Animal Farm KS4 SOW
A comprehensive KS4 AQA English Literature unit for George Orwell’s Animal Farm, containing 17+ detailed lessons, extensive additional teaching resources, exam preparation materials, revision activities and a revision quiz.
The unit takes students through the novella in sequence, developing their understanding of Orwell’s language, structure, context, and more. Lessons are numbered in order, with recap activities that revisit and build on learning from previous lessons, alongside regular comprehension, analytical and exam style activities.
**Students develop their ability to:**
Explore characterisation and relationships
Analyse how Orwell presents characters and their development
Explore key themes and ideas
Analyse Orwell’s use of language
Explore symbolism and allegory
Analyse structural and narrative choices
Explore the significance of key events and moments
Use quotations effectively to support interpretations
Understand and apply relevant historical and political context
Explore Orwell’s ideas, viewpoints and messages
Make connections between characters, themes, language and context
Develop detailed analytical and evaluative responses
Construct sustained arguments in response to exam questions
Respond confidently to AQA English Literature exam style questions
Develop effective essay planning and revision strategies
Retrieve and apply knowledge of the novella through repeated practice
**What’s included?**
17+ detailed, ready to teach lessons, with enough resources to extend the unit further
Lessons covering the novella in chronological order
A range of activities for every lesson and chapter
Comprehension questions for each chapter
Recap and retrieval activities linked to previous lessons
Key structural and contextual information
Context lessons, worksheets and quizzes
Key vocabulary worksheets and activities
Analytical and discussion tasks
Creative activities
Character, theme, language and structure activities
Multiple choice quizzes covering character, themes and plot
Opportunities for exam preparation and assessment
A homework sheet of 24 homework tasks of varying difficulties. Pupils are to choose one task each week to complete that matches their confidence and ability.
14 Animal Farm Literature Repeat Tasks for the beginning of lessons - 11 on key themes and 13 on key quotations, with 5 questions for each key word or quote.
AQA Animal Farm Revision Guide. 32 pages. Includes the following resources: How to Revise, Key Characters and Scenes to Focus on, Animal Farm Summary, Orwell’s Context, Context Revision Questions, Characters, Themes, Key Symbols and Motifs, Language and Structure Techniques (with examples), Revision Activities, Additional Revision Activities, 7 AQA Exam Style Questions and AQA Marksheet
An Animal Farm Revision Quiz powerpoint with 102 questions (and answers), and an answer sheet for pupils to fill in. The quiz includes the following categories: 20 Multiple Choice Questions, 12 Open Ended Questions, 12 Who Is This Quote Describing?, 12 Context Multiple Choice Questions, 12 Which Character Said This?, 12 Anagrams, 12 Odd One Out (From a list of four, identify the odd one out.) and 10 Picture round (identify which theme or character is linked to the image.)
**Exam Preparation Resources**
3 exam question style PowerPoints focusing on Boxer, Education and Squealer
Detailed Essay Plan in both PowerPoint and booklet format for an AQA exam question exploring equality
Any of the exam questions in the PowerPoints or the AQA exam question lesson can be used as an assessment activity
Modelled planning and analytical support to help students develop effective exam responses
