Do you think that life is possible without technology these days?

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          PAU EXAM BACH II         

OPCIÓN A   CORRECTED

Do you think that life is possible without technology these days? Give reasons.

Autor: Germán Herreiz Blasco

As far as I am concerned people may not life cannot live without technology because we have reached a point that we use it for everything, I think most of people don´t survive without this invent in contrast most of people survive others do because they don´t use it, only for the necessary things. In the same way in this time is necessary the technology is necessary for example in the battle fight with all diseases with the finally to find a cure finally, in addition the videogames are better than ten year ago, similarly computers with in cars and other things.
In conclusion, I think that humanity isn´t prepared to live without technology could be.

Fecha: 28/02/2013 16:04.

Autor: Alba Moreno Giménez

Some time ago, people dídn’t use the technology that exist which there is nowadays. People used to play to populars games such as skipping rope ("comba", in Spanish), spinning top (" peonza" in Spanish),noughts and crosses ("las tres en ralla" in Spanish) and they used to play with toys instead of videogames.
Now, children play videogames, psp  PSP and DS consoles , ds  ...   and so on.  There is a lot of new technology. The Things have changed a lot very much in the last years.
In my opinion, we can live without technology like our parents did. I think that my generation depends of on technology and we aren’t prepared to live without it.

Fecha: 28/02/2013 18:22.

Autor: Andrea Martínez

A life without technology? In my point of view I think society has reached a point where it’s impossible to get rid from technology for a long term. Leaving Internet aside is hard to imagine, because we are used to liveliving with all kind of facilities like TVs, computers, phones, video game consoles and so on. And besides that Moreover, there are many types of technology which are  applied to our well-being that and are currently being used to build things appliances like such as fridges, hobs or cars, and we simply cannot live without them anymore. longer.
Our working system would radically change without, for example, mass production; and we couldn’t travel comfortably without the infrastructures that we provide. 

Ultimately, society is not prepared to live without the  technology that led us to where we are and helped us to escape from the caves. [Too much, isn’t it?]
Fecha: 28/02/2013 18:52.

Autor: Efraín Jiménez Molina

In these times, in my opinión, it would be very difficult living without tecnology. There’s a TV ** series called “Revolution”, which shows us a world without electricity. The people there have been living for fifteen years without it, and it is caused by a strange and unknown phenomenon,that which happened in the whole world at the same time. We can see there could examine a medieval civilization from Middle Ages, where people lived in communities, and a military group has had taken the power of the country. People lived in poor living conditions, caused by the heavy taxes. I think that this series shows a possible situation, and it makes us think about how tough would be a life without tecnology or electricity .

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Fecha: 28/02/2013 19:06.

Autor: Daniel Jarque Pérez

In the actually  Nowadays, the people can’t live without technology, because, they use the technology in the most of the things that they do daily,such as drive driving a   electric cars, using use de new mobile phones ( Iphone, HTC, Samsung and other brands) see watching the new television sets, see  and  3D movies, playing XBOX 360, Playstation 3consoles, etc. In the medicine, thanks to technology, it has been possible been able to cure for many diseases, such as cancer, hemophilia, diabetes, etc.. and others
But despite all this, once, when the technology was not so advanced didn’t exist, the people could live without using the technology, for example, they played with spinning tops (“peonzas” in Spanish),  board games,etc… and so on.
In my opinion, as I didn’t live in a time without technology, currently for people, the use of technology is essential in life.

Fecha: 28/02/2013 19:45.

Autor: Raquel Mellado Culebras

Many years ago, nobody used to use new technologies such as phones, video games,computers, Play Stations consoles and so on .... because therewasn’t weren’t  technologies. When we were a children, if we wanted to play with our friends, we used to have to go to the park at in the afternoons after school.
However, nowadays, if we have a mobile phone we can do a lot of thingslike such as talking with to somebody in a long distance, sending messages, take taking photos, even to use using the Internet.
For these reasons, I think that we can live without technology nowadays butits it’s complicated don’t use stop using these technology, because we are accustomed  have got used to use it sit at the computer table everydays day and sometimes the news new [adjectives always without S, sing=plual] technologies can be necessary.

Fecha: 28/02/2013 19:47.

Autor: Ana Carbonell Aréjula

In my opinion, a life without technology would be very difficult, because society has learned got used to live with all kinds of technologies, such as television, cars, computers, the Internet and so on ... If that is true, that Years ago the society and especially children used to amuseentertained themselves playing with a ball or a rope and they lived happily but today we could not live without teconologia technology because during all this time has been shown to be used to practically everything. nowadays technology is all around.
Besides, I like to travel travelling and if there were no cars or planes or trains I could not travel comfortably!
In conclusion, the country world would not be prepared to live if teconologia without technology , I think it would be a disaster

Fecha: 28/02/2013 19:48.

Autor: Beatriz Bosch Vila

It’s difficult to imagine a society without the technology we have now. A few years ago, people were able to communicate without mobile phones, using telephone boxes located in the streets.** Much less existed There were not applications such as WhatsApp or Messenger, which wasare beneficial very useful, but at present  because when you left go out to have and have a beer with friends, you conversed with should talk to themface to face, but the problem is that weren’t everybody  with don’t stop using their mobiles, abstracted from paying no attention to the world around reality.** Many people think  that the mobile phone is advantageous because you can communicate from anywhere, especially in emergencies. But I think if people got used to be able to communicate without them, why would it not be possible now? The most remarkablefact is that many cases of teenagers, for example, who don’t know the difference between the Spanish verbs "haber" and "a ver", are due to the use of these applications that by the use of  and abbreviations, because they forget spelling rules.
I think we could live without the advanced technology we have, but I also think it would be very difficult to step back on this issue. The technology is already a part of the daily rutine of this in our society.

** [this sentence was very confusing and I have tried to re-build the sentence by trying to grasp your main idea. Glad if I got it]

Fecha: 28/02/2013 19:52.

Autor: Jorge Griñán

In my point of view, nowadays it is impossible to live without technology, everything around us has somehow technology, from a bottle to a generation updated cars. Currently, children have been born surrounded by technological devices, and at school the classrooms have at least one computer.
Technology is the biggest culprit of our progress, and where this is seen more clearly, for instance, in cars of 1950’s can’t be compared with today’s cars and all the technologies that they incorporate. Another scope where the technology has an important role is in medicine. Formerly people diedbecause of diseases that today we consider mild, and this is thanks to technology.
In conclusion, I think that the perfect machine doesn’t exist, and it will notnever exist ever, but technology make makes our lifes easier and better, and we should trust in her. it

Fecha: 28/02/2013 20:05.

Autor: Mar Asensi Bañón.

A society without technology nowadays? From my point of view society has to get used really fast to technology, because it makes life more confortable and fast.
It’s clear that people have lived without any technology by a large longtime, but nowdays things are made to have a technological dynamics.
We have advanced so much in a technological way, and we have considered staple things, gadgets that dind’t which didn’t exist just 20 yeas before,such as computers, smartphones, tablets, ipads and others. we could live without it, but things will turn out so difficult for us because it would willbe like remove removing the candy a sweet from the mouth to the of achild, I mean technology have give has given us so many tools to have an eassy life, so that we would’t couldn’t find the way of living without it.

Fecha: 28/02/2013 20:11.

Autor: Mireia Cano Villafaina

Nowadays, technology it’s essencial in our society. From thetelecommunications until in personal life, and it continues to envolve.evolving.
We are surrounded by electronics, such as high tech mobiles phones which can take better photos than a camera or recognize your voice. 
Besides, a lot of electronics electronical devices have been emerging to the market such as tablets, ipads, e-books and others
The use of technology has many advantages, because suppouse just imagine a lot of advances in medicine or investigation, for example. But italso has drawbacks, as because the social relations have beenlosing disappearing due to the fact that  because people only communicate through by Whatsapp or social networks.
From my point of view, technology it’s required is necessary in our society but moderately.

Fecha: 28/02/2013 22:55.

Autor: Ana Belén López Antón

Really In fact, can anyone think  think that the actual  today’s society can live without technologies?
Nowadays our live  lives are the depend on technology ies; everythingthat which  surrounds us has been created to get  facilitate our comfort. If you look carefully around you, that will be easy to see.
Such as t The Internet is a good example for new technology and it is improving with the as years go by. The Internet has got advantages, for example,  like it is very faster or like  and you can have internet at any time. But it also have has disadvantages, because like  you can be too dependent is cause dependence, is a vice or and it could distract students .With the Internet came the mobiles phones came along with it. And with that, began to appear applications such as WhatsApp, Facebook or Tuenti mobil  began to appear.
As a conclusion, in my opinion nowadays we can’t live without technologies, they are part of our life and our education. The technologies give them us some comfort  confrot.

Fecha: 02/03/2013 17:19.

Autor: Damián Quiles Navarro

It is not posible! I think that it isn´t so because we are accustomed to using technology every day, for news, playing games and so on. Electronic devices have turned out more portable We bring the technology in a more portable, so you can take it  her anywhere, so that’s why you can enjoy all your applications where wherever you want like. Even using the technology work Technology can be used even for any job.

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Fecha: 24/04/2013 12:03.

Autor: Daniel Tomas Valero

On the one hand, it is truth true that people live using technology for all things everything but if people lived without technology in past, whycouldn’t people cannot live without technology nowadays? On the other hand, it is also true too is truth that people we use lesstechnologys technologies, because people is they  are more committed with the nature and environment.
What`s more, technology technological advances make us live better, why whit  because  with it, we have less mork work and more leisure. But thetechnology not only doesn’t bring only good things. The technology too bring but danger and changes in the world.
Hereby, we must control technology its advances and our confidence of this. If we continue improve improving technology technologies, in future, we will have a stilted different world far from nature.

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KILKENNY´S WITCH

KILKENNY´S  WITCH

We went to Kilkenny, a beautiful city in the south of Ireland. One day we asked the local people where could we listen to  some typical Irish music and get a drink and they recommended us the Kyteler's Inn, a very typical place and it was fantastic! 

We discovered that this pub took the name from an ancient witch of Kilkenny, her name was Alice Kyteler, and she was the first recorded person that was condemned for witchcraft in Ireland (13th century). She  had four husbands and all of them died in very suspicious circumstances. Reason why she was imprisoned in Kilkenny's castle tower.She eventually escaped and left the country, but her servant, Petronilla de Meath, took her place and was flogged, she was burned to death and her daughter run away with Alice.Oppossite the pub, there was a scary mural of a witch and the local people told us that in the pub some ghosts had been seen at night, It was terrifying! 

This pub got the title of Ireland´s pub of the year in 2014.

Alice´s story was the inspiration of a lot of novels such as:

“The Stone”, a novel about Alice Kyteler´s times, which was published in 2008, written by a woman from Kilkenny named Claire Nolan. 

Robin Morgan wrote another novel, “The Burning Time” about Alice Kyteler.

“The Kyteler Witch” is a novel that explores the relationship between Petronella de Meath and her employer Lady Alice Kyteler, written by Candace Muncy Poole, 2014.

Ángela Fayos,  1BI

Kilkenny Impression

Kilkenny Impression

After being in Ireland I could only tell three big differences from Spain:  The weather, the food and the irish people´s behavior.

The weather is too variable and the atmosphere is wet, the sun can be shinning and in just a few minutes is hailing, not too comfortable to live with but I guess you can get used to it. The food for me was disgusting most of the time, at lunch they only ate a little sandwich and some chocolate bars and the dinner is often served with potatoes or butter, I had the feeling that it doesn´t matter how much I ate that I would never stop being hungry, it is like the food was made just to stay alive and not to enjoy.

Finally, about people, I can say that they are interesting, they are polite, friendly and punctual all the time, but I felt that all the kindness and the consideration were mechanical behavior, often cold and sometimes weary, but they are a good people if you know them well, after all.

So, ignoring all that I have said before, it was nice to know and learn from another culture and see all the beautiful places that Ireland has, 
so I would probably try to repeat the experience.

                                                                                                              Álvar Sancenon, 1ST BACI

HERE COMES THE SUN!

REPORTED SPEECH

MODAL VERBS

El departamento de ingles ha organizado un viaje a Kilkenny de inmersión linguística en familias con 

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Valencia, a 30 de noviembre 2015   

GRUPO 

GRUPO IES PERE BOïL  KILKENY (IRL) , ABRIL 2016  

INCLUIDO EN EL PRECIO: Transporte:  Traslados i/v  aeropuerto Dublín al punto de encuentro con las familias en Kilkenny. Alojamiento  8días/ 7 noches.  Alojamiento en familia, (única nacionalidad, habitación individual).   Distancia a la escuela andando. Para los que estén más alejados, la familia se hace cargo de llevarlos personalmente. Comidas  Pensión completa en Homestay (packed lunch). Clases  20 lecciones Inglés General (total 15 horas).   Grupo Cerrado (máximo 15 alumnos por aula)  Material Curso, certificado de asistencia e informe final Visitas  Programa completo de actividades Socio-culturales todos los días.  Full Day Excursion to Dublín (con guía).  Flexibilidad para cambiar las actividades y excursiones según preferencias del grupo.  

Nº grupo Precio por alumno +30                   425,00€ 

Vuelos:  Reus-Dublín-Reus. Importe aproximado 200€ (a validar en el momento de la compra del billete). Incluye maleta facturada de 20Kg y tasas de gestión. Traslados a Reus:   Pendiente  valorar la compañía de autocares y el importe, variable según el número de alumnos.  

DOCUMENTACIÓN NECESARIA PARA FORMALIZAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN:   

 fotocopia pasaporte   fotocopia D.N.I   fotocopia tarjeta sanitaria europea ó seguro privado   Permiso de salida de menores a Irlanda (el formulario se entregará en la última reunión)  

FORMA DE PAGO   

 200 € en concepto de billete de avión antes de viernes 4 de diciembre 2015   Antes del 31 de enero 2016: 150 €   Antes del 29 de febrero 2016: 150 €   Antes del 10 de marzo 2016: El resto del importe total   

La forma de pago es mediante transferencia bancaria* al siguiente número de cuenta de TEC IDOMES: Catalunya Caixa IBAN: ES76 2013 0712 33 0200641762  *Indicar a ser posible “Kilkenny y el nombre del alumno” en el concepto 

​​International Women´s Day (March 8th)

International Women´s Day                (March 8th)     some classroom resources In 1977, the UN established March 8th as "International Women's Day" (why March 8th?). It may be a good excuse to deal with issues of gender relations and gender equality, as well as the role of women along history, in the classroom. Here are some resources you might like to use: SUFFRAGETTES:  One of the origins of the celebration is women's fight for suffrage in Europe. This has been depicted in popular culture lately: extensively in the film Suffragette (2015), and as a subplot in a special episode of the BBC show Sherlock ("The Abominable Bride", 2015): Sufffragette (B1- B2) (subtitled trailer in http://www.yourlocalcinema.com/suffragette.html) Sherlock - "The Abominable Bride" (B2-C1) A rather peculiar (and perhaps ideologically objectionable) depiction of a suffragette appears in Mary Poppins (1964), in the character of Mrs. Banks. (Maybe it's time to deconstruct a children's film): UNICEF VIDEOS:  You may use this video about Fatna, a girl in eastern Chad, and her struggle to be able to go to school (A2): (subtitled in English here: http://watchinenglish.blogspot.com.es/2013/10/educating-fatna-unicef-tv.html) UNICEF Youtube channel EMPOWERING WOMEN:  Different campaigns apparently aim at showing more empowered women roles, from Disney to sanitary towels brands, probably in order to suit their own marketing needs: Disney- "I am a princess" (A2) (subtitled in Spanish in Youtube- to watch with subtitles in English, click here) It's very classroom-friendly: use of comparatives, superlatives; lots of vocabulary related to relationships, personality adjectives... Always- "Run like a girl" (A2-B1) (H/T Miriam A.) (subtitles in English available on Youtube) SONGS: Beyoncé- If I Were a Boy (A2-B1) (With the song, you also get to practise type 2 conditional clauses, obviously) EMMA WATSON-  He for She campaign.  The British actress Emma Watson, best known as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, is the Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women. In September 2014, she gave a speech at the UN about gender inequality and how to fight it. Transcript Since then, she has been actively involved in the He for She campaign. You may watch an interview with her, along with some comprehension exercises on the British council Learn English teens website WOMEN IN COMPUTING:  Read towards the end of this blog entry to find out about Ada Lovelace (Lord Byron's daughter) and Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr's contribution to early computing.

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ST.PATRICKS?

ST. PATRICK’S 

DAY

Saint Patrick's Day is a cultural 
and religious celebration that happens annually on 17 March to mark the death date of the most commonly-recognised patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick. It is also a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador and Montserrat. 

But if your curious keep reading for more facts about St. Patty's Day on the following link....

facts and curiosities about Saint Patrick's Day

DO YOU ENJOY WRITING STORIES?

Then, hurry up and write one for the LITERARY CONTEST before March 16th!!

EATING DISORDERS_VIDEO LISTENING

Anorexia - Listening Comprehension

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=11417

Questions:

Principio del formulario

In what kind of industry does the interviewee work?
 fashion business
 graphic design
 media industry

What does the woman suffer from?
 cancer
 progeria
 eating disorder

When did the first symptoms of her illness appear?
 when she was a teenager
 when she was a toddler
 in her adult life

Why did she move to the South of France?
 to find a new job
 to join her parents and live with them
 to look for help

What is the woman's health condition at the time of the interview?
 it's stationary
 it's getting worse
 it's improving

Why does the woman draw the freckles on her face?
 to draw people's attention from her silhouette
 to make others admire her face
 to cover the wrinkles

MASS MEDIA DEBATE IB

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CHILDREN AND ADVERTISING 

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TELEVISION a poem by Roald Dahl

Strategies Of Manipulation, Consumerism and Advertising

10 Strategies Of Manipulation
by Noam Chomsky

The High Price of Materialism

Lies and Tricks on Advertising

Psychological Manipulation in Advertising

PERSUASION AND ADVERTISING

THE FUTURE OF ADVERTISING

10 LIES ADVERTISING TAUGHT YOU

COOKING VIDEO TUTORIALS MADE BY 4TH OF ESO STUDENTS

COOKING MACCARRONI

BRAND OVER BRAIN.

Radio Programme on advertising


What is advertising? Is it telling the truth or is it making things look better than they really are? Or is it lying? Companies pay a lot of money for adverts. Some of the ads you see in glossy magazines look like art. The commercials on TV look like mini movies. Do they really change our behaviour? Do adverts make you buy things? 


Brands help us assign value to almost everything we buy. But is there a way to know the difference between real and created value? In this episode, TED speakers explore the seductive power of brands.


The post crisis consumer:(video about advertising)

LESSON PLAN WITH LISTENING AS A WARM UP ACTIVITY:
British TV bans Australian tourism ad

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2 IB ORAL INDIVIDUAL INFO.

INFORMATION FOR THE ORAL INDIVIDUAL.

It  is based on the options: cultural diversity, customs and traditions, health, leisure, science and technology.
The individual oral is divided into two parts.

Supervised preparation time	The student is shown one photograph (HL), with a title or caption, selected by the teacher. The title or caption should help the student give a focus to the presentation. Each photograph is related to a different option studied in class. The student chooses one of the photographs and prepares a presentation.	15 minutes
Part 1: Presentation	The student describes the photograph and relates it to the option and the target culture(s).	3–4 minutes
Part 2: Discussion	A discussion with the teacher based on the presentation follows. Discussion based on a topic from the other option studied may be introduced if that contributes to the interaction.	5–6 minutes

The teacher selects from different sources photographs of scenes or situations linked to the two options studied during the course, and gives a title to each photograph that should help the student focus on the option. The student is shown one photograph per option studied and chooses the one that will be used in the presentation. The student must not see the photograph prior to the examination, and has 15 minutes in which to prepare the presentation based on the photograph, relating it to one of the two options covered in class.
The photograph should enable the student to reflect on the culture(s) studied and should stimulate discussion following the presentation. Any text in the picture should be in the target language. It is recommended that the photographs be in colour and contain plenty of graphic text. The same photograph may be used with up to five students but the title or caption should be different for each student.
During the 15 minutes’ preparation time students may write working notes (approximately 10 short points). These notes should be used for reference only and must not be read aloud as a prepared speech.

Animal Farm - George Orwell - Complete Audiobook

1IB ANIMAL FARM Study Questions & Reading Assignments

Reading Assignments:

Reading Assignment 1 - Chapters I and II

Reading Assignment 2 - Chapters III and IV

Reading Assignment 3 - Chapter V

Reading Assignment 4 - Chapters VI and VII

Reading Assignment 5 - Chapters VIII and IX

Reading Assignment 6 - Chapter X

Before reading the book

MAL BEFORE READING THE NOVEL

Check the terms satire, allegory, irony, and fable.

Since Orwell’s subtitle is “A Fairy Story,” we will discuss this in class.

Write about the qualities of a good leader.

Jot down interesting incidents from the novel as you read the book, but also answer the assigned questions in your notebooks.

Think about reasons why a government might be overthrown and relate it to current world events,  including the rebellions in South Africa, Poland, Panama, or other historical revolts. What made these people dissatisfied with their leaders and their living conditions?

CHAPTER I

Summarize always every chapter in your own words (2 or 3 paragraphs)

1. What is significant about how the animals arrange themselves as they gather to hear Major? What might this arrangement say about future meetings or events?

2. According to Major, what is the cause of all the animals’ problems?

3. What motto does Major give the animals?

4. What are the commandments Major gives the animals? Can you think of ways each of them could be considered a vice?

5. Summarize Major’s speech.

6. Examine the song “Beasts of England” as poetry. What imagery is present? What is the message? Why do the animals like it so much that they memorize it on the spot? To what emotions and needs does it appeal?

7. Analyze “Beasts of England.”

CHAPTER II

Sumarize this chapter in your own words.

1. After Major’s death what happens to the idea of rebelling against man?

2. Why don’t the pigs like the pet raven Moses’ stories about Sugarcandy Mountain?

3. What causes the animals to finally rebel against Mr. Jones and his four farmhands?

4. When the humans have been chased from the farm, what do the animals do?

5. What do the animals do about the farmhouse?

6. How does the behavior of the pigs foreshadow their eventual leadership positions?

CHAPTER III AND IV

From what you know so far about the pigs and the other animals on the farm, speculate on what the future will be like for the animals.

As you continue reading, compare your predictions to what actually happens in the novel.

1. What further examples of the difference between the pigs and the other animals occur in these two chapters?

2. What are Napoleon’s ideas about education?

3. How is Squealer able to convince the other animals to accept whatever Napoleon decides?

4. Describe the Battle of the Cowshed.

5. What was Snowball’s part in this battle?

6. Where is Napoleon during the battle?

7. What is the significance of the gun’s placement at the foot of the flagpole?

CHAPTER V

List of all the changes that occur in this chapter. From this list they will find vivid evidence

of the pigs’ increasing power.

1. Why does Mollie run away from the farm?

2. What changes have been made in the weekly meetings over the last year?

3. Explain the windmill controversy from Snowball’s point of view.

4. Explain the windmill controversy from Napoleon’s point of view.

5. What changes does Napoleon make after his dogs chase Snowball off the farm?

6. Why don’t the other animals protest Napoleon’s decisions?

7. Note how the animals now arrange themselves when they enter the barn to receive their orders as compared to the description in Chapter I.

8. What is the importance of the dogs accompanying Squealer when he comes to talk to the animals?

CHAPTERS VI AND VII

Imagine how Snowball might have run things if he had gotten rid of Napoleon. Would things have been any different? Are there indications that Snowball’s ideas for running the

farm would have proved more beneficial to the animals? Or would things have turned out the same?

1. How much work are the animals now doing?

2. Why does Napoleon decide to engage in trade with neighboring farms?

3. How do the animals react?

4. How is the windmill destroyed? Why does Napoleon blame Snowball?

5. Why does Napoleon insist the windmill must be rebuilt immediately?

6. Why does Napoleon order that the hens’ eggs be sold?

7. How does Napoleon react when the hens’ rebel against his orders?

8. Why does Napoleon revive the threat of the farm being sabotaged by Snowball?

9. Explain why the animals confessed to being traitors. Or is there any explanation?

10. Why does Napoleon order the animals to stop singing “Beasts of England?”

Point out how the animals react to the murders and how they gain some comfort by gathering together and singing “Beasts of England.”

What will comfort them now that the song has been banned?

CHAPTERS VIII AND IX

1. What purpose is served by the production figures Squealer reads to the animals?

2. How is Napoleon becoming more and more like a typical dictator?

3. Compare/contrast the poem “Comrade Napoleon” to “Beast of England.”

4. Describe the sale of the stack of lumber. How does Napoleon outwit himself?

5. What makes the battle against Frederick’s men different from the Battle of the Cowshed?

6. Why do the men blow up the windmill?

7. The animals celebrate a victory, but at what cost?

8. Describe the whisky incident. Why would Orwell make this scene somewhat humorous?

9. Why are the animals so easily fooled, even when they find Squealer with a ladder and white paint beside the barn at night?

10. What is happening to Boxer?

11. What are living conditions like for all of the animals except the pigs and dogs?

12. Why does Napoleon allow Moses to return and to tell his stories about Sugarcandy Mountain?

ACTIVITY: Write about what you look forward to, telling how those things will make your lives better or more enjoyable.

13. What happens to Boxer? How do the animals accept it?

14. Of what kind of person does Benjamin remind you? Give some examples. What is your opinion of such people? What makes people behave this way?

CHAPTER X

1. What changes have the years brought to the farm?

2. How does Orwell make fun of bureaucracy?

3. How do the animals no feel about their social order, their farm?

4. What drastic actions do the pigs use to shatter the animals’ complacency?

5. All seven commandments are erased. What is the new commandment and how has it been true from the beginning?

6. At the conference with neighboring farmers, what new changes does Napoleon point out?

7. What happens to the pigs’ appearance?