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GOGOMO Handout for "Fake News"

4/30/2018

If you were unable to get all of the strategies on your GOGOMO handout today, the rest can be found online at:

https://create.piktochart.com/output/21666764-spot-propaganda

Please be sure to get the strategies either on your handout OR in your notes (especially if you were absent today!)

*Reminder: If you did not yet finish Chapter 8 of Animal Farm, please be sure to finish it tonight!

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Chapter 6 (VI) Homework

4/23/2018

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If you did not do so today in class, please finish reading Chapter 6 of Animal Farm for homework and be sure to answer the Stop & Jot questions in your notebooks!

Who is the hardest working animal on the farm? Why?
How does Squealer explain that it is not against the Seven Commandments for pigs to sleep in beds?
How is Snowball a scapegoat (person who takes blame for the actions of another) in this chapter?
How do you think the windmill was destroyed?

***NOTE: Because of the SATs, PSATs, and Mock Regents exams being given tomorrow, the quiz on Chapter 4-6 of Animal Farm has been postponed to Wednesday 4/25.

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Weekend Homework 4/20/18

4/20/2018

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Choose ONE of the below questions and answer them using a TE/EA paragraph. Check your notes to ensure you are meeting all TE/EA criteria.

Why don’t the other animals protest Napoleon’s decisions?
What is the importance of the dogs accompanying Squealer when he comes to talk to the animals?
How did Squealer use rhetoric to justify Napoleon's take-over to the others?

Don't forget! There will be a QUIZ on Chapters 4-6 of Animal Farm on Tuesday 4/24!

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Animal Farm HW#2

4/13/2018

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Please read Chapter 3 of Animal Farm over the weekend.
REMINDER: There will be a QUIZ on Chapters 1-3 of Animal Farm on Tuesday 4/17!
In addition, please finish your character charts for the animals in your notebooks. Instructions below.