Sentence work coming up: causal
verbs
sentence
combining
Today’s Agenda
·
Attendance
· Animal
Farm
Finish
comparison of Marx’s and Old Major’s speeches, if necessary
Begin Chapter 2
·
Sentence Exercises
Talk about upcoming sentence quizzes
·
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)
·
HW “Midterm
Self-Assessment Reflection”, getting ready for midterm recommendation Wednesday
and Thursday
Wednesday, March 11
·
Midterm recommendations
·
Animal Farm Finish Chapter 2
·
Quoting section- Animal Farm notes
·
Sentence work
Thursday, March 12
·
Midterm recommendations
·
Sentence work
·
Animal Farm Chapter 3
Friday- final day before Spring Break
·
“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 6
·
Quiz 1- sentence quiz
·
Two-week Spring Break
**
Animal Farm Finish Chapter 1
Animal Farm Chapter 2
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LECTURE NOTES FROM CHAPTER 2
intelligent
animals have “new outlook on life” (9)
invigorated
by Old Major’s speech
secret
activity, duty to prepare
pigs
“cleverest of the animals” (9)
clever – might not be a
compliment, suggests tricky
Snowball- associated with Trotsky
Napoleon- associated with Stalin,
brutal dictator
allusion to Napoleon Bonaparte
Squealer- Pravda, Government Propaganda
Department
Fox News – propaganda news for
Donald Trump
The novel can be read as an
allegory of the Russian Revolution, 1917
“complete
system of thought” Animalism
distillation
of Old Major’s ideas, simplified for the animals
Boxer
and Clover “most faithful disciples” (11)
disciple
– religious, follows a religious teacher
Boxer
is a true believer.
very strong, not smart
o
Moses – Biblical name, Raven
symbolism - black like clergy,
Mr. Jones “especial pet” (10)
Sugarcandy Mountain,
heaven for animals (10-11)
reassuring
the animals that a better life is waiting for them in heaven
recall
Marx's quotation about religion
Religion is the
sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of
soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion
as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness.
**Students have
this quotation already.**
religious
government – theocracy theo – god cracy-government
theology---
study of religion
freedom
of religion -In Canada, we have freedom to belief what we want.
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”
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
Animal Farm Chapter 2
Thought Questions
1. After
Old Major dies, who develops his ideas?
Why?
-
the pigs- Snowball and Napoleon, also Squealer
-“cleverest”
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2. What
is Boxer and Clover’s attitude toward Animalism? Why?
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3. Why
don't the pigs like Moses the raven talking about Sugarcandy Mountain?
o
- Moses – Biblical name, Raven
symbolism - black like clergy,
Mr. Jones “especial pet” (10)
Sugarcandy Mountain,
heaven for animals (10-11)
reassuring
the animals that a better life is waiting for them in heaven
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