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Support the development of close reading skills with this worksheet composed of challenging questions designed to help high school students analyze George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. Featuring a brief passage about the contrasts between wars of the past and of the present from Book 2, chapter 9, this resource saves teachers valuable time at home without sacrificing rigor in the classroom. An answer key is provided. Materials are delivered as printable Word Documents and PDFs.
This resource may serve as the basis for small-group discussions. Through these discussions, students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development, demonstrating an ability to analyze how complex characters transform and advance the plot and themes by applying logic and citing compelling, meaningful textual evidence. They will also evaluate their peers’ reasoning and use of rhetoric to advance claims, clarifying or challenging unclear ideas. Using this resource for structured guidance, students, ultimately, will present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly, concisely, and appropriately, thereby helping their peers comprehend their thinking.
By engaging with this material, students will:
- Identify what the text says both explicitly and implicitly
- Articulate the circumstances under which institutions of the past would uphold truth and logic
- Articulate the purpose of newspapers and other media, as well as why that purpose is significant
- Articulate the consequences of interminable war
- Articulate the narrator’s perspective on who the real victims of contemporary war are
- Analyze the entire passage to discern tone in context
- Make and defend a claim about the primary purpose of the selected excerpt
- Write with clarity and precision
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