Monday, 9 March 2026

P1 EF71011 Class 24

 

Sentence work coming up:  causal verbs

                                                   sentence combining

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Return Test4

Go over

Optional RW for one point

·      Discuss optional repl test tomorrow

·      Begin Animal Farm

·      “Midterm Self-Assessment Reflection”, getting ready for midterm recommendation Wednesday and Thursday

·      Sentence Exercises

Talk about upcoming sentence quizzes

 

Tuesday, March 10

·      Animal Farm

Finish comparison of Marx’s and Old Major’s speeches, if necessary

Begin Chapter 2

·      Sentence work

·      Opportunity to replace one test.

Optional replacement test with be a new topic / paragraph about one or more of the stories we have done: “What Happened During the Ice Storm”, “I Confess”, and “Dead Men’s Path”. (last 50m)

 

Wednesday, March 11

·      Midterm recommendations

·      Sentence work

 

Thursday, March 12

·      Midterm recommendations

·      Sentence work

 

Friday- final day before Spring Break

·      Quiz 1- sentence quiz

 

Two-week Spring Break

 

 

 

Test 4

In the short story “Dead Men’s Path”, what were Mr. Obi’s goals for the school? Include quoted text.

 

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Writing process for answering questions in school

 

PREWRITING STAGE (PLANNING)

1.    Read the question

Make sure you know what the teacher to writ about.

Read every word. Take a minute.

2.    Generate ideas with “ “

1.education level

-modernize the school  ”modern methods”

-high-quality teaching   “high standards”

 

2.school compound

-beautiful garden   “delightful”

-flowers “place of beauty”

 

** A short story is a buffet in Vegas.

 

3.    Organize the ideas

 

 

 

 

WRITING STAGE

4.    Write the sentences.

Topic sentence

e.g. In the short story “Dead Men’s Path”, Mr. Obi had two goals for the school.

Write supporting sentences with “ “.

Write a concluding sentence.

Aim for 150+ words. Not too long.

 

5.    Proofread and edit. Fix errors.

sp   vt   vf   punc   agr

6.    Pass it in.

 

 

Marking:

Most everything is covered by the correction codes.

Final comments= based on PLOs

Focus          C1- sentence writing

                     C5- planning and organization

                     quoting

Emerging/Developing/Proficient/Extending

 

 

 

 

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Animal Farm

 

Animal Farm Chapter 1

Thought Questions

 

1.    What is your first impression of Mr. Jones of Manor Farm?

-farmer

-careless- forgot to lock the door, didn’t feed the animals

-alcoholic

-disorganized

-doesn’t care

-violent- shoots the shotgun

-35-45 why?, guess

-uncool vibes COOL

 

2.    Who is Old Major?  Why does he assemble the animals?

-       old pig, “boar”

-       12 years old

-       wise “wise and benevolent appearance”

-       a senior animal on the farm

-       spiritual leader

 

-       has a dream

-       vision

-       take over the farm

-       OM speech pp3-5

-       sounds like Marx (tomorrow)

-        

 

3.    What does Old Major say about the nature of the lives of the animals on the farm?

-“short” “miserable” “slavery” “laborious”

 

 

4.    Who does he blame for the state of the animals’ lives?  What solution does he propose?

-Man

-human beings

-animals should rebel and control the farm, take over the farm

 

5.    On p. 6, Old Major tells the animals how to know their friends and how to know their enemies. Who are the animals’ friends?  Who are the animals’ enemies?

-“All human beings are enemies. All animals are friends.”

-“Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy”

-question about birds

 

 

 

6.    List the ideals outlined by Major that should occur after the rebellion.

*middle to bottom of page 6

 

 

7.    On p. 6, Old Major tells the animals not to adopt the vices of man.  What are these vices?

 

 

 

8.    In your own words, summarize the main ideas of the song “Beasts of England”.

-freedom

-ideal live

-fairness

-world run by and for animals

-revolution

-animal’s dream, Old Major’s childhood

 

 

 

9.    Make a list of the characters introduced in this chapter.  Find some adjectives to describe these characters.

l  Notes for question 9

 

     Characters                      Characteristics

 

  Mr. Jones                                      farmer, drunkard, violent,

                                                       irresponsible, doesn’t care for animals

                                                       properly

 

  Old Major                                     pig, elder, visionary, respected,                                                                                                                                “majestic-looking” “benevolent”                                                                                                                “stout” (1)

 

  Bluebell, Jessie, Pincher           dogs

 

  Boxer                                             horse, “enormous” “strong as two

ordinary horses” (2) likes to work “tremendous power of work”, not smart, “steadiness of character”, reliable, honest, naïve

 

  Clover                                            horse, “stout motherly mare”                                                  middle-aged, four foals, gentle to                                        ducks (2)

 

  Muriel                                           goat, minor character

 

  Benjamin                                      donkey, oldest, bad-tempered,

                                                              “cynical”, “never laughed”,

                                                              humourless, wise, “devoted to Boxer”                                                                        (2)

Boxer and Banjamin are close friends- opposites attract

 

  Mollie                                            mare, pulled Mr. Jones trap,

                                              “mincing” “lump of sugar”

                                              (3), flirting mane, ribbons

 

  Cat                                                 lazy, disengaged, spoiled, minor

                                                       character

 

  Moses                                           raven, tame, major character,

                                                       represents the church, religion

 

  Rats                                               wild, outcasts

 

 

 

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