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I As A Learner Goal
I As A Learner Goal
my ELL students involved in the lesson by engaging them with real world examples. For this
curriculum and learning goal, I am planning on reading and teaching the novel Animal Farm to
my students. Teaching in a high ELL population which is considered to be high risk, it is crucial
to engage students through activities that they can relate to and help them achieve a better
In teaching this novel, the first activity I will use to engage the students will be for them
to create their own propaganda flier. In the novel, the animals of Manor Farm unite together and
overthrow the humans who run the farm. The pigs Napoleon and Snowball fight for power of the
farm and Napoleon ultimately wins. When we get to this part of the novel, I will have the
students create fliers in which they will decide who would be the best animal to run the farm.
They will need to have a slogan and an image which will represent their animal of choice. This
activity will engage the students in a few different ways. First, it will allow them to think
creatively. They will need to develop an image which will represent the character they wish to
run the farm. It will also allow them to think critically about the novel and recall knowledge
about each of the animals on the farm before making their decision.
Another activity I will be implementing with the students as we are reading will be to
develop their own country. In Animal Farm, the pigs develop a type of “government” which they
call “animalism.” The pigs develop seven commandments which all the animals are required to
follow. To engage the students, I will have them develop their own countries. They will need to
design a name for their country, a flag, and come up with seven commandments of their own.
This activity will give a connection into their world by allowing them to create a country that is
entirely theirs. This is a great real life connection activity and it will also allow them to make
In addition to these activities, I will also be incorporating vocabulary into the unit. This
will be done on a bi-weekly basis and spelling/vocab quizzes will be given. To connect the
vocabulary words to the text, I will give the words to the students prior to reading that section of
the novel. Their task will be to identify the vocabulary words during active reading and write the
sentence in which the word was found. This will help the students with context as well as word
identification. It will also help them with literacy, which is a task that many of them struggle
with.
Through completing these activities, my goal is to allow the students to make connections
to the text while utilizing activities that will keep them engaged and excited about the learning
process. It can be a difficult task at times to achieve this, but by having them make connections
to their own lives with creating their own country and coming up with a flier for who they feel
would be best suited to run the farm, they will continue to be engaged in the lesson and the
reading.