ANIMAL FARM By George Orwell
Study Guide Written and illustrated by
BARBARA STANNERS
Acknowledgements The illustrations that appear in this book are based on the strip version drawings of the 1955, Halas and Batchelor film version of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” .
Study Guide Section 1 Student Worksheets 1. Plot Outline 2. Study guide 3. Extension Activities 4. Vocabulary Extension
Section 2 Teaching Notes 1. Author 2. Context 3. Plot Commentary 4. Characterisation 5. Setting and Structure 6. Themes 7. Literary Style 8. Vocabulary Extension answers
Student Worksheets 1. Plot Outline 2. Study guide and Wildlife Experience Sheets 3. Language Worksheets 4. Vocabulary Extension 5. Writing Tasks
PLOT OUTLINE Major dies and the pigs incite rebellion
Seven commandments are painted on barn wall Committees formed and a weekly Meeting held to celebrate ‘Animal Farm’ & the rebellion Jones and other farmers try to recapture Animal Farm Animosity between Napoleon & Snowball worsens Snowball is chased off Animal Farm by Napoleon’s dogs Animals work like slaves-60 hour weeks
Major’s inspirational speech and dream
Jones is run off Manor Farm and the animals take control Animals successfully bring in the hay harvest Pigs begin to take special privileges such as sole use of the apple crop
Under Snowball’s leadership, the attack is repulsed. Snowball announces his Windmill plan Napoleon takes over the Windmill idea, declaring it was in fact his own. Napoleon announces that there will be trade with neighbouring farms