Wednesday: In-Class:

• Quick Write: Explain the significance of the quote "Who controls the past...controls the future: who controls the present controls the past" (Orwell 35)
• Circle-Discussion over quote
• Students discussed Winston's marriage and how B.B. controls even the union of two people
• Students discussed how we perceive reality and how our reality is dependent and at times controlled by others
• HW:  Read Ch. 7; 250 word response paper on a quote from Ch. 7-->explain the quote, why the author included it (author-->reader relationship), and its significance to the novel

Tuesday: In-Class:

• Students worked in small groups of 5-6 discussing Ch. 5
• Students discussed the effect of language on culture as well as why Winston woke up with "Shakespeare on his lips" (Orwell 31) 
• As a full group, students discussed their small group discussions
• HW: Read and annotate Ch. 6

Monday In-Class:
Students discussed response papers (10 points) on Ch. 4 of 1984
Students sat in a circle with teacher and made a Web of Communication using yarn

HW:  Socratic Seminar Questions Ch. 5

In-Class:

• Watched Clip of the Two Minutes Hate from the movie 1984
  
• Teacher handed back response papers with comments
• Students and teacher conducted Socratic Seminar:  Students used yarn to pass around to show how the discussion went (everyone needed to have talked and least 3 times
• HW:  Read Ch. 4 and write a response paper on the chapter

In-Class:

In-Class:

In-Class:

• Students will begin reading 1984
• Students will read and annotate Ch. 1 in class

HW:  5 Socratic Seminar Questions and Answers

In-Class:

• Students finished going over 1984 PowerPoint
• Teacher passed out books (to students who did not purchase them)
• Students went over Socratic Seminar and Response Papers
• Students read the first line of 1984: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen" (Orwell 1).
• Students wrote a short in-class response paper answering "Why did Orwell start his novel off this way?"
• Students discussed the connotation of April (spring), thirteen, and authorial intent of starting a novel in this way.
• HW: None

In-Class:

• Teacher will check students' homework
• Students will discuss major ideas from their reading the night before
• Students will fill in a powerpoint on 1984
• If time, watch trailer for 1984 movie
• Check it out!  CrashCourse in Capitalism and Socialism
• HW:  None

Thursday:

• Students Completed Totalitarian Activity with our New Classroom Rules
  
• Quick Write on reaction to New Classroom Rules
• Group Discussion over rights,  freedom, leaders, and control 
• Class Discussion over how 1984 works into our activity
• HW:  Read and complete 1984 Background Information and George Orwell Biography