Changes on the Farm

 Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: 

Reading: You will read Animal Farm by George Orwell over the next three weeks. Follow this reading schedule:

• Week 1: Chapters 1-3, The Ideology of Animalism
• Week 2: Chapters 4-7, The Corruption of Power
• Week 3: Chapters 8-10, The Full Circle

Agenda:

1. Read for ten minutes.
2. Vocabulary Word of the Day
3. In your English Journal:
1. Complete the following
1. What: Demetrius's initial abandonment of Helena and the lover's magically induced swapping of affections
2. Why: illustrates the arbitrary and shifting nature of romantic desire
3. Universal: true love is rarely guided by pure reason and is often subject to unpredictable, external forces.
2. Write a thesis statement based on what you filled in above.
3. Now write a introductory paragraph using the slides from yesterday.
1. Remember, your hook should use part of your Universal Idea.
4. Work on your reading notes for Animal Farm chapters 4-7.

Homework:

1. Membean. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.