Overcoming Obstacles - Tyrannical Governing Bodies
For this unit, you will need to consider the following themes: |
Eventually you will be defending which one of these notions causes the most damage to the general population if abused by governing bodies in an essay using the texts you read/viewed during this unit, as well as your own research, so as you are journaling, and as we are discussing in class, make certain to keep these notions in mind.
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Unit Journal Questions & Agenda
FOCUS TEXT: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Click HERE for an online copy of Animal Farm.
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*Please refer to the course calendar for all due dates.
Animal Farm reading assignment #1 (Chps. 1-2) Animal Farm reading assignment #2 (Chps. 3-4) Animal Farm reading assignment #3 (Chps. 5-6) Animal Farm reading assignment #4 (Chps. 7-8) Animal Farm reading assignment #5 (Chps. 9-10) |
LITERATURE AS FILM: The Book Thief
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INDEPENDENT READING SELECTION
Now you get to choose what you read. The E2CP teachers have created a list of potential titles from which to choose, but all titles have similar themes of overcoming obstacles created by governing bodies. Please go to Google Classroom, look over the descriptions of the plots, and choose the title of the text you think you'd like best.
Fahrenheit 451
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