Friday, May 20, 2011

Monday, May 23

Objective: Students will be able to identify and label TWO examples of propaganda in Chapter #1 of Animal Farm.

Journal: Think of commercials you have seen recently or advertisements you have seen in magazines/newspapers or on billboards/buses.  How do the ads try to persuade you to buy the product being advertised? (Or, in some cases, choose a company’s service, support a belief, etc?)  What types of images and words are used in an attempt to persuade you?

Agenda: 1) Introduce Vocabulary: ensconced, laborious, enmity, vivacious, apathy, acute, parasitical, cryptic, indefatigable, tractable, ignominious, impromptu, canvass, procured, eloquence

2) Note-taking: satire, parody, characterization (direct and indirect), propaganda

3) Class will read Chapter # 1 of “Animal Farm,” focusing on Old Major’s speech and the anthem “Beasts of England.”

4) Worksheet: Chapter #1 Questions for “Animal Farm”

Homework: Compose “Beasts of Philly” anthem modeled after the animals’ “Beasts of England.”  What hopes/dreams to you have for the future of our city?

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