Team Members: Animal Farm – Chapter VIII Team Read
THIS IS DUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD TODAY. NO EXCEPTIONS.
FIRST: One team member must READ ALOUD the directions below.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Read these directions aloud to the team before beginning the task.
2. The task has these steps:
a. Read aloud all the questions your team is tasked to answer (the chart below).
b. Together, read aloud Chapter VIII of Animal Farm (pages 840-844)
c. While you read (not after), take turns writing the answers to the questions below. All answers must use complete sentences, be thorough and detailed, and be accurate to the text.
d. Each team member must read aloud at some point.
e. Each team member must write at least one response into the chart.
If you do this right, you’ll hit these targets:
§ You will collaboratively determine key plot details for Chapter VIII of Animal Farm;
§ You will consider the concept of “perception versus reality” and explain how this concept has evolved over the course of the novella.
CHAPTER VIII
Name of the person writing this answer: / With your team, come up with the most thorough and accurate answer to each question below. The questions are in order…complete them AS YOU READ, not after you finish.1. What is noticed about the sixth commandment? How do the animals react to this? Write your response using complete sentences.
2. Napoleon is no longer called just “Napoleon.” Connect this to what we are exploring regarding “propaganda.” Write your response using complete sentences.
3. A pig named Minimus has composed a poem to replace the song “Beasts of England.” Read this poem, and then compare it to the lyrics of “Beasts of England” that are shown on page 812-813. What are at least two ways that the poem “Comrade Napoleon” and the song “Beasts of England” are significantly different? Write your response using complete sentences.
4. Who is Pinkeye, what is his job, and what does this suggest about Napoleon? Write your response using complete sentences.
5. Explain the context and significance of this quote: “So far from being decorated, he had been censured for showing cowardice in the battle.” Write your response using complete sentences.
6. Summarize what leads up to the timber sale. What does Napoleon discover after the deal is done? Write your response using complete sentences.
7. Summarize what happens to the windmill in this chapter. Write your response using complete sentences.
8. Is it a victory? What evidence is used to claim it IS a victory? What evidence could prove it IS NOT a victory? Write your response using complete sentences.
9. What commandment gets changed at the end, and why? Write your response using complete sentences.
COMPLETE THIS QUESTION ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER THAT YOU ATTACH TO THIS FORM. / 10. “Perception versus reality” is the idea that the way we see the world (our perception) sometimes doesn’t match what is real (reality). Look back over the WHOLE BOOK. In a bulleted list, identify as many moments as you can where the pigs are trying to shape the animals’ perceptions of reality. Format your list like this:
§ Page 820: Squealer says that milk and apples are necessary for the pigs’ well-being, but in reality the pigs are just being greedy and taking all of the food.