MS.

TOMLINSON
ENGLISH 10: 4th MARKING PERIOD
Note: Schedule is subject to change
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. What are the meanings of unknown and multiple-meaning words in Animal Farm?
2. What themes do the characters, setting, and plot of Animal Farm convey?
3. What do the characters, settings, and plot in Animal Farm symbolize?
4. How does George Orwell use allegory to convey his ideas about government abuses, human rights, and
political change?
5. How are points of view about government portrayed in different media (literature, film, cartoons, and
propaganda)? Which are most effective and why?

CLASS 1:
Intro to
Vocabulary.com

CLASS 2:
Vocabulary list
chapters 1&2

CLASS 3:
Vocabulary list
chapters 1 & 2

CLASS 4:
Vocabulary quiz
chapters 1&2

Intro to Animal Farm:

A fairy story

Animal Farm
chapter 1:
persuasive speeches
CLASS 7:
Vocabulary list
chapters 3&4

Animal Farm:

CLASS 5:
Vocabulary list
chapters 3&4

Animal Farm
chapter 1:
persuasive speeches
CLASS 6:
Vocabulary list
chapters 3&4

Animal Farm
Chapters 1-4:
Employee evaluations
FEBRUARY
BREAK:
Read chapters 5-8

Animal Farm
Chapters 1-4:
Employee evaluations
FEBRUARY
BREAK
Read chapters 5-8

Animal Farm
Chapters 1- 4:
Alignment sheet
FEBRUARY
BREAK
Read chapters 5-8

Animal Farm
Chapters 1-4:
Alignment sheet
FEBRUARY
BREAK
Read chapters 5-8

Alignment sheet 5-8

Alignment sheet 5-8

Alignment sheet 5-8

Alignment sheet 5-8

Study vocabulary list

5&6
CLASS 9:
Vocabulary game
chapters 5&6

Study vocabulary list

5&6
CLASS 10:
Vocabulary quiz
chapters 5&6

Study vocabulary list

5&6
CLASS 11:
Vocabulary list
chapters 7&8

Study vocabulary list

5&6
CLASS 12:
Vocabulary list
chapters 7&8

Animal Farm
chapters 7-8:
How do symbols
convey ideas?

Animal Farm
chapters 7-8:
How do symbols
convey ideas?

Animal Farm
Animal Farm
Developing thesis
Outlining
statements and writing Mastery Work #5
introductions

Fables & allegory

CLASS 8:
Vocabulary quiz
chapters 3&4

CLASS 13:
Vocabulary game
Chapters 7& 8

CLASS 14:
Vocabulary QUIZ
Chapters 7&8

CLASS 15:
Vocabulary list
9&10

CLASS 16:
Vocabulary list
9&10

Mastery Work #5
Draft Due

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Editing and revising

CLASS 17:
Vocabulary game
Chapters 9&10

Writing conferences
CLASS 18:
Vocabulary QUIZ
Chapters 9&10

Political cartoons:
satire, point of view,
& different media

Political cartoons:
satire, point of view,
& different media

Writing conferences
CLASS 19:
Mastery Work #5
Final Copy Due
Animal Farm
film study:
satire, point of view,
& different media

Writing conferences
CLASS 20:
Mastery Work #5
Final Copy Due
Animal Farm
film study:
satire, point of view,
& different media

CLASS 21:
Midterm Exam:
Vocabulary and text

CLASS 22:
Make-up day

CLASS 23:
Make-up day