Animal Farm
Bibliography
Orwell, George. Animal Farm;. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954. Print.
Orwell, George. Animal Farm;. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954. Print.
Target Audience
7th Grade - all students
7th Grade - all students
Academic Vocabulary
Ensconce: fix firmly
Superannuated: too old to be useful
Ignominious: deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Impromptu: with little or no preparation or forethought
Vivacious: vigorous and animated
Taciturn: habitually reserved and uncommunicative
Sordid: foul and run-down and repulsive
Reverent: feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
Cryptic: having a secret or hidden meaning
Indefatigable: showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
Ensconce: fix firmly
Superannuated: too old to be useful
Ignominious: deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Impromptu: with little or no preparation or forethought
Vivacious: vigorous and animated
Taciturn: habitually reserved and uncommunicative
Sordid: foul and run-down and repulsive
Reverent: feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
Cryptic: having a secret or hidden meaning
Indefatigable: showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
Genre
Allegory, Satire
Allegory, Satire
Summary
George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a satire fable that is an allegory for the Russian Revolution and the Communist Soviet Union. This book takes place on Manor Farm in England. The Farm is overseen by a drunken man by the name of Mr. Jones. An old boar, named Old Major, gathers all of the animals together for a speech, as he knows he is about to die. The message of his speech entailed that all of the misery animals suffers is attributed to men, and that all animals should be treated equally. Two pigs named Snowball and Napoleon subscribe to Old Major’s ideologies and rally the animals on the farm to spark a revolution for the animals and take over the farm renaming it Animal Farm. Through this revolution, the animals set commandments for the new farm. The story presents the challenges it faces with human neighbors, power struggles between Snowball and Napoleon, and other struggles. By the end of the story the animals were unable to decipher the pigs from the humans.
George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a satire fable that is an allegory for the Russian Revolution and the Communist Soviet Union. This book takes place on Manor Farm in England. The Farm is overseen by a drunken man by the name of Mr. Jones. An old boar, named Old Major, gathers all of the animals together for a speech, as he knows he is about to die. The message of his speech entailed that all of the misery animals suffers is attributed to men, and that all animals should be treated equally. Two pigs named Snowball and Napoleon subscribe to Old Major’s ideologies and rally the animals on the farm to spark a revolution for the animals and take over the farm renaming it Animal Farm. Through this revolution, the animals set commandments for the new farm. The story presents the challenges it faces with human neighbors, power struggles between Snowball and Napoleon, and other struggles. By the end of the story the animals were unable to decipher the pigs from the humans.
Literary Concepts
Satire, Personification, Symbols, Themes, Motifs, Allegory Russian Revolution, and the
Satire, Personification, Symbols, Themes, Motifs, Allegory Russian Revolution, and the
Activity
Since Animal Farm is an allegory, an activity the students can complete is, after finishing the novel, the students can write their own allegory by using another important factual event in history. The student will write a story, no shorter than 2 pages, based on a historical event. Students must include elements of personification, symbols, and theme. Students will be graded by a rubric.
Since Animal Farm is an allegory, an activity the students can complete is, after finishing the novel, the students can write their own allegory by using another important factual event in history. The student will write a story, no shorter than 2 pages, based on a historical event. Students must include elements of personification, symbols, and theme. Students will be graded by a rubric.
Assessment
The story in which the students write will help me to determine if they understand allegory, symbolism, personification, satire, and themes. The students will be graded using a rubric.
The story in which the students write will help me to determine if they understand allegory, symbolism, personification, satire, and themes. The students will be graded using a rubric.
Integration
Social Studies: Animal Farm can be integrated into Social Studies as it is an allegory for the Russian Revolution and the Stalin Era in the Soviet Union.
Science: Science can be integrated by studying the animals on the Farm and determining if the persona given to that animal is accurate based on what the animal actually does and is capable of.
Social Studies: Animal Farm can be integrated into Social Studies as it is an allegory for the Russian Revolution and the Stalin Era in the Soviet Union.
Science: Science can be integrated by studying the animals on the Farm and determining if the persona given to that animal is accurate based on what the animal actually does and is capable of.