This lesson contains 8 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
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Slide 1 - Slide
Week 2, lesson 2
Today:
Starter
Discuss chapter 5 & 6 - in groups - 15 min
The power of Language - whole class
Reflect
Slide 2 - Slide
Which of the characters uses language that is different?
Slide 3 - Open question
What does the simple language in Animal Farm symbolise?
Slide 4 - Open question
For whom did George Orwell write Animal Farm?
Slide 5 - Open question
Orwell's view on language
Never use a metaphor or simile or other figure of speech
Never use a long word when a short one will do
If it's possible to cut out a word, always cut it out
Never use a foreign phrase, scientific word or jargon, if you can think of an everyday English equivalant.
Slide 6 - Slide
One of Orwell's central concerns in Animal Farm, is the way in which language can be manipulated as an instrument of control. HOW DOES THIS BECOME CLEAR IN THE NOVEL?
Slide 7 - Open question
This quote is perhaps the largest overriding theme in the novel.
In pairs
Explain whether you agree or disagree with this quote.