IMC tomorrow for the Book Fair. Bring your cash and your desire to spend. If nothing else, you need to buy something in honor of Mrs. Burnette's musical number this morning. If that doesn't inspire you to shop, then I'm not sure what will.
After the IMC we will get into groups and work on preparing three minute presentations over some questions from Animal Farm. Here is a little preview of the information your group might have to research, organize and present in 3 minutes.
1) Give examples of peer pressure as used in the novel.
2) Discuss the importance of education as it evolves in the novel.
3) Trace the defamation of Snowball's character throughout the novel.
4) Explain why an enemy or scapegoat is necessary for the animals and explain why the enemy has to change.
5) Check out the introduction in the book by Woodhouse. Why does he compare the book to the atomic bomb?
6) Why did Orwell name the animals the way he did? Explore at least six of them.
7) Trace Squealer's use of propaganda throughout the novel.
8) The subtitle of the book is A Fairy Tale. Explain how the book would be a fairy tale.
You'll be given time to prepare these presentations and then start presenting Thursday and Friday. And yes, we are still going to look at Mandelshtam's poem.
BUT...in addition I just realized that we also need to spend about a half an hour preparing for the student led conferences next week. We actually have to complete some things before Friday. Not a lot of time. Again, block scheduling anyone. We'll get it all done.
See you soon.
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