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English 10
March 10-14
UEQ: How does an author use
allegory to effect social
change?
LEQ: How does Orwell use the
elements of allegory, satire,
and literary techniques for
political commentary in
chapter 7?
A Literary Analysis of
Animal Farm by George
Orwell
Bellringer: Vocabulary
Animal Farm Chapter 7 Vocabulary
1. Capitulated: to have yielded or given in
2. Stupefied: to be stunned and unable to speak because of a shocking
event
3. Countenance: the expression on one’s face
4. Categorically: without exceptions or conditions; absolute;
unqualified and unconditional
5. Infanticide: the killing of babies and very young children
Activity #1: Chapter 7
Vocabulary Context Clues
• Read each of the 5
Vocabulary in Context
sentences on the Chapter
7 Study Guide
• Use the context clues to
help you determine the
word that should be
added to each of the 5
sentences.
Vocabulary in Context #1
• Napoleon appeared to change
countenance
_____________________________
and sharply ordered Boxer to let the
dog go, whereat Boxer lifted his
hoof, and the dog slunk away bruised
and howling.
Vocabulary in Context #2
For five days the hens held
out, then they
capitulated
_________________
and went back to their
nesting boxes.
.
Vocabulary in Context #3
1.The animals were
stupefied
___________________.
(when they saw the shocking
image of other animals killed.)
Vocabulary in Context #4
• Once again it was being put
about that all the animals were
dying of famine and disease,
and that they were continually
fighting among themselves and
had resorted to cannibalism and
infanticide
____________________________.
Vocabulary in Context #5
• "Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon"
announced Squealer, speaking very
slowly and firmly, "has stated
categorically
____________________________ ….
that Snowball was Jones' agent from the
very beginning - yes, and from long
before the Rebellion was ever thought
of."
Activity #2: Chapter 7 Reading
Comprehension Questions-• Directions: Draw 2 cards from the jar.
• Work with your group to find evidence
that would prove the correct answer to
the 2 questions that you draw.
• Be prepared to show the class the page
and the passage that proves your
answer.
Chapter 7 Reading Comprehension
Question #1
• How does Napoleon attempt to conceal the
shortcomings of Animal Farm from the outside world?
Chapter 7 Reading Comprehension
Question #2
• What did the hens do to
try to avoid giving up
their eggs? What
happens to them?
Chapter 7 Reading Comprehension
Question #3
A scapegoat is someone who is blamed
for problems, often to become the target
of everyone’s anger.
In chapter 6, Napoleon has established
Snowball as a “scapegoat” to distract the
animals from all of the things that were
going wrong. What are three ways that
this is taken to an even greater degree in
chapter 7?
Chapter 7 Reading Comprehension
Question #4
• Many animals confess to being Snowballs’
secret agents. How are they punished?
They are slaughtered.
• However, some of the confessions seem
so unbelievable and outrageous, which
Orwell intends to be a clue to the reader
that the animals were not really guilty and
that there really weren’t any secret agents
at all. If they weren’t really guilty, why do
the animals confess? What does
Napoleon have to gain by this?
They confess because it’s easier than being tortured and afraid.
Napoleon eliminates his opposition by killing them.
Chapter 7 Reading Comprehension
Question #5
What is Boxer’s response to the slaughter of the
animals? Whose fault does he think it is? What does he
resolve to do?
Boxer is stupefied. He
never thought he’s see
this violence on Animal
Farm. He believes that it
must be their own fault.
He resolves to work
harder.
English 10
March 10-14
UEQ: How does an author use
allegory to effect social
change?
LEQ: How does Orwell use the
elements of allegory, satire,
and literary techniques for
political commentary in
chapter 7?
A Literary Analysis of
Animal Farm by George
Orwell
Vocabulary Bellringer
capitulate
1. The girl decided to ________________________________
to her
sister’s wishes so that they would not argue.
2. The ancient Egyptians committed
infanticide
______________________________by
murdering all of the baby
boys of their enemies.
Activity: AF Chapter 7 Literary Techniques
• Study Guide Chapter 7 Homework
Literary Technique
• Propaganda: Disinformation or
Rewriting History
• Best examples in Chapter 7:
Most prevalent examples are
the “sightings” and blaming of
Snowball, to the degree that he
becomes “an invisible influence”
and “Menace.”
Literary Technique
• Theme: Which character does
Orwell use to remind the
reader of the original vision of
Animal Farm and the sad,
startling contrast in the reality Answer: Clover
and outcome?
• Find the page and passage that
gives us the evidence to
answer this question
Literary Technique: Juxtaposition of Contrast
Clover’s thoughts on Animal Farm
“If she herself had had any
vision of the future, it had
been of a society of animals
set free from hunger and the
whip, all equal, each working
according to his capacity, the
strong protecting the
weak…”(86-7)
“Instead—she did not know
why---they had come to a time
when no one dared speak his
mind, when firerc, growling
dogs roamed everywhere, and
when you had to warch your
comrades torn to pieces after
confessing to shocking crimes.”
(87)
Activity: Subordinate Clause Review
Combine the two sentences by making one
sentence into an adjective subordinate clause.
1.The dogs obey Napoleon.
2.Napoleon uses the dogs as a scare tactic to
control the animals.
The dogs obey Napoleon, who uses them as a scare
tactic to control the animals.
Napoleon uses the dogs, who obey Napoleon, as a
scare tactic to control the animals.
Writing Practice: The 3 part topic sentence:
Prompt #5: In chapters 5, 6, and 7 of Animal Farm,
discuss Orwell’s use of propaganda.
Part 1—Contextualize for the Reader:
In chapters 5, 6, and 7 of Animal Farm
Part 2—State the focus by rewording the prompt:
Orwell uses three kinds of propaganda
Part 3-Stake your claim:
that demonstrates the manipulation of the people by
corrupt leaders.
Activity: Writing Tips to Improve Your Writing
Directions: Get out your Writing Prompt #4
draft.
Check your draft as we read the following tips.
Note in your draft any changes that you need
to make based upon the given writing tips.
Tip #1: Start every sentence in a paragraph with a
different word. How? Here is a step-by-step guide:
1. Go through your first draft and circle the first
word in every sentence.
2. If you use the same word to start a sentence
twice in a paragraph then you need to add a
transition word, or re-word the sentence.
Tip #2: Choosing Transition Words
How to Choose Transition words: Which transition word? Think
about how that sentence fits with the one before it.
Does it add information? Then use "Moreover," "Furthermore"
or another adding word.
If it contrasts with the sentence before you might use
"However" or "On the other hand."
If it is a time sequence, use "next," "then," or consider using
"first," second," etc.
Tip #3: Transition “Don’ts”
Don’t use the same transition too often.
Don't forget the comma after the transition
word, and don't forget to put the subject of the
sentence after the comma.
3 Ways these transition tips will help you:
1. These tips and transition words make you go away
from simple subject-verb sentence structure.
2. By adding these transition words to your sentences,
you link your ideas more effectively.
3. These transition words make your writing sound
more professional and less like spoken language.
Source: Source: VirginiaLynne, CC-BY, via HubPages
http://virginialynne.hubpages.com/hub/Words-to-Use-in-Starting-Sentences
Essay Writing Tip #4. Get to the Point as early as
possible.
If you have a thesis ready, present it in your very
first sentence. Don’t go on forever about how
interesting what you have to say is. Don’t tell a
story that has little to do with your main point.
Instead, just get to the point. Right away. Just say
it. It will be all right.
Essay Writing Tip #5. Limit Your Use of The Phrases
There Is and There Are
If you learn to write expository essays without using these
phrases, your sentences will automatically become more
elegant. Consider the difference:
“There are many people who want to lose some weight.”
“Many people want to lose some weight.”
The first one is longer; the second one – shorter and more
elegant.
Essay Tip #6: Don’t call attention to structure
in your essay.
Avoid phrases like:
• In the following example
• This quote shows
• One piece of evidence that supports this point is
Instead, LIQS:
• The optimism of the animals and their belief in Utopia shows in
Boxer’s motto, “I will work harder” (56).
• Furthermore, the animals demonstrate their determination to
make their ideals a reality in the pride of their achievements,
“the animals walked around the windmill, admiring it” (73).
TOD: Challenge Question
• Why do you think that the animals are
forbidden to sing Beasts of England
anymore?
• In other words, what do the oppressive
leaders of Animal Far have to gain by
forbidding the animals to sing this song?