---
title: "05.14.08"
date: 2008-05-15
url: https://learningischange.com/2008/05/15/051408/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Lesson Plans", "Uncategorized"]
tags: []
---

# 05.14.08

Core 1:

- Write-on: ![](https://i0.wp.com/img.skitch.com/20080513-bc65i7gqfau57rsryp4k954g5j.jpg?resize=249%2C426)
- Read [Chapter 9 and 10 of Animal Farm](http://www.readprint.com/chapter-7655/George-Orwell)  What does the new generation of pigs mean for the farm?
- Do you think that anyone will get to retire?
- How does Boxer’s health lead to the final straw of inequality?
- What is going to happen to Animal Farm with Boxer’s leadership in question?
- [Look at all of the amazing images from Core 1’s reading.](http://tinyurl.com/6p9u2w)

- Work on [Digital Portfolios](http://sites.google.com/a/academyofdiscovery.com/digital-porfolios/Home)  Don’t forget about the little things that we have done (Write-on questions, ELT projects, etc.)
- Make it visual.
- Organize it.
- Reflect, Reflect, Reflect. (Why was this piece important or interesting?)

- Extensions:  Finish your Portfolio by the end of the week.

Core 2:

- Write-on: ![](https://i0.wp.com/img.skitch.com/20080514-bcp52gtjc4k4ui78kc81mx8dmb.jpg?w=1225)
- Finish Animal Farm.  What is resolved?
- What is left unresolved?
- Why did George Orwell write the book?

- Practice and prepare for acting out the two battle scenes.
- Act out battle scenes on the field.  Record with two cameras.
- Create a chorus of extras.
- Block out actions and words (no scripts).

- Extensions:  Finish your Utopia this weekend.