Abusing Power: Animal Farm and Wicked History

Lesson 18
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ELA

Unit 3

8th Grade

Lesson 18 of 32

Objective


Explain the significance of specific lines and events in Animal Farm and what they reveal about characters and the plot.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Animal Farm by George Orwell  — Chapter 10

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

What is the significance of the last line of the text: "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which" (p. 141).

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Key Questions


Close Read Questions

  • What is significant about the line, "Four legs good, two legs better"? (p. 134) Carefully explain your thinking.

  • What is significant about the fact that the pigs "all carried whips in their trotters" and "took Mrs. Jones's clothes out of the wardrobes and put them on" (p. 135)? Carefully explain your thinking.

  • What is the significance of changing the name of the farm back to "Manor Farm"? Carefully explain your thinking.

Discussion Questions

  • What are your reactions to this ending? Do you think it is satisfying? What questions do you still have?

Exit Ticket

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Vocabulary


Text-based

morose

adj.

(p. 128)

glum; moody

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.8.3 — Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
  • RL.8.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Supporting Standards

L.8.5
L.8.5.a
L.8.5.c
L.8.6
RL.8.1
RL.8.2
RL.8.10
SL.8.1
SL.8.6
W.8.1
W.8.1.a
W.8.1.b
W.8.4
W.8.9
W.8.9.a
W.8.10
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