Animal Farm chapter 6

Big Idea: Rhetorical Analysis

Learning Target: spotting uses of rhetoric

Reading: We will read for ten minutes. You should check out a new book from the library by Friday.

Argue ideas, not things!

Agenda:

1. Read Animal Farm chapter 6.
2. Identify the shared beliefs, values, needs of the animals on the farm.
3. Identify how the Pigs use these beliefs, values, and needs to manipulate the animals.
4. How does the pig's word choice or diction play into their ability to persuade/manipulate the other animals?

Homework:

1. Work on your book review. It is due tomorrow.
2. YOU ONLY HAVE UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO REWRITE AN ESSAY!