Animal Farm: Arguing for Justice

ELA Unit-at-a-Glance

Grade 10,Quarter 2, 3-5 Weeks

Module
Sequence / Skills / Resources / Assessment / Instructional
Strategies
Module 1: Setting the Scene: Research for Context and Author Influence
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
make inquiries into historical events, ideologies, and situations by working in small groups to research a single event, idea, or situation and present it to the class. (10 .SL.3 and 4) / Electronic Resources and Alternative Media:
Handout with web links and instructions for assignment

Instruction:
COW or Computer lab / Formative Assessment:
Collect research
Summative Assessment:
Presentations to the class / Students work in groups of two or three to discover a topic, research it, and present it.
Module 2: Overview of Russian History: 1900-1930
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
form a basic understanding of the timeline and causes of the revolution by watching, listening, taking notes, and discussing the main points. (10.RI.4 and 10.RL.4) / Electronic Resources and Alternative Media:

Instruction:
Stopping points for notes within the video / Formative Assessment:
Open notes quiz on the video
Summative Assessment:
Closed notes quiz on the video / Teacher centered to get info into notes.
Partner quiz or discussion on notes.
Module 3: “Totally Equal”
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to: investigate their own ideas about equality, freedom, and leadership by reading and responding thoughtfully to each question and discussing their answers with peers. (10.SL.4)
define and analyze the concept of equality by forming small groups or working independently to design a government where everyone is ‘totally equal’. (10.W.1) / Electronic Resources and Alternative Media:
Assignment sheet for

Instruction:
Student handout from website, or create your own
Power point with questions or handout with questions / Formative Assessment:
Individual answers for questions
Summative Assessment:
Propaganda poster and explanation / Students answer questions independently- either whole class from a Power Point, or on worksheets.
Explain basics of project.
Small groups design a ‘totally equal’ society based on their ideas of what ‘total equality’ means to them.
Module 4: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
identify rhetoric and rhetorical devices by listening and taking notes. (10.RI.4 and 10.RL.4)
identify rhetorical devices in Obama’s speech and explain how he uses them effectively by watching, listening and working collaboratively. (10.L.5) / Electronic Resources and Alternative Media:

Instruction:
COW or computer lab
Power Point of rhetorical devices / Formative Assessment:
Identifying rhetorical devices in the video of Obama’s speech / Teacher has student take notes on rhetorical devices.
Students watch the speech and identify the rhetorical devices- this can be done whole class, or in pairs with computers.
Module 5: Close Reading Old Major’s Speech
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to: analyze Old Major’s speech by close readingAnimal Farm . (10.RL.5) / Extended/Short Text:
Animal Farm, George Orwell
Electronic Resources and Alternative Media:

Instruction:
Copies of Old Major’s speech with room to write in the margins / Formative Assessment:
Old Major’s speech, Close Read
Summative Assessment:
Squealer’s speeches in Module 6 / Teacher guides students through the Close Reading process.
Starting with chunk number one, teacher does guided practice for each chunk until students seem comfortable practicing on their own.
Module 6: Reading Animal Farm, chapters 1-4
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to: read for information by reading chapter 1 through 4, analyzing Squealer’s speeches, and recreating the Battle of the Cowshed in Animal Farm. (10.W.9, 10.RI.4, 10.RL.5) / Extended/Short Text:
Animal Farm , George Orwell
Electronic Resources and Alternative Media:

Instruction:
Assignment sheet for Battle of the Cowshed/ t-chart
Copies of Squealer’s speeches with rubric / Formative Assessment:
Battle of the Cowshed battle log and analysis
Summative Assessment:
Squealer’s speech, grade with rubric. / Teacher will read aloud, assign silent reading, or use an audio version to cover chapters 1-4.
Teacher will provide an assignment sheet for the Battle of the Cowshed.
Students independently Close Read Squealer’s speeches.
Module 7: Reading Animal Farm, chapter 5-7
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to: read for information by reading chapter 5 through 7, analyzing quotes, and answering questions in Animal Farm. (10.W.9, 10.RI.4, 10.RL.5) / Extended/Short Text:
Animal Farm , George Orwell
Instruction:
Handouts with questions / Formative Assessment:
Collect research
Presentations to the class / Students work independently and in groups to analyze and present information on chapters 5-7 of Animal Farm.
Module 8: Reading Animal Farm, chapters 8-10
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:read for information by reading chapter 8 through 10, (10.W.9, 10.RI.4, 10.RL.5) / Extended/Short Text:
Animal Farm , George Orwell
Instruction:
Handouts with questions / Formative Assessment:
Collect research
Presentations to the class / Students work independently and in groups to analyze and present information on chapters 8 of Animal Farm.
Module 9: Return to Rhetoric
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to: create their own rhetoric by choosing a topic, rhetorical devices, and research in order to make a speech on a topic important to them. (10..W.1a-e, 10.RL.1, 10.L.5, 10.SL.4) / Extended/Short Text:
Animal Farm , George Orwell
Electronic Resources and Alternative Media:

Instruction:
COW or Computer Lab
Library for research / Formative Assessment:
Collect research
Summative Assessment:
Presentations to the class of the speeches / Students will work independently to research an issue important to them
Write an argumentative speech on their topic
Module 10: Final Project
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to: demonstrate deeper knowledge of the novel by completing a chosen project independently or in a small group. (10.W.9, 10.RL.4, 10.SL.4) / Extended/Short Text:
Animal Farm , George Orwell
Instruction:
COW or Computer Lab
Library for research / Formative Assessment:
Collect research
Summative Assessment:
Presentations to the class
Answer Key Only School City Assessment / Students work independently and/or in groups to analyze and present information on a project of their choice

These modules are not an exhaustive list of resources and may be used by teachers to implement the quarterly standards and to meet the needs of students.

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