Animal Farm - Lesson 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Lessonplan

​Pre-reading activity Animal Farm

Begin reading Animal Farm (together)?

Lesson Goals

​At the end of the lesson, you have an idea what Animal Farm is about.

At the end of the lesson, you can tell/write in your own words what the first chapter was about. (?)

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An equal society

Imagine you must design a society where everyone is equal. List 5 rules or laws that you would need to make so that everyone is equal.

Name two or three revolutions that occurred at least ten years ago.

What is a revolution
according to
you?

What: discuss the following questions:

How: In pairs

How long: 5 - 10 minutes

Why: to activate prior knowledge

Done: Wait for other groups

What is a revolution?

A. Discuss the causes and effects of the various revolutions.

B. What do these revolutions have in common.

C. Are revolutions successful? How yes, how no?

Prediction & Comprehension

Old Major, the prize boar, has a dream in Chapter I. Read the paragraph below and make predictions about his dream. What will he say? Who will he say it to?

As soon as the light in the bedroom went out there was a stirring and a fluttering all through the farm
buildings. Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals.

Read Animal Farm

What: Read chapter one

How: We start together

How long: What remains of the lesson

Why: To help you get started

Done: -