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Standards

RL.9-10.2 - Common Core State Standards

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

RL.9-10.10 - Common Core State Standards

By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9—10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.<br/><br/>By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9—10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

Activator

What is a revolution?

Resources:

http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution/videos

Learning Target

Students will learn about revolutions in Animal Farm. 

Work Session

Students will get into groups and figure out what would happen if the animals had a revolution and took over a farm.

Student will using listening to answer questions on Chapter One of Animal Farm.

Resources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4REOWdJSE

Closing Session

Ticket Out The Door –Theme of revolution.

Assessment

Students will define fable, capitalism and socialism.

Differentiation

Guided notes, movie, auditory and visual learning styles. Flexible grouping. High Depth of Knowledge Questions