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For those of you who use "Animal Farm" with your classes, I'm wondering how your students respond to it? I'm considering this for my 7th grade gifted class. Any special projects or assignments that work well?
Instructours Animal Farm was on my summer reading list in preparation for 8th grade along with A Tale of Two Cities, 1984, and Fahrenheit 451. During the course of the semester we touched on Communism, Socialism, Fascism, philosophy, intellectual freedom, and human rights. Our English teacher was an Holocaust survivor who still had family members 'detained' in ...See More
Jun 1, 2010
Sara If you get rent or get hold of a copy of the audio book, in it they sing the Animal farm song and it's great - my 7th graders love it. We have them do a 'rap song' (appropriate language only) at the end of the book as the 'test' for the book. Every year the groups perform their 'Animal farm rap song' for the entire school. Their performances are am...See More
Jun 5, 2010


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