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English 10 Honors Day 7. Animal Farm Chapters 5-7 (reading and worksheet are due next class!. Objective: Create your own satire. Animal farm. Lingering Questions? Does everyone have a copy of the book and the worksheet for chapters 5-7?. Ap -Style Questions.
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English 10 Honors Day 7 Animal Farm Chapters 5-7 (reading and worksheet are due next class! Objective: Create your own satire
Animal farm • Lingering Questions? • Does everyone have a copy of the book and the worksheet for chapters 5-7?
Ap-Style Questions • Complete the multiple choice portion of the worksheets provided. • We will grade them!
Satire: Topics • Potential Topics • What are some things in current society that could be criticized? • Keep in mind this could be on the international, national, regional, or local level. • Pick ONE topic on which you want to focus. • Figure out what your specific criticism is.
Satire: Disguise • What would be the best way to disguise your criticism? • Consider disguises that reflect your opinion (like the pigs in Animal Farm reflecting Orwell’s distaste for political leaders) but are not too obvious. • Remember to potentially disguise the location, characters, events, plot etc. • You could emulate a seemingly innocent genre, like Orwell does, or mimic a well-known “formula” if it works for your purposes.
Satire: Parallels • Figure out which characters and events will be most beneficial to your satire. • Create a chart. • In the left hand column, write the events and characters of your story. • In the right hand column, write the modern equivalent.
Satire: Draft • Draft your satire.