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.
**
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
**
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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