Themes of 1984

INTRO

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​Chapters 1 and 2

​p. 5-27

Open Ended

Warm-Up: Using a search engine, find the definition for the term "Orwellian". Then, on a separate sheet of paper, write your own definition of what this word means to you. Does the word apply to our society today? Why or why not?  

​Standard

​LAFS.1112.RL.1.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. 

Multiple Select

Select our objectives for today! Hint: It is all of them! 

• Determine two or more themes of a text  

• Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development

• Provide an objective summary of the text 

Essential Question​

In what ways does the term "Orwellian" apply to two or more central ideas ​from chapters 1-2? Support your response with evidence from the text.

​Agenda

• ​Warm-Up

• ​Review/HK

• ​1984 by George Orwell

• ​Ch. 1-2 and Notetaking

• ​Quiz (graded for accuracy)

• ​Essential Question

• Online Rotations

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Your Task ​

As we read, you should be taking notes. You may use these notes for your quiz later on.

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Your notes will also be factored into your grade.

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If your notes are thorough, but you do poorly on the quiz, you have a chance for redemption. If you volunteer to read, you also get EC/quiz points.

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​Now, pay attention as we read pages 5 through....

Multiple Choice

What is the name of our Protagonist? 

• Unknown

• Winston Smith

• Winston Goldstein

• Winston O'Brien

Multiple Choice

What is the setting?

• A ruined city

• A dusty city

• Victory Mansions

• Victorina Mansions

Multiple Choice

PART A: What is the central idea of the following paragraph? 

• Life for Winston is colorless and sad

• Winston lives a life only consisting of misery

• Miserable times are normal for this society

• The world is uneasy due to harsh restrictions and a lack of privacy

Fill in the Blanks

What is the official language of Oceania?

Multiple Select

Part B: Select two choices that best support the central idea in the previous question.

• "Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold" (Orwell 6).

• "There seemed to be no color in anything" (Orwell 6).

• "Down at the street level another poster, torn at one corner, flapped fitfully in the wind" (Orwell 6).

• "In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered....It was the Police Patrol, snooping into people's windows" (Orwell 6).

• "Only the Thought Police mattered" 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes how the government is divided in Oceania? 

• The government is not divided and operates as one, uniform force

• The government is divided into four branches

• The government consists of a Ministry of Truth and a mansion 

• The government operates on a democracy similarly to the US

Fill in the Blanks

What is one of the four branches of the government?

Open Ended

Provide an objective summary (1-2 sentences) of the following passage:

Open Ended

How does Winston feel about women? Explain using complete sentences. 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes Emmanuel Goldstein?

• He is the President of Ministry of Truth

• "a large, burly man with a thick neck and a coarse, humorous, brutal face" (Orwell 13).

• He is the Enemy of the People

• The husband of the sandy-haired woman

Multiple Choice

True or False: O'brien and Winston are enemies

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Select a quote that best supports your response to the previous question?

• "Momentarily he caught O'brien's eye" (Orwell 18).

• "O'brien had stood up" (Orwell 18).

• "It was as though their two minds had opened....I am with you" (Orwell 18).

• "And O'brien's face was as inscrutable as everybody else's" (Orwell 18).

Open Ended

How do the children react in Chapter 2? Why? Provide an objective summary of the incident. 

Open Ended

Exit-Ticket: In what ways does the term "Orwellian" apply to two or more central ideas from Chapters 1-2? Support your response with evidence from the text. (Pages 5-27)