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Planning an 'Animal Farm' Essay

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Planning topic sentences is an important part of the writing process.
  2. Topic sentences are structurally important in supporting your overarching argument.
  3. Using discourse markers at the beginning of a topic sentence can help you logically sequence your response.
  4. Single paragraph outlines are en effective way to plan paragraphs.
  5. Conclusive discourse markers are an effective way to begin concluding sentences.

Keywords

  • Disseminate - To give out or spread, particularly with reference to news and information.

  • Dependent - To rely on or require someone for support.

  • Logical - To present ideas in a clear, coherent and organised manner.

  • Legitimise - To make something seem acceptable and lawful, particularly something bad.

Common misconception

Planning takes too long.

A detailed plan will speed up the writing process and ensure a cohesive and well structured argument.

This lesson gives an opportunity to share good examples of single paragraph outlines and other examples of planning to help students see how ideas and thoughts can be organised.
Teacher tip

Equipment

You will need access to a copy of 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
A thesis statement...
analyses language features in detail.
concludes an essay.
introduces a quote.
Correct answer: presents an overarching argument.
Q2.
Which of these is a good way to start a thesis statement?
Correct answer: Through the presentation of....
An example of this is.....
Consequently.....
Additionally.....
Q3.
Starting with the first, put the plot points from 'Animal Farm' in chronological order.
1 - Old Major gives a speech which challenges the animals' current conditions.
2 - There is a rebellion and the animals overthrow Jones.
3 - The farm is renamed 'Animal Farm' and the seven commandments created.
4 - The pigs take the milk and apples.
5 - The Battle of the Cowshed is followed by Snowball's expulsion.
6 - The windmill becomes a political tool and Boxer is injured working on it.
7 - The pigs learn to walk and start using whips.
Q4.
Match the character from 'Animal Farm' to the quote they say.
Correct Answer:Squealer,"Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure!'

"Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure!'

Correct Answer:Snowball,"The only good human being is a dead one."

"The only good human being is a dead one."

Correct Answer:Napoleon,"Never mind the milk, comrades!"

"Never mind the milk, comrades!"

Correct Answer:Old Major,"Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers."

"Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers."

Correct Answer:Boxer,"I will work harder"

"I will work harder"

Correct Answer:Benjamin,"Fools!"

"Fools!"

Q5.
Which one of the seven commandments from 'Animal Farm' is not explicitly doctored in the novella?
No animal shall sleep in a bed
All animals are equal
Correct answer: No animal shall wear clothes
No animal shall drink alcohol
No animal shall kill any other animal
Q6.
How does Orwell use allegory in 'Animal Farm'?
By directly copying real world events to give a historically accurate account.
Correct answer: Through animals symbolising real political ideologies and figures.
By using a style that reveals characters' inner thoughts.
Through complex language and symbolism.

Exit quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
To rely on or require someone for support, describes which word beginning with 'D'?
Correct Answer: dependent , dependence , Dependent
Q2.
Which word beginning with 'L' means to make something seem acceptable and lawful, particularly something bad.
Correct Answer: legitimise , legitmate
Q3.
Which language feature helps you to logically sequence your topic sentences?
Adjectives
Correct answer: Discourse markers
Conclusive discourse markers
Similes
Q4.
Which of these is not a discourse marker?
In addition
Correct answer: Continually
Furthermore
Finally
Initially
Q5.
Which of these is not a topic or closing sentence?
Consequently Orwell explores methods of control.
Therefore, Orwell suggests that power is always corruptible.
Correct answer: The use of the rhetorical question emphasises the effect of propaganda.
Initially, Orwell suggests that power is corruptible.
Additionally, Snowball is described as dedicated.
Q6.
Match the elements from a single paragraph outline to the description.
Correct Answer:Supporting detail,will have key words underlined and methods identified

will have key words underlined and methods identified

Correct Answer:Concluding sentence,concludes and summaries the main ideas in the paragraph

concludes and summaries the main ideas in the paragraph

Correct Answer:Topic sentence,introduces the main point in your argument

introduces the main point in your argument