Key takeaways
A detailed understanding of rhetorical devices and how they can be used.
A close analysis of Old Major’s speech.
Practice in developing an evaluative personal response.
Host: Sarah is an English teacher at a Grammar school in South East London. She studied English and American Literature at the University of Kent and trained for her PGCE at UCL six years ago. She also teaches Film Studies at A level. Animal Farm was published in 1945 and is still a popular text today! In this class, students will be introduced to and reminded of a number of rhetorical devices that can be used for effective persuasive writing. They will then apply these to an analysis of Old Major’s speech in Chapter 1 of Animal Farm. Finally, they will get the opportunity to begin developing an evaluative personal response when examining both effect and effectiveness of rhetorical techniques used.
This is a great class for students in Years 7 - 11 to work on combining learning theory as well as practical application which are important to excel in exams!
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Safeguarding reminder:The safety of your child is of the utmost importance. All of our classes are pre-recorded to remove any concerns around live participation. For reruns of our past live classes, students' webcams and microphones were disabled and only the chat history, if participation was requested, is visible.
Suitable for:
This class is suitable for students in Years 7-11 or S1-S5.
Class requirements:
You will need a laptop or device with internet connection to watch the class, as well as a pen and notepad for taking notes.
What to expect:
- This class will take place online via a Zoom webinar.
- For live classes, please arrive promptly. Students' cameras and microphones are disabled by default.
- For on demand classes, students will be watching a recording of a previous live class.
- Once you have signed up, you will be taken to your dashboard where you can view details of the class, and re-watch it in the future.
- Students will be sent confirmation of the class to their email address if provided.