Explore allegorical literature with the Animal Farm unit, a four-week homeschool english curriculum designed to strengthen your child’s critical thinking and creativity. Students delve into George Orwell’s classic, analyzing themes of power and revolution while connecting the story to the Russian Revolution.

Key Features:

• Critical Analysis: Students identify themes and historical allegories within Animal Farm, and compare them with real-world events.
• Creative Expression: Students express their understanding through activities like re-imagining scenes with animal personifications and designing thematic artwork.
• Rhetorical Skills: Our letter-writing campaign lets your child practice persuasive writing, guided by proper structure and tone.
• Interdisciplinary Learning: Students experience blending literature with history by aligning a self-crafted timeline of the novel’s events with key historical periods.

Bring Animal Farm to life in your homeschool with activities that go beyond reading comprehension. Students debate leadership styles, play grammar games, plan a windmill project, and perform oral readings to enhance understanding and expression. This unit makes up four weeks of a complete year-long Age 12-14 Language Arts curriculum. Use all ten units for a complete eighth grade homeschool curriculum.

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