This unit of work is fantastic for stretching high ability students, by encouraging them to amalgamate context into their consideration of the fable. The unit contains 17 lessons covering the whole of the novel, focusing on writer’s use of language, how the writer uses structure, creative writing and the effect of rhetorical devices. It is fully resourced with PowerPoints, contextual information to illuminate understanding of the text, chapter extracts, speech writing and dramatic activities. Page numbers refer to the Penguin Modern Classics Edition.
The lessons include:
Lesson 1: Lenin, Trotsky, Marx and Stalin
Lesson 2: context games
Lesson 3: the characters and their historical equivalents
Lesson 4: analysis of Old Major’s speech
Lesson 5: the animals
Lesson 6: Napoleon vs Snowball vote
Lesson 7: the revolution
Lesson 8: flags as symbols
Lesson 9: formulating a battle plan
Lesson 10: political spin
Lesson 11: propaganda and posters
Lesson 12: leadership styles
Lesson 13: review chapters 1-5
Lesson 14: Napoleon as a dictator
Lesson 15: Scapegoats
Lesson 16: the battle of the windmill
Lesson 17: power and corruption
Lesson 18: assessment preparation
Lesson 19: assessment feedback
There is an opportunity at the end of the unit to plan and write an assessment on Napoleon.
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