English 10--10/15/2018

Jump Off (3-5 mins.)
--Take out your notebook and find the section of your notes labeled "Animal Farm Unit--Fable as a Genre and the Essential Questions."  Draw a line underneath this section of notes.  Then, date the page in the lefthand margin (10/15/2018), and label this next section of your notes "Animal Farm Unit--Allegory as a Literary Term."  Finally, copy down the definition of "allegory" written on the whiteboard.  FYI: George Orwell's Animal Farm, which we will begin reading today, is both a fable AND an allegory!

S. the C. (10-15 mins.)

--Reminder: The "English Department Membean Routine" sheet
--Reminder: Beginning with the end in mind:

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.

--Reminder: Really beginning with the end in mind!--the Essential Questions explored throughout the entirety of the 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?

--You should leave class today...

• able to define "allegory" and begin to apply its definition to George Orwell's Animal Farm
• with some ideas about Animal Farm (e.g., what some of the animals as characters might represent) and a "game plan" for actively/purposefully reading the novella
• having actively/purposefully read/discussed most (if not all!) of Chapter 1 of Animal Farm
• having (maybe?) demonstrated to me your ability to apply the definition of "allegory" to Animal Farm (informal assessment).

--agenda/HW

Notetaking/Activity (cont.) -- Animal Farm Unit--Allegory as a Literary Term and Symbol Inferences (Pre-reading) (10-15 mins.)
--finish "Jump Off" notes via explanation of example (Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death")/Q & A
--Directions:

• Take out your pictures of animals from a few classes back.  Please recall that the following question was posed: What does each animal/group of animals suggest to you/what might each animal pictured represent within Orwell's novella?  Expect to finish sharing some of your ideas with the rest of the class.  As we finish briefly sharing/discussing, expect me to ask the "why?" question often! 

--SHARE: continue "dumping" potential meanings for each of the pictures on the SMART Board/engage in discussion
--Closure

• Based on some of the inferences we just made, what should we do as part of our active/purposeful reading of George Orwell's Animal Farm (the novella that we will begin reading/studying TODAY!)?

Transition (5-10 mins.)

--Pick up the following items from the front table:

• a copy of George Orwell's Animal Farm
• Write your first and last name and book number on the sheet on the front table, and write your first and last name and "Mr. Martin" on the inside cover of the novella.
• the quarter sheet titled "What to put on Post-its for Animal Farm"
• Please tape this to the first page of your book adjacent to the inside cover.
• approximately 8-10 Post-its

--Take a look through your copy of Animal Farm--get a feel for it, if you will!

Instruction/Discussion/HW Time -- George Orwell's Animal Farm (25-30 mins.)
--take a look at the Post-it directions included within your copies of the novella/Q & A

• intended to mimic "marking up" one's own copy of a text (college!)
• oral reading of page 3 of George Orwell's Animal Farm via Mr. Martin's copy of the novella

--Transition

• gather desks in the southeast corner of the classroom near Chapter 1 summary and sample Post-its taped to the wall

--further modeling of the Post-it Note strategy via summary/sample Post-its

--oral reading and rough initial discussion of Chapter 1 of Animal Farm via a sharing of Post-its (cards drawn if necessary)

Closure -- "_____ might symbolize _____ because..."

On the backburner:

• Introducing "Take a Stand" Activity and ThinkCERCA/Article of the Week purpose, framework, etc.

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)

--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 10/18 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
HW (Class Preparation/Take-Home Assessment)

--Finish reading Chapter 1 of Animal Farm (up to the end of page 10).  Demonstrate your best skill level in reading actively/purposefully via the Post-it Note strategy, and expect any or all of the following to occur next time that we meet: 

• collection of your Post-its for assessment purposes
• a "60/40" reading assessment
• a discussion geared around your Post-its 

HW (Class Preparation)

--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

On the backburner:

• Adding to "Interest Inventory"--selecting an initial research topic