Chapter 3 “ Four legs good, two legs bad.

” ANIMALISM
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What are the RITUALS performed by the animals? Why do you think they perform these? All through that summer the work

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of the farm went like clockwork.
This is a Metaphor Simile Hyperbole
It means that:

3 ADJECTIVES to
describe them
COLOR & OBJECT
to symbolize their personality
WHO might they
REPRESENT in society
EDUCATION

to ideas of education and power.

Mind-map, list, write questions, or doodle about how events of this chapter relate
The
Cat

Mollie

Analyzing key topics

Boxer

The
Pigs

BENJAMIN

Are the pigs the best option as leaders?

Read the two quotations
below, and then think
P
Make a POINT
which answers
about the question the question.
above. Once you have an
opinion, write a fluent
paragraph explaining it. E
Give EVIDENCE
to back up
your point.
Key quotations

“With their (try to embed

into your own
superior sentences)
knowledge it
was natural
that they should
E EXPLAIN
your point
assume the and analyze
leadership” the evidence
in your own
words.

L
“The pigs did
not actually
work, but LINK back
your point to
directed and the overall
theme of the
supervised the work / the
others.” question.
(e.g. conclude)

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Let us talk about PROPAGANDA
DEFINITION: What is ‘Propaganda’?
3 historical examples of when / where propaganda
THREE
____________________________________________ has been used:
____________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Focus on
____________________________________________ _______________________________________________ BENJAMIN

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____________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Donkeys live a
long time. None

RESEARCH
What was the ‘PRAVDA’ and how is it linked to the concept of propaganda? of you has ever
seen a dead
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donkey.

When he makes this

extremely cryptic remark,
what might he mean?
SQUEALER’S Can you identify the rhetorical techniques and
propaganda that Squealer uses? Spend time annotating Donkeys are immortal
SPEECH

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the speech below, and then complete the instructions. He has seen it all before
Other animals are weak
“Comrades!” he cried. “You do not imagine, I hope, He is superior to them
1. Underline

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that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and
any examples
Benjamin could
of repetition
privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I used in the
read as well
extract. as any pig, but
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dislike them myself! Our sole object in taking these things never exercised
2. Highlight any his faculty.
is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (and this has examples of
rhetorical
questions
In what way is this
been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances irresponsible of him?
posed by
Squealer.
absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We
3. Circle any
pigs are brain-workers. The whole management and outright (and
outrageous!)
organization of this farm depend on us. Day and night we lies, which
Squealer
are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that tells.
4. Put a square
we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know around
any time
what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones Squealer
pinpoints the
would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, enemy.
5. Star any
comrades,” cried Squealer almost pleadingly, skipping example
of when
from side to side and whisking his tail, “surely there is Squealer is
‘selective’
no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?” with his
information.

VOCABULARY Vocabulary VOCABULARY Vocabulary VOCABULARY Vocabulary VOCABULARY

acute:________________________________________________ conceive:________________________________________________
cryptic:________________________________________________ indefatigable:________________________________________________
maxim:________________________________________________ shirk:________________________________________________
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