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Silent Reading | Animal Farm, finish novel Reading Log
Gathering - Continuum
Revolution is necessary.........Diplomacy is necessary.........Tight control to prevent anymore death is necessary Group Work | Our March, Vladimir Mayakovsky
Circle of Viewpoints: Blackout Poetry Step 1: Review the notes about the historical figure on your groups poster. Step 2: Reconsider the poem based on your historical figure's political perspective. Some of your historical figures will be in support of the message of the poem, others will not. Create a new poem using the blackout method that either reconfirms the message of the poem (the revolutionists) or changes the meaning of the poem to meet the orthodox beliefs. Step 3: Box out words on the page that will serve as anchor words for your new poem based on your historical figure's perspective (see my example on the left). These words will function as the start of your poem, although you may not end up using all of them. Step 4: String the words together into a new poem. This may mean you black out the majority of the page. If your poem does not read left to right, top to bottom, you will need to provide a reading track (see example on the right). Step 5: Glue or tape your new poem onto your poster. Provide a brief explanation of the meaning of your poem based on your historical figure's perspective. Do Next | read chapter 7 + 8 in Animal Farm
Thinking Routine | CSI Animal Farm: Today you will complete the CSI: Color, Symbol, Image thinking routine in conjunction with reading Animal Farm by George Orwell. Select one character/event from the list below. The list represents major character development and events from chapters three through seven. After completing the thinking routine, construct a paragraph on the back that details the choices you made in the thinking routine and how those choices represent the character/event.
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Do Now | Theme Description
Each pod should have a piece of white paper and some markers. This poster paper will be developed over the course of the unit, so allow for messiness. Addie will assign each of you a thematic word.
Begin by writing the term in large print somewhere on your poster. Next, define the term. Construct a denotative definition; a dictionary-type definition of term in your own words. If you need to look it up online, do so, but do not copy word for word. Create your own words. Consider the connotative, or social, meaning of the word.
Do Next | Historical Connections Add the power players to your poster based on which characters are listed after your thematic word.
Step 1: Conduct a Wikipedia (yes, I told you to start at Wikipedia) investigation of your historical figure. Track some initial notes on your poster:
Silent Reading | Reading Log
Read through chapter 5
“Is it not crystal clear, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? Only get rid of Man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. Almost overnight we could become rich and free. What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion! I do not know when that Rebellion will come, it might be in a week or in a hundred years, but I know, as surely as I see this straw beneath my feet, that sooner or later justice will be done. Fix your eyes on that, comrades, throughout the short reminder of your lives! And above all, pass on this message of mine to those who come after you, so that future generations shall carry on the struggle until it is victorious” (9).
Cyberjournal | Turn your thinking routines from chapter one and two into a formal cyberjournal in which you consider the act of rebellion on the farm in the novel and the role the pigs currently play in this rebellion.
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Gathering | Silent Discussion Each group will be given four prompts to discuss silently in writing. Each global geographer will receive three minutes to write. The first global geographer should respond to the prompt at the top of the page. The following geographers can continue to respond to the prompt by adding something new or may directly respond to the previous geographer's idea.
Now that we have finished our silent discussions, everyone stand throughout the room in a giant circle. Bring one of the silent discussion sheets to the circle with you.
Thinking Routine | Perceive, Know, Care About Today, you will receive time to read chapter two in studio time. Reminder that this is not the norm or should be expected. Home learning is to read each night for at least 20 minutes. If you have not already done so, please read chapter two in Animal Farm. If you have already read chapter two, please continue reading wherever you left off. Complete the Perceive, Know, Care About thinking routine for discussion: 1 | Know: What do the pigs know about or believe to be true about life? 2 | Perceive: What do the pigs perceive or understand about the world around him? Where does this understanding in the “know” come from? 3 | Care About: What do the pigs seem to find important or care about? How does the “know” and “perceive” expose these cares? Do now | Read Animal Farm chapter two
Studio Time | Know, Perceive, Care About Complete the Know, Perceive, Care About thinking routine for the pigs Napoleon and Snowball using direct evidence from the text to support your ideas.
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Writing Conferences | Landon, Lucas, Keagan, Perrin, Keslie Do Now | Animal Farm, Chapter 1
After reading chapter one of Animal Farm, create a new paragraph in yesterday's cyberjournal.
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Extra Time: read chapter two individually Do Now | See, Think, Wonder, Connect
Writing Workshop | Cyberjournal Reflection
Today, you will construct your first reflective blog post for this unit. Writers develop and clarify ideas by interacting with other writers. Writers develop, connect, and reflect on ideas presented by other writers. In doing so, they determine their personal opinion on a topic. This opinion is then developed into an argument using information gathered from other writers. This information and insight adds to their own writing via direct and indirect evidence. Today, before we begin reading and interacting with the book, consider your initial ideas about human rights in a cyberjournal. Tomorrow, we will read the first chapter of the novel together, then add to your cyberjournal based on the information and ideas presented in chapter one.
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