Animal Farm: lies and deception
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding and analysis of 'Animal Farm' from 'the pigs and propaganda' and 'barriers to leadership'. This unit gives pupils a deeper and more nuanced understanding of how Orwell presents the key themes and ideas in the novella, and helps them to write more nuanced and tentative responses. By the end of the unit, pupils have a more detailed and nuanced understanding of how Orwell presents leadership across the novella.
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 a detailed understanding of how power and leadership are presented in the novella.
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines.
- Pupils have memorised numerous quotations from the novella and can select them judiciously for evidence.
- Pupils can identify the main motifs of the novella: food, the windmill and slavery.
- Pupils use the historical and social context of the novella to support their analysis.
- Pupils can use tentative language to explore alternative interpretations.
- Pupils can use superlatives to evaluate an author's choice of language or structure.
- Pupils can draw clear conclusions to their arguments.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding and analysis of 'Animal Farm' from 'the pigs and propaganda' and 'barriers to leadership'. This unit gives pupils a deeper and more nuanced understanding of how Orwell presents the key themes and ideas in the novella, and helps them to write more nuanced and tentative responses. By the end of the unit, pupils have a more detailed and nuanced understanding of how Orwell presents leadership across the novella.
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 a detailed understanding of how power and leadership are presented in the novella.
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines.
- Pupils have memorised numerous quotations from the novella and can select them judiciously for evidence.
- Pupils can identify the main motifs of the novella: food, the windmill and slavery.
- Pupils use the historical and social context of the novella to support their analysis.
- Pupils can use tentative language to explore alternative interpretations.
- Pupils can use superlatives to evaluate an author's choice of language or structure.
- Pupils can draw clear conclusions to their arguments.
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Animal Farm: lies and deception
In this unit, pupils explore the importance of lies and deception in 'Animal Farm'. They first look at deception, before developing their analytical skills by practising selecting judicious quotations and weaving context into their responses. They finally plan an essay on lies and propaganda.
7 lessons in unit
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