Year 11 - English
Planning an excellent 'Animal Farm' essay
Animal Farm: lies and deception
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils explore the importance of lies and deception in 'Animal Farm'. They first look at deception, before developing their analytical skills by practising selecting judicious quotations and weaving context into their responses. They finally plan an essay on lies and propaganda.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to effectively plan an 'Animal Farm' essay.
Key Notes
- Annotate the key theme or character from the question with the writer's message.
- A successful plan follows a clear structure.
- A thesis is a clear overarching argument supported by the whole text.
- Topic sentences state a paragraph's main idea.
- Concluding sentences focus on the writer's intentions and link to your topic sentence, without repeating it.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Thesis: the overarching argument to an essay, supported by the entire text
- Topic sentence: the first sentence of a paragraph. It states the paragraph's main idea
- Concluding sentence: the final sentence of a paragraph. It comes to a conclusion about the paragraph's main idea, focusing on the writer's intentions
- Main quotations: quotations which support your topic sentence, and that require analysis
- Supporting quotations: quotations which support your topic sentence, but don't require analysis
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- That thesis statements and topic sentences are the same.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Annotate the key theme or character from the question with the writer's message. A successful plan follows a clear structure.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'Thesis'
the overarching argument to an essay, supported by the entire text.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: That thesis statements and topic sentences are the same. Correction: Differentiate; the thesis statement is a comment on the text as a whole, and a topic sentence has a focus on a specific part of the text.
More Lessons In This Unit
- 'Animal Farm': developing analytical paragraphs on Squealer Study Guide
- 'Animal Farm': selecting judicious quotes and tracking a character in an essay Study Guide
- The importance of food and drink motifs in 'Animal Farm' Study Guide
- The importance of the windmill in 'Animal Farm' Study Guide
- The theme of deception in 'Animal Farm' Study Guide
- Weaving context into 'Animal Farm' essays Study Guide
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