HW February 28 and March 3

Final draft of Animal Farm essay

HW 2/26 and 2/27

all classes:  complete first draft of your Animal Farm essay

White day due February 28
Green day due March 3
on-time = 25 points

HW February 24 and 25

Write a thesis statement for your Animal Farm essay.

A thesis is a claim that you will make to answer the writing prompt.

Here are the two writing prompts:

1)How do the pigs use propaganda to manipulate and control the animals, twisting reality for their purpose?

or

2) How does Orwell both depict the events of the history of Soviet Union (Russia) and also predict the events of the future?

over February vacation

Finish reading Animal Farm

prepare for end-of-book quiz

prepare for sentence combining quiz

HW 2/12 AND 2/13

A, D :  read chapters 5 and 6 of Animal Farm
write a 1 page analysis (total for both chapters)

C:  read chapters 3 and 4 of Animal Farm
write 2 pages of analysis

E and F period:  finish novel; prepare for quiz on both Animal Farm and sentence combining By: Cam Hayes

HW 2/10 + 2/11

A, D and E
Read chapters 3 and 4 of Animal Farm
 write a 1 page summary/analysis

C and F
Read chapters 1 and 2 of Animal Farm
write 2 pages of  summary/analysis

HW 2/6 and 2/7

A, D and E:  Read Animal Farm chapters 1 and 2
write 1 page of connections between history of totalitarian governments AND Animal Farm

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C and F:  Final draft of Watership Down essay:  typed, double-space in MLA format

sample essay in MLA format

see January posts for sample intro, body and conclusion paragraph structures

HW 2/3 and 2/4

A, D, and E:  finish "Possibility of Evil" short essay rewrite

C and F:  Draft 1 of Watership Down essay

Watership Down essay prompt

Watership Down essay prompt:

Using at least 3 of the legendary stories of El-ahrairah, demonstrate how the rabbit myths contribute to the behaviors and adventures of Hazel and his warren of rabbits.