Saturday 26 January 2013

English Literature Teaching Resources: Animal Farm by George Orwell


Animal Farm (George Orwell)

(Animal Farm (George Orwell) - English teaching resource featuring 139 slides)

Key Stage : 3,4
English teaching resources from www.Teacher-of-English.com 
Animal Farm is made up of a 139 slide PowerPoint presentation, a 47 page booklet of worksheets and a lesson by lesson, scheme of work overview.
English Literature Teaching Resources: Animal Farm by George Orwell contains 14 lessons designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the plot, characters, language, themes and historical context of the novel Animal Farm by George OrwellEnglish Literature Teaching Resources: Animal Farm by George Orwell includes a collection of activities for pupils of all abilities:
    -A brief biography of George Orwell
    -An explanation of the historical context of Europe in the 1930s and the rise of the USSR - notes and BBC documentary
    -Russian Revolution research task
    -Activities to explore narrative structure and develop knowledge of the plot of Animal Farm
    -In depth analysis of the characters of Snowball, Napoleon, Squealer, Boxer and Benjamin
    -Exploration of the key themes of Animal Farm  - power, idealism, corruption, class, Socialism, propaganda, social control
    -Developing awareness of the features of a novel – character, theme, plot, style and language
    -An exploration of satire and allegory
    -Orwell's use of structure 
    -Pick a number and Blockbusters consolidation games
    -Reading and discussion tasks and questions
    -Hot seating activities to explore characters, motives and themes
    -Diary writing (empathetic writing) to develop a deeper understanding of character 
    -Links to additional Animal Farm teaching and learning resources
    -Differentiation - lessons with extension tasks and questions for G&T pupils
    -Mind mapping the key themes and issues of George Orwell's Animal Farm
    -Exam style essay questions
    -A 14 lesson unit of work (following the four part lesson structure)
    -A 139 slide PowerPoint presentation (see preview below)
    -47 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint
English Literature Teaching Resources: Animal Farm by George Orwell follows the four part lesson structure.  Each lesson begins with a starter activity, moves through an introduction and development and ends with a plenary activity. All PowerPoint slides are fully editable so you can personalise and differentiate the resources as much or as little as you want.  Add extra slides, delete pages, change the text and imagery and update it as is necessary to suit your teaching needs.  In addition, the resource contains a scheme of work overview and a student booklet packed with worksheets created to be used in conjunction with the PowerPoint.
To view the English Literature Teaching Resources: Animal Farm by George Orwell powerpoint in more detail you can preview every slide by clicking on the images in the boxes beneath the resource’s description below.

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