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TALKING DAY Hey everyone, Your first step is to make sure each student gets his/her annotations graded by Mr. Turley. Going table by table, form an orderly line at Mr. Turley’s desk, so he can grade everyone’s annotations. Second, you must choose some important roles. Move to the next slide once the entire class has read this slide and had their annotations graded. P. S. Go quickly.

Step 1: Choose Roles Role Duties Benefits Mediator • • Timer • Keep track of time • Keep participants on task 2 Bonus Points Recorder • Record group’s responses • Submit group responses for grade • Ask clarifying questions to the group Automatic 10/10 if duties are done well Everyone Else • Talk • Take notes • Contribute to the group grade Standard Grading (see next slide) Lead the discussion Call on participants Ask leading questions Talk to the teacher Automatic 10/10 if all duties are fulfilled Click to the next slide as soon as roles are decided. STUDENTS WHO SERVED AS MEDIATORS, TIMERS, OR RECORDERS CAN NOT SERVE IN THE SAME ROLE AS LAST TIME.

Step 2: Understand Grading What to do…. Talking Note Taking Group Grade How you’re graded… Each participant is responsible for contributing to the group’s objective(s). Each time a participant contributes to the group’s objective(s) in a *meaningful way, he or she will receive one point. Participants may receive up to 4 total talking points. Each participant is responsible for taking good, accurate notes throughout the discussion. Notes will be handed in at the end of class. Participants receive one point for every half page of notes. Participants may receive up to 3 note points. The group is responsible for finishing and submitting the teacher generated task(s) in the allotted time. The task will be graded out of 4 points. Each participant will receive the same grade on the task. Click to the next slide as soon as everyone understand grading concepts. Remember, the Mediator and the Recorder get an automatic 10/10 for their grade while the Timer gets two bonus points added to his or her grade.

Animal Farm Mediator should read this slide aloud. Move onto the next slide when done. All tasks today will be submitted at the end of class today. Your participation will also be scored based on whether or not you contribute in some way. If you do not talk at some point (and provide a meaningful contribution), you will not receive points for “Talking. ” If you read ahead, please do not spoil anything for students who have only done the required amount of reading (through chapter 7). Today is very tight on time, so make sure you stick to your time limits and work efficiently. Recorder, please go to file>save as and save this as a new file that says your period number on the desktop that way you can save as you go.

Step 3: Task 1 The class has 10 -15 minutes to complete the following chart. The final class product must be done accurately and in detail in order for everyone to receive full credit. 1 st Period – Click Here to Complete 3 rd Period – Click Here to Complete This task must be represented in each participant’s notes. Click the link as soon as the group understands the task. Click to the next slide once you have completed the task.

Step 4: Task 2 The class has 15 minutes to come up with a list of the five most important discussion topics from the text so far. This list should include an explanation of themes, characterization, symbols, etc. Obviously, in the process of coming up with the list, you should discuss why each is important to the novel, the impact it has, etc. You should not repeat information from the previous task. Click to the next slide as soon as the group understands the task.

Step 5: Record Task 2 • Collectivism- every branch needed to be working to together and in sync; no one was supposed to be one their one, it had to be in their group; the mare had to give up some of her possession for the good of the group • Dictatorship- Napoleon would send the secret police to straighten anyone out who doubted him: Totalitarian • The writing style the author used that gives a new connotation to the animals: uses stereotypes to portray this • Allusions of the commandments to the real ones and the changes that they made when Napoleon was in power; Moses the Raven • The flags relate to what happened in the Russian Revolution; the changes in symbols and colors

Step 6: Task 3 Mediators should pass out the handout that is sitting next to the computer. Then watch the following clip from the movie, The Great Dictator. After you finish watching it, you will have 10 -15 minutes to analyze and compare the speech from the movie to Old Major’s speech from Ch. 1 of Animal Farm and to current modern issues. Recorders will use the giant post-it note on the board to create this comparison based on the class’ discussion. The movie will take a little over 5 minutes. The comparison and discussion should take about an additional 10 -15 minutes. Click to the next slide as soon as the group completes the task.

Step 7: Argument vs. Persuasion vs. Propaganda Students should read through the differences between argument, persuasion, and propaganda (handout is found on the back of the speech). The mediator should sum these ideas up in a quick summary after everyone has had a chance to look at it. This should only take a couple of minutes. Click to the next slide once mediators have summed up the document effectively.

Step 8: Task 4 Using about 5 -10 minutes, discuss and answer the following question about the speeches from The Great Dictator and Animal Farm, along with any other speeches you may have brought up earlier in your discussion: 1. Discuss methods of argument, persuasion, and propaganda and determine what category these speeches fall under and why. 2. Provide other examples from Ch. 1 -7 of Animal Farm of these methods of convincing others. Click to the next slide as soon as the group understands the task.

Step 9: Record Task 4 • 1 • 2 • Persuasion: Old Major’s Speech, he is trying to persuade the animals to come together and have freedom for all of them. He also wants the animals to believe the same things he does. • Persuasion: Charlie Chaplin, he was persuading people to believe him, to follow him, and to have the people to fight for themselves. Trying to get people to believe what he thinks is the best. Uses faith to glorify his side. • Propaganda: Charlie Chaplin, saying things to appeal to the audience to believe that his way is correct. Uses emotions to help people understand. • Uses the dogs to bring out fear: propaganda • Refer to how life was before the rebellion • Whenever Napoleon was doubted, someone was there to change their mind: persuasion and propaganda

Step 10: Submissions and Reminders • Submit your notes from today. Staple your paper if you have more than one page. Make sure your name is on it. • Don’t forget that your essay final drafts are due tonight at 11: 59 pm. • Animal Farm Chapters 8 -10 (rest of the book) with annotations is due Thursday January 5.