Animal Farm chapters 1-4 discussion

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: If you finish Animal Farm early, read 1984.

Agenda:

1. Discussion of chapters 1-4.

Homework:

1.    Animal Farm Vocabulary for chapters 3-4 on Gimkit.

Animal Farm Reading Schedule

1. Week 1: Chapters 1 and 2, Old Major's Speech, his death, the planning and execution of the Rebellion
2. Week 2: Chapters 3 and 4, The establishment of Animal Farm, early successes, the Battle of the Cowshed
3. Week 3: Chapters 5-6, Power struggle between Snowball and Napoleon, Snowball's expulsion, the windmill
4. Week 4: Chapters 7-10, The purges, windmill's fate, further corruption, and the novel's conclusion