Lesson 7 - Day 1 - Planning | Animal Farm | 8th Grade English

Identify the actions that various animals take to develop, support, and defend Animal Farm, and explain what these actions reveal about their characters.

Materials

Animal Farm pp. 27–44 — Chapters 3–4

Standards

RL.8.3

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Explain how the author has interpreted individuals and events from the Russian Revolution and Stalin's regime and portrayed them in the allegorical text, Animal Farm.

Materials

Animal Farm pp. 45–58 — Chapter 5
Joseph Stalin (A Wicked History) — pp. 44–49 (Chapter 6) and pp. 52–56 (Chapter 7)

Standards

RI.8.1RI.8.2RL.8.1RL.8.2

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Explain how the pigs use propaganda techniques to manipulate the other animals and how the author reveals this to the reader.

Materials

Animal Farm pp. 59–71 — Chapter 6

Standards

RL.8.6

Lesson

Explain how the author portrays the events of the Russian Revolution and Stalin's regime in the allegorical text, Animal Farm.

Materials

Animal Farm pp. 73–89 — Chapter 7
Joseph Stalin (A Wicked History) pp. 52–83 — Chapters 7–12

Standards

RI.8.1RI.8.2RL.8.1RL.8.2

Lesson

Explain how the relationship between the pigs and the principles of Animal Farm has changed, and how the author uses dramatic irony to convey this change.

Materials

Animal Farm pp. 91–109 — Chapter 8

Standards

RL.8.2RL.8.4RL.8.6

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Explain how the pigs use language and propaganda techniques to continue manipulating the other animals, and analyze the effect of this manipulation on both the characters and the reader.

Materials

Animal Farm pp. 111–126 — Chapter 9

Standards

RL.8.4RL.8.6

Lesson

Analyze the significance of specific lines and plot events in Animal Farm and explain how they develop a theme of the text.

Materials

Animal Farm pp. 127–141 — Chapter 10

Standards

RL.8.2RL.8.4

Lesson

Identify places where the film version of Animal Farm differs from the original text and evaluate the choices made by the filmmakers.

Materials

Animal Farm pp. 3–26 — Chapters 1–2
Animal Farm — 0:35–23:30

Standards

RL.8.7

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monitoring

Lesson

Identify places where the film version of Animal Farm differs from the original text and evaluate the choices made by the filmmakers.

Materials

Animal Farm pp. 27–71 — Chapters 3–6
Animal Farm — (22:30–44:47)

Standards

RL.8.7

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Lesson

Unpack a narrative writing prompt, study a Mentor Text, and begin to outline their "rewrites."

Materials

Animal Farm

Standards

RL.8.2W.8.3W.8.5

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Writing

Overview

Complete a full draft of narrative "rewrites."

Standards

W.8.3W.8.3.aW.8.3.dW.8.3.e

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Engage in peer feedback with a partner and present narratives to the class.

Materials

Animal Farm

Standards

SL.8.4W.8.3W.8.5

Lesson

Socratic Seminar

Identify places where the film version of Animal Farm differs from the original text and evaluate the choices made by the filmmakers.

Materials

Animal Farm pp. 73–141 — Chapter 7–end
Animal Farm — 44:47–end

Standards

RL.8.7

Demonstrate a deep understanding of the texts and topics in a Socratic Seminar by posing and responding to questions and providing evidence to support ideas.

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SL.8.1SL.8.1.aSL.8.1.cSL.8.4

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