Today, we discussed how to approach a multiple exam successfully. I have posted the results below. The students then used the remaining class time to work on their novel study (snow days!).
Important steps for successful exam writing:
Highlight in a different colour, lines the questions refer to and then read them again.
Read the story more than once (if there’s time).’
Paraphrase (finish paragraph- look away and decide what it said – write down a few words
Use process of elimination to arrive at the answer
Highlight key words
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Today, you wrote your Unit exam for Animal Farm. If you were not here, you need to make arrangements ASAP to get it done (unless we have already discussed this).
Monday, December 13, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Today, you wrote an in-class essay on the novel Animal Farm. Tomorrow you will write your unit exam (multiple choice and matching) on the novel as wellas a two reading, comprehension section. Make sure you bring your novel in case you finish early.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Today, we finished the Trial of Napoleon. We then discussed essay writing using the court analogy to help understand it. Tomorrow, you will write an argument of guilt or innocence following the judicious approach we discussed today. Keep in mind that you have your in-class essay for the Animal Farm unit on Monday and then your multiple choice exam on Animal Farm on Tuesday.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Today, the prosecution presented their case in the Trial of Napoleon. Tomorrow, the Defence will present theirs.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Today, you worked on creating your cases for the Trial of Napoleon tomorrow.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Today, I assigned the major assignment for this unit: Napoleon's trial. If you were not here, you have been assigned to a group. The instructions are in your portfolio.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Today, you were presented with a number of questions to answer. Each question needs to be answered in-depth (about half a page in length per question). These are due on Monday. I have attached them below:
Questions
1. "Surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?" Throughout the animals' reign on the farm, Napoleon and Squealer dangle the possibility of Jones' return as a constand danger, keeping most of the other animals in fear, and thus, submission. Do you think that this is a valid threat? Do you feel that, overall, the animals were better or worse off once they were in control of the farm?
2. Throughout the novel, the natural characteristics of each animal figure heavily in their motives and pronouncements. How do the actions of Napoleon (a pig), Boxer (a horse), Benjamin (a donkey) and the dogs and sheep reflect the traits normally associated with the animal? Do you feel that Orwell purposely chose certain types of animas to assume certain roles?
3. In one of the first scenes in the novel, Old Major sings Beasts of England, effectively bringing the animals together under a common purpose. Indeed, throughout the initial struggle against Man, it is a wildly popular and inspirational song. Yet later on, when the animals have successfully conquered the humans, Squealer, "attended by two dogs," announces that Beasts of England had been abolished and "was no longer needed." Why? Can you cite other examples where what was once held "sacred" and "necessary" to the common cause was later banished by decree?
4. The novel ends with a chilling passage, wherein Clover notices something odd about the humans and pigs meeting in the farmhouse: "Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. 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. What is Orwell saying here? How do you interpret this final scene?
5. In reading Animal Farm, Lord Action's famous pronouncement "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" may come to mind. How asn why si this statement applicable to the course of events in the novel?
6. Among the various characters in the novel, whom do you feel is the noblest or most worthy? Which animal would be best suited to lead a group against Napoleon and the pigs? What qualities would this animal need to possess to do so?
Questions
1. "Surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?" Throughout the animals' reign on the farm, Napoleon and Squealer dangle the possibility of Jones' return as a constand danger, keeping most of the other animals in fear, and thus, submission. Do you think that this is a valid threat? Do you feel that, overall, the animals were better or worse off once they were in control of the farm?
2. Throughout the novel, the natural characteristics of each animal figure heavily in their motives and pronouncements. How do the actions of Napoleon (a pig), Boxer (a horse), Benjamin (a donkey) and the dogs and sheep reflect the traits normally associated with the animal? Do you feel that Orwell purposely chose certain types of animas to assume certain roles?
3. In one of the first scenes in the novel, Old Major sings Beasts of England, effectively bringing the animals together under a common purpose. Indeed, throughout the initial struggle against Man, it is a wildly popular and inspirational song. Yet later on, when the animals have successfully conquered the humans, Squealer, "attended by two dogs," announces that Beasts of England had been abolished and "was no longer needed." Why? Can you cite other examples where what was once held "sacred" and "necessary" to the common cause was later banished by decree?
4. The novel ends with a chilling passage, wherein Clover notices something odd about the humans and pigs meeting in the farmhouse: "Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. 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. What is Orwell saying here? How do you interpret this final scene?
5. In reading Animal Farm, Lord Action's famous pronouncement "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" may come to mind. How asn why si this statement applicable to the course of events in the novel?
6. Among the various characters in the novel, whom do you feel is the noblest or most worthy? Which animal would be best suited to lead a group against Napoleon and the pigs? What qualities would this animal need to possess to do so?
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Today, you finished watching the animated film version of Animal Farm. You then wrote a character identification quiz. We then discussed allegories and I showed you another one using animals to represent a larger idea (Chicken Little and propaganda). Finally, I handed out a sheet which is titled 7 rules of the farm which you were to read tonight. If you were not here, it is in your portfolio.
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