Fragments of historical information to put into context the social/historical norms at the time George Orwell wrote “Nineteen Eighty-Four”
All the years work with a reading component – in one place.
Thoughtcrime Podcast
Listen to this course's companion podcast to help make sense of everything you find published here
Nineteen Eighty-Four Further Reading
Further reading to enhance your appreciation of the dystopian Genre. Use the links to download a copy onto your phone and computer so you can read these (or at least one of them) at your leisure.
Holiday Learning
Your focus over the holiday break should be on completing your reading of our core text, Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Friday 27 March – Analysis in the Hangout
Today we’ll meet together in the class hangout for the last period of this term. The main focus will be examining your written analysis – and planning for our Easter reading.
Thursday 26 March: Read, Write, Reflect
After yesterday’s excellent conference, we’re all in a good place to move forward. Here’s today’s plan.
Wednesday 25 March: Calm in the Storm
This is the first of our daily lesson outlines, now that we’re all working remotely. Today let’s take things quietly with a quick checkin online and then some time to read independently.
Task: Select a Quotation and expand on its effect.
In spite of being the author of the quotation "Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane." Orwell's writing is rich with grammatical complexity and textured imagery. After I provided and explained an exemplar of how to approach the use of a quotation -...
Nineteen Eighty-Four: How to handle a quotation
An exemplar demonstrating one way of producing the analysis required in relation to any self-selected quotation from the text.
Novel Study: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
NCEA 3.1: Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s), supported by evidence
Podcast: Postcard from Russia
Here are the website posts mentioned in this week's podcast: Grammar of Satire – A Postcard from Russia Grammar of Satire – Trident, by Frankie Boyle Grammar of Satire – Writing Task