M3 L14

• Essential Question What is the power of language? 

• Focusing Question How and why does language persuade? 

• Content Framing Question Organize:  What is happening in chapter I of Animal Farm? 

• Craft Question Examine: Why are elaboration and transitions important in argument writing? 

Describe key characters introduced in chapter I, identifying specific words, phrases, and actions Orwell uses to develop each character. (RL.7.3)

✓ Record character details on Handout 16A. 

Analyze how Old Major develops an argument in his speech. (RI.7.8)

✓ Create a chart listing the key claims, reasons, and techniques Old Major uses in an assigned paragraph. 

Finish your character worksheet from yesterday...

How did practicing Old Major’s speech aloud help you recognize or appreciate the techniques he uses to persuade the other animals?

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