types of propaganda and make inferences about different characters based on direct and indirect characterization.

Journal: Vocabulary Practice: morose, taciturn, filial, eminent

Agenda: 1) The Seven Commandments of Animal Farm: The class will review the seven commandments made by the animals in Chapter 2 of Animal Farm.  Students will compare the commandments to modern laws/norms we have today.

2) Students will read Chapter 6 of Animal Farm.  As they read, they will look for instances where the pigs stray from the animals’ original seven commandments.  They will then explain how the pigs managed to stray from the rules and make inferences as to why the pigs chose to do so.

Read Chapter#6 HERE

3) Question Worksheet for Chapter 6 of Animal Farm

Homework: Practice Quiz for Vocabulary Quiz #14 ***QUIZ ON TUESDAY***