EF 7 11 Class 26 Animal Farm ch2, " " quoting text

 

Good morning, everyone.

 

LAST FEW WEEKS OF CLASS- IF TIME leftover verb tenses and phrasal verbs

 

Today’s agenda:

 

·      Work on “ “

·      Finish Animal Farm Ch2

·      Quiz#2- 10 sentences complex sentences- adverb clauses, adjective clauses (50m)

·      HW   Prepare Animal Farm Ch3

 

Monday

·      Animal Farm Ch3

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Tuesday

·      Animal Farm Ch3

·      Prepare Animal Farm Ch4

 

 

Wednesday

·      Test#4 Animal Farm Ch1-3 Paragraph with “ ”

·      Animal Farm Ch4

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Thursday

·      Animal Farm Ch4

 

 

 

 

THREE TYPES OF IRONY

1.    to show irony, finger quotes- informal, casual speaking

three kinds of irony –

 

ironing

 

1. verbal irony – say something but mean the opposite,

not hurtful, gentle humour

“ “  finger quotes

 

sarcasm- meant to hurt someone, rough humour, biting humour

He is a sarcastic person.

 

SPOKEN Joan went to a party last night. She missed work today because she is “sick”. She has the “party flu.” She is hungover. She has a hangover.

a hangover- headache, dehydration, and nausea from drinking too much the night before

 

 

2. dramatic irony – you know something that the character in the book or movie doesn’t know

 

3. situational irony- you try to do something to help someone but you wind up hurting them, you get the opposite result from what you intended

 

 

 

 

l  Talk about quoting, instead of copying

l  - plagiarism is copying, 0%

 

l  Uses of quotation marks      1.reported speech, direct quotation

                                                   2.titles

                                                   3.quoting from text

 

 

1.    reported speech, direct quotation

direct quotation- My sister said, “Feed the dog.”

indirect quotation- My sister told me to feed the dog.

 

-indirect, not exact words, just meaning

 My teacher told me to use English outside of the classroon.

direct, exact words

My teacher said, “You should force yourself to speak English in your daily life.”

 

2.    titles of short stories, poem

In the story “I Confess”, Mr. Wei...

“Pheasant on Deer Mountain”

 

title of a novel

Animal Farm

Animal Farm  italics

 

<<Animal Farm>>  NOT ENGLISH

 

3.    Using “ ” quotation marks

 

INCORPORATE quoted material

Mix in quoted words

 

 

EXAMPLE

Old Major was the oldest pig on the farm. Everyone respected him.

 

INCORPORATE “wise and benevolent”(1)

 

Old Major was a “wise and benevolent”(1) pig. Everyone respected him.

VERY HIGH-QUALITY WRITING FOR SCHOOL

 

Benjamin was a pessimistic donkey who was loyal to Boxer but who was serious around the other animals.

 

INCORPORATE QUOTED MATERIAL FROM THE BOOK INTO OUR WRITING “cynical” “devoted” “never laughed” (all on page 2)

 

Benjamin was a “cynical”(2) donkey who was “devoted” to Boxer but who “never laughed” around the other animals.

ALL THREE TOO MUCH, PICK ONE

 

Benjamin was a pessimistic donkey who was “devoted”(2) to Boxer but who was unsmiling around the other animals.

 

This kind of writing gets top marks. 6/6

 

 

TRY THIS FOR HOMEWORK

Students practice one about Boxer.

 

Write a sentence or two on your own about Boxer. Include a few quoted words. Email them to me by Sunday night.

 

EXAMPLES

Boxer was strong and hardworking. No “”

Boxer is one of the "cart-horses"(2) on the farm.

Boxer who has a "white stripe" on his nose was a huge horse.

 

For a paragraph of 250 words (9-10 sentences), maybe 4 or 5.

1-2 words each

Think of a chocolate chip cookie or salt in food.

 

 

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Continue Animal Farm Chapter 2

  Mollie in the farmhouse (14) -protective of the smaller animals, motherly

 

  Mr. Jones weakened, rebellion more easily achieved

 

  animals hungry- most basic need

 

Victor Maslow - “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need”

Put on overhead and discuss if you are familiar with it.

 

You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave. -Billie Holiday

 

GOOD TIME TO BRING UP

l   Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisia fruit seller- self-immolation

one person can set off a movement/ revolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHw_auqod6Y

show picture? “Mohamedfire”

 

  erase remnants of Mr. Jones reign

 

  READ PASSAGE pp13-14

Beginning of the new farm, morning after the rebellion

The animals have just come to control the farm

“But they woke at dawn as usual…”

symbolic – dawn, new day, new beginning

“speechless admiration” “could hardly believe it was all their own” (14)

·      For scene when animals are in field after rebellion (pp13-14)

“Choked-up feelings of emotion at liberation are the surest sign that a moment of disillusion and disappointment is at hand.”

Christopher Hitchens. A Long Short War:ThePostponed Liberation of Iraq , Penguin: Toronto, 2003

so dark, so cynical

 

  Snowball and Napoleon equals, working together

  Snowball better writer (15), intellectual, learned- renames farm, paints seven commandments, allusion to The Ten Commandments, Old Testament

-based on Old Major’s speech

Did they get all of Old Major’s ideas? (p6)

Mistake or ?

  “the milk had disappeared” (16)

Napoleon steals the milk- corrupt from the outset

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Quiz #2

Write a complex sentence (adverb clause or adjective clause) for each.

1 who                   leap

2 that                    common

3 which                barn

4 because            resemble

5 provided that  decent

6 if                         beauty

7 unless                support

8 when                 dream

9 since                  destroy

10 ever since      vanish

11 even though  strange

12 until                 consume

 

straw

tame