Movie or Book?

After watching Animal Farm, do you think the movie resembles the story in its full extent? Is there any detail of the story that you could understand better by watching the movie? What have you enjoyed the most, reading or watching Animal Farm?

Chapter 10 and the end!!!

Explain the transformation that can occur by association and aspiration. When have you, or others you have known or have read about, come to resemble a group you/they wished to join or recently did join? In what way can someone you once knew become unrecognizable to you? What factors change people?

Are you ready for the movie?

Here's a trailer of ANIMAL FARM the movie....is it what you have imagined?
http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK//video/screenplay/vi498532633/

Reading books

Guille, Esteban, Matías and Billy, you are reading a book of your choice. Please, tell your classmates what your are reading and what your book is about up to now. Maybe you can motivate your classmates to read it in their spare time!

Animal Farm- Chapters 8-9

Do you believe that animals can have human qualities? Write about an animal you have known who acted as "human". Do you believe humans can sometimes act like animals? Give examples of this as well.

Animal Farm- Chapters 4-6

"Nothing could have been achieved without Boxer." Tell who Boxer symbolizes and what the windmill represents. Then explain the deeper meaning of this sentence.

Short Stories: "TEA" by Saki

What do you think of the title of the story- TEA? Is the story really about tea , or is it tea used as a symbol for something else? If so, what? What other title would you suggest for this story?

The World and Our Country Today...?

For both of you, the ones who are reading Animal Farm and the Short Stories...Can you find any resemblance between what you have read and what is happening in our country (or the world) today? Any character that can be compared to a 'real' human being? Any attitude or behaviour that can be considered a parallel to our reading?