Revision set 5 – for Tuesday March 9

+ ACADEMIC READING – layout + texts: for MARCH 10

+ NEWS JOURNAL 1 – for MARCH 19

51 Animal Farm – the story and the principles on which the animal society is organised, how and why they
change and get abandoned
52 Animal Farm – main characters and their characteristics, the human types they represent
53 Animal Farm – parallels between events on Animal Farm and the historical events in Russia; parallels
between characters in the book and real people/Russian society
54 Animal Farm – the role of propaganda, the message of the book, Orwell’s language
55 George Orwell – his life and his concerns (the freedom of press; role and heading of British intelligentsia,
development in Russia and other countries) – what he was concerned about, what dangers he feared
56 Elizabethan times and drama – general introduction to the situation in England (society, economy,
religion), factors influencing the development of arts
57 Elizabethan theatre – theatre up to 16th cent., Eliz. plays – sources, authors: William Shakespeare (life
and work, a play I have read / seen) + brief intro to other representatives of Elizabethan drama
58 Introducing Elizabethan theatre (first playhouses and what they were like – description, performances,
tickets …)
59 Elizabethan playing companies, actors, playwrights, rehearsing new plays, repertory; going to the theatre
– atmosphere; comparing Elizabethan and modern theatre
60 Comparing Elizabethan and modern playhouse
61 Schools and I (schools I have attended, favourite subjects, extra-curricular activities, what I like / dislike
about my / Czech school(s)
62 School system in UK – general introduction
63 UK – school day, organisation of classes, extra-curricular activities; state and independent schools
64 School system in USA – general introduction
65 Comparing school systems in our country and UK/USA, what I like better about each
66 Schools: Culture Capsules → 2 topics in greater detail, other topics: basic info