--Please take out your copy of the "Propaganda/Some Types of Propaganda" document from last class block. Cross-reference the definition that you created against the definition that I am about to project on the SMART Board. Add to/adjust your definition accordingly.
S. the C. (8-10 mins.)
--agenda/HW
- The Key Question that Drives the Activity We Are Finishing: How might recognizing and understanding different types of propaganda impact important decisions that you make in the future?
- The Essential Question that Drives Our Course:Why do people say what they say, do what they do, etc.? What are human beings really like? What is your "why?", and how is it related to your observations about/understanding of human nature?
ROUGH End-of-Unit Assessment Writing Prompt:
Write a text-based, grammatically sound, tightly-written response of two to three paragraphs. In your response, respond to the following question so as to reveal a theme statement (central idea) drawn from Animal Farm: What is George Orwell's "thesis" about human nature as revealed in the story he tells? Then, analyze how Orwell's use of characterization or symbolism (or...) helps develop his "thesis" about human nature. Use at least three pieces of strong textual evidence spanning the entire text to support your analysis, and be sure to tie back to your claim often.
Write a text-based, grammatically sound, tightly-written response of two to three paragraphs. In your response, respond to the following question so as to reveal a theme statement (central idea) drawn from Animal Farm: What is George Orwell's "thesis" about human nature as revealed in the story he tells? Then, analyze how Orwell's use of characterization or symbolism (or...) helps develop his "thesis" about human nature. Use at least three pieces of strong textual evidence spanning the entire text to support your analysis, and be sure to tie back to your claim often.
Application Activity (cont.) -- Recognizing Propaganda in Our Lives (20-25 mins.)
--Reminder: Last time that we met, we established that Ocasio-Cortez seems to be using both the "plain folks" approach and the instillation of fear in her message.
--view the ad linked below a second time in order to answer these questions:
--view the ad linked below a second time in order to answer these questions:
- To whom is Ocasio-Cortez appealing? In other words, who is her audience?
- If Ocasio-Cortez is indeed instilling fear, what does she present as "scary"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3QXIVR0bs
--pair/share
--whole-class share-out
--view the video linked below in order to answer the following question/follow-up questions:
--pair/share
--whole-class share-out
--oral reading of the excerpt included below from page 25 of George Orwell's Animal Farm in order to answer the following question/follow-up questions:
--pair/share
--whole-class share-out
Transition (10-15 mins.)
--Pick up an index card from the front table. Write your name at the top of the lined side of the card. Then, respond to the key question driving last class and today's class up to this point:
--pair/share
--whole-class share-out
--view the video linked below in order to answer the following question/follow-up questions:
- What propaganda techniques are being used? How so?
--pair/share
--whole-class share-out
--oral reading of the excerpt included below from page 25 of George Orwell's Animal Farm in order to answer the following question/follow-up questions:
- What propaganda techniques are being used by Squealer? How so?
"Comrades!" he cried. "You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, comrades," cried Squealer almost pleadingly, skipping from side to side and whisking his tail, "surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?"
--pair/share
--whole-class share-out
Transition (10-15 mins.)
--Pick up an index card from the front table. Write your name at the top of the lined side of the card. Then, respond to the key question driving last class and today's class up to this point:
- How might recognizing and understanding different types of propaganda impact important decisions that you make in the future?
--When you finish, place your index card in the black basket on the front table. Then, do the following:
--share a few index cards
--share the following quotations:
Share-Out/Discussion -- Animal Farm up to Page 75 (remainder of class)
--take out your notebook and date the page (11/2/2018)--label this section of your notes "Animal Farm up to Page 75"
--organize based on chronological order
--share/discuss Post-its
HW (Class Preparation/Take-Home Assessment)
- Scan back through the Post-its/notes that you have completed for pages 3-75 of George Orwell's Animal Farm.
- Pick one Post-it/note (your best? your biggest question?) to share with the class during our next block of time. FROM WHAT PAGE DOES YOUR POST-IT DERIVE?
--share a few index cards
--share the following quotations:
"Propaganda becomes ineffective the moment we are aware of it"--Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945)
"If consumers are aware that they are being propagandized, the choice to accept or reject the message is theirs alone."--Jowett and O'Donnell in Propaganda and Persuasion (originally published in 1986)
Share-Out/Discussion -- Animal Farm up to Page 75 (remainder of class)
--take out your notebook and date the page (11/2/2018)--label this section of your notes "Animal Farm up to Page 75"
--organize based on chronological order
--share/discuss Post-its
- As this occurs, you are strongly advised to jot down notes in your notebook!
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 11/8 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).HW (Class Preparation/Take-Home Assessment)
--Review your Post-its/notes for Chapter 1 - Chapter 8 of Animal Farm (up to the end of page 75). Expect any or all of the following to occur next time that we meet:
- collection of your Post-its for assessment purposes
- a reading assessment
- Now that we have studied propaganda a little bit, can you apply your understanding of it to the novella beyond page 25?
- continued discussion geared around your Post-its
HW (Class Preparation)
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class. You have up until early December to finish your book. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!
Miscellaneous
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
On the backburner:
Miscellaneous
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
On the backburner:
- Adding to "Interest Inventory" (AGAIN!)--selecting an initial research topic
