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Quiz on Monday 5/1!

4/28/2017

You have a QUIZ on Chapters 1-3 of Animal Farm on Monday 5/1! Be sure to:

Be familiar with all characters, major events, the 7 commandments, etc.
Multiple versions of the novel are available, click the links below!

Click HERE for a link to a full copy of Animal Farm.
Click HERE for the audiobook of Animal Farm.

In addition, your completed propaganda posters are due on Monday! Make sure that they are persuasive, use a propaganda technique, and colorful!

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Animal Farm: Character Tracking

4/26/2017

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Follow the instructions below to create the character tracking chart in your notebook. It is your responsibility to become familiar with ALL of the following characters:

Old Major
Snowball
Napoleon
Squealer
Boxer
Mollie
Clover
Moses
Benjamin
Cat
Dogs
Goat
Sheep
Mr. Jones

Click HERE for a link to a full copy of Animal Farm.
Click HERE for the audiobook of Animal Farm.

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Animal Farm Character Profile

4/25/2017

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Using your handout, focus on the character development of one of the animals in Animal Farm.

Draw a picture of your animal.
Characterize your animal (choose adjectives that describe him/her).
Support your characterization with analysis and text evidence.

Further Guidelines:

Please ONLY use evidence from Chapters 1-2.
See the sample profile for Molly the white mare below.
Extra credit for adding color to your profile image!

Click HERE for a link to a copy of Animal Farm, it is the whole book!

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April 20th, 2017

4/20/2017

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Study for your quiz on the Russian Revolution on MONDAY 4/24!!!

If you are missing notes, please get them from another classmate. Some notes are also available below.

Vladimir Lenin & the Bolshevik Party

Vladimir Lenin was a communist and a Marxist who founded and lead the Bolshevik party (a political party)
The Bolsheviks were responsible for the assasination of the Czar Nicholas Romanov II and his family during the February Revolution.
The Bolsheviks took over the Russian government. After taking over, they issued several communist decrees (on work, education, agriculture, etc).
Lenin served as the leader of the USSR/Russia from 1917-1924.

Stalin & Trotsky

Stalin was a dictator of the USSR after Lenin's death from 1929-1953.
He modernized, industrialized and militarized Russia.
Trotsky was a communist who worked with Lenin and was primarily concerned with revolution.
Stalin and Trotsky were close friends (at first), but political and idealogical differences caused them to fall apart.
Trotsky wanted to continue the revolution and criticized Stalin. Stalin was a mass-murderer and a harsh dictator.
Stalin exiled Trotsky from the USSR (kicked him out) and ordered his assassination.

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Quiz on Monday 5/1!

Animal Farm: Character Tracking

Animal Farm Character Profile

April 20th, 2017

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