Helps you to improve your study and work habits and to remember important information.

Helps you develop skill in selecting important material and in discarding unimportant material. The secret: practice!

Check your results constantly. Strive to improve. Notes enable you to retain important facts and data and to develop an accurate means of arranging necessary information.

Just because you understand what’s said in class, it doesn’t mean you’ll remember it—especially if it’s new information. Write it down.

1. Write the date, including the year.2. Make your notes brief.

◦ Never use a sentence where you can use a phrase.◦ Never use a phrase where you can use a word.◦ Use abbreviations and symbols, but be consistent.◦ Condense your material so you can grasp it

rapidly.

3. Don't worry about missing a point. 4. Don't keep notes on oddly shaped pieces of

paper.  

“Shooting an Elephant” (1934)

Animal Farm (1945)

1984 (1949)

1903-1950

An allegorical novella by George Orwell published in England on 17 August 1945. According to Orwell the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and then on into the Stalin era in the Soviet Union. Wikipedia

A story in which people, things, and actions symbolize an idea or a generalization about life; often have a strong moral or lesson.

A text that uses irony, sarcasm, and ridicule to expose and make fun of human folly and vice.

Purpose: To critique the status quo, to make fun of others and the self, and to offer renewed alternatives and possibilities for being different.

A place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions

An imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives

Short fictional story that teaches a lesson, uses animals as characters, states moral directly.

The Little Girl and the Wolfby James Thurber

One afternoon a big wolf waited in a dark forest for a

little girl to come along carrying a basket of food to her grandmother. Finally a little girl did come along and she was carrying a basket of food. "Are you carrying that basket to your grandmother?" asked the wolf. The little girl said yes, she was. So the wolf asked her where her grandmother lived and the little girl told him and he disappeared into the wood.

When the little girl opened the door of her grandmother's house she saw that there was somebody in bed with a nightcap and nightgown on. She had approached no nearer than twenty-five feet from the bed when she saw that it was not her grandmother but the wolf, for even in a nightcap a wolf does not look any more like your grandmother than the Metro-Goldwyn lion looks like Calvin Coolidge. So the little girl took an automatic out of her basket and shot the wolf dead.

(Moral: It is not so easy to fool little girls nowadays as it used to be.)

5 minutes Work alone or with a partner Symbolism—the characters are already

listed on page 5, so use this space to consider other possible symbols (the windmill, the Battle of the Cowshed, etc.)

Setting—time and place in the action of a story occurs.

Characterization—the method an author uses to reveal characters and their personalities.

Plot—action of events in a story, usually shows causation.

Conflict—the problem or struggle on which the story is based.

Symbol—a tangible thing (person, place, event) is used to represent an abstract idea.

Irony—using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or normal meaning. (dramatic, verbal, situation)

Theme—the statement about life that the writer tries to convey through the work.

Communication techniques that create an emotional appealPurpose: To get people to accept a particular belief or opinion, to adopt a certain behavior or to perform a particular action. 1- C2- A3- D4- B5- C6- D7- B8- A

Old Major –

Napoleon –

Snowball –

Squealer –

Mr. Jones –

Mr. Frederick/Pinchfield –

Fr. Pilkington/Foxwood

Pravda Nicholas II Stalin Hitler Western powers Marks/Lenin Trotsky

Boxer (draft horse)- Clover (draft horse)- Mollie (white mare) –

Benjamin (old donkey) – Muriel (goat) Puppies Moses the Raven Sheep Hens

Working class, proletariat

Religion Society’s cynics Upper class,

bourgeoisie and noblity

Stalin’s KGB

Part IEveryone answers all 3 questionsWrite your response; be prepared to shareLeave room for notes from others

Part IIReview chapters assigned to your groupWrite answers on worksheet or separate paperBe prepared to share

Directions:Share your opinion on each topic. Discuss each topic thoroughly.You do NOT have to reach consensus—in fact, disagreement will be helpful!Write notes on the points presented by other group members, points that add support to your idea AND opposing viewpoints.

Skim the chapters assigned to your group. Write your responses to the question for

those chapters. DO NOT refer to the Internet or any other

source for your responses.