Unit Focus: Persuasive
Week Focus: Propoganda Techniques
Monday: (LAB DAY)
After reading chapters 1-4 in Book 2...
QUESTIONS—PART TWO
1. Character: In what ways are Julia and Winston alike? In what ways are they different?
2. Theme: Why does the party permit couples to marry but discourage love?
3. Plot: O’Brien asks Winston and Julia what they are willing to do for the Brotherhood. What
are they willing to do? (pp. 142-143) What is the one thing they are unwilling to do? What types
of things does O’Brien tell them they might have to face as members of the Brotherhood?
4. Irony/Paradox: Julia tells Winston that even though the Party can torture a person and make
him say anything, they cannot make him believe it. How do you feel about this statement? How
easy is it to brainwash a person? Do you think governments actually use brainwashing? Discuss.
(See also the discussion of the term “blackwhite.”)
5. Plot: Why are the three superpowers always at war according to the Brotherhood’s
handbook?
6. Plot, Irony/Paradox: How are Winston and Julia betrayed?
ACTIVITIES FOR PART TWO
1. Point of View: Write a diary from Julia’s point of view (or O’Brien’s or Parsons’.)
2. Write a poem or short story with the same tone as that of 1984.
3. On page 169, Winston reads from Goldsmith’s book that “The invention of print, however,
made it easier to manipulate public opinion.” Explore the history of using print to influence
opinion. Create a timeline outlining the invention of print with a summary.
TUESDAY:
1.Notes:
notes on a
dystopian society (vid)
2.Silent
Reading: For
15 minutes,
read Act 2.
3.Dystopia
Assignment:
With
a partner, you
will illustrate the first two acts of a dystopia (exposition, rising action)
I.Act 1/Exposition: What
does the setting reveal about the tone?
a)Illustrate
and
label all of the common characters of a
dystopia along with text evidence that supports each type:
-representatives
of the powerful (Inner Party)
-representatives
of the typical citizen (Proles)
-disfranchised
character who wants to escape or change society (Winston/Brotherhood)
b)Draw
the setting
(pgs. 6-15) and include text evidence describing it. Include unpleasant symbols to help us connect
setting to one found in dystopian society
II.Act 2/Rising Action: How
is Winston trying to change Oceania?
a)Illustrate
the main setting in this act (Prole District, Forest, Mr. Charrington’s
Antique Store/Upstairs room. Include any
symbols, objects, or dreams introduced here.
b)Find
text evidence of what Winston does, feels, thinks in his attempt to change
Oceania. Include any obstacles along the way
c)Draw
any characters that cross Winston’s path that help to achieve or thwart (stop)
his revolution.
d)Illustrate
the scene where Winston realizes Big Brother is aware of his thought crimes
WEDNESDAY:
- Read W.H.O document and answer questions.
- Analyze the food pyramids over the years for bias.
- Compare the nutrition in the novel 1984 to U.S
THURSDAY:
- Notes: Archetypes
- Identify examples of archetypes in the novel. Find a quote for each archetype including page number, identify the type of archetype, and explain how it represents that archetype (There are 6 archetypes we reviewed today).
- STUDY FOR QUIZ:
FRIDAY:
- QUIZ ON ACT 2, characteristics of a dystopia, and archetypes in 1984
