Animal Farm: barriers to leadership
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of the plot, characters and themes of 'Animal Farm' from the unit 'Animal Farm: the pigs and power'. Pupils now deepen their understanding of the novella and develop more nuanced interpretations by looking at the novella through the lens of leadership. As part of this, they also start to develop more detailed, complex and nuanced analysis of the novella. This builds towards the next 'Animal Farm' deep dive, 'Lies and deception', where they analyse how the pigs use their power, leadership and education to deceive the other animals.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the plot of the novella.
- Pupils know the main characters in the novella and their role in the plot.
- Pupils have an understanding of the main themes of the novella.
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines.
- Pupils have memorised a number of key quotations from the novella.
- Pupils can identify the main motifs of the novella: food, the windmill and slavery.
- Pupils know the historical and social context of the novella.
- Pupils can select a variety of quotations as evidence to support their analysis.
- Pupils use comparative language to compare characters' actions.
- Pupils can use phrases such as 'more specifically' and 'more precisely' to add detail to their inferences.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of the plot, characters and themes of 'Animal Farm' from the unit 'Animal Farm: the pigs and power'. Pupils now deepen their understanding of the novella and develop more nuanced interpretations by looking at the novella through the lens of leadership. As part of this, they also start to develop more detailed, complex and nuanced analysis of the novella. This builds towards the next 'Animal Farm' deep dive, 'Lies and deception', where they analyse how the pigs use their power, leadership and education to deceive the other animals.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the plot of the novella.
- Pupils know the main characters in the novella and their role in the plot.
- Pupils have an understanding of the main themes of the novella.
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines.
- Pupils have memorised a number of key quotations from the novella.
- Pupils can identify the main motifs of the novella: food, the windmill and slavery.
- Pupils know the historical and social context of the novella.
- Pupils can select a variety of quotations as evidence to support their analysis.
- Pupils use comparative language to compare characters' actions.
- Pupils can use phrases such as 'more specifically' and 'more precisely' to add detail to their inferences.
Literature
Animal Farm: barriers to leadership
In this unit, pupils look at different types of leadership in 'Animal Farm'. They first look at Mr Jones, before analysing how education affects leadership and submission. They then practise elements of essay writing, before writing an analytical paragraph about violence and control in the novella.
7 lessons in unit
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