We will read a chapter of Animal Farm each day during USSR. The chapters are relatively short but you are reading them slowly, reading between the lines, looking for several hints regarding (spoiler alert) the rise and fall of Animal Farm. You will be writing an essay on the farm's demise or more specifically, the fall of the Old Major's dream that the evil influence of humans would be eradicated and that a life of support and leisure be the norm for the farm animals.
Be sure to look for satirical elements such as hyperbole, understatement, wit, irony, and sarcasm. Also, look for all the RULES and look for ways the rules get broken. Finally, look for examples that show how the pigs accumulate power.
Today, we also did vocabulary, poetry log and peer edited our poems using a peer editing sheet.
Take the poem home tonight and hand in a revised copy.
HAND IN THE PEER EDITING SHEET, YOUR EDITED DRAFT (MAKE CHANGES ON IT AND/OR ON THE COMPUTER). MOVE THINGS AROUND. CUT BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS THAT SAY TOO MUCH. FOLLOW THE EDITING SHEET. LOOK AT THE TWO POEMS THAT I HAVE EDITED. ARE YOU STILL MAKING THE SAME ERROR? TRY SOMETHING NEW. MAKE NEW MISTAKES.
AND STAPLE THESE TWO SHEETS TO YOUR GOOD COPY. DUE TOMORROW.
We had to do a survey in the computer lab for 20 minutes today.
