Animal Farm Chapter 1 activities and analysis of Old Major's speech

This PowerPoint and accompanying worksheet includes a brief introduction to the animals mentioned in Chapter 1 of Animal Farm. There are pictures of all them including the different types of horses and the names for the babies of each one. Many pupils will not know what the different species look like and the illustrated sheet can be kept in books as a reference point as they continue reading.
There is also an analysis of Old Major’s speech looking at different persuasive techniques. Pupils complete the notes on the worksheet and then produce a paragraph as a guided writing activity. They then write two more paragraphs using the sentence starters on the PowerPoint.