‘Animal Farm’: language manipulation and control
Why this, why now
In this unit, pupils explore how language is used for control in 'Animal Farm'. They first look at the pigs' control of language, before exploring how the other animals' apathetic language contributes to their oppression. Pupils finally plan and write an essay about language manipulation.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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‘Animal Farm’: language manipulation and control
In this unit, pupils explore how language is used for control in 'Animal Farm'. They first look at the pigs' control of language, before exploring how the other animals' apathetic language contributes to their oppression. Pupils finally plan and write an essay about language manipulation.
7 lessons- The manipulation of language in Orwell's 'Animal Farm'
- The consequences of complicit and apathetic language in Orwell's 'Animal Farm'
- Writing a nuanced response on the manipulation of language in 'Animal Farm'
- How language creates social divisions in Orwell's 'Animal Farm'
- The connection between a lack of voice and oppression in Orwell's 'Animal Farm'
- The connection between shifting language and shifting ideology in 'Animal Farm'
- Narrative voice and the concepts of truth and complicity in 'Animal Farm'