BACHILLERATO1 - INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANIMAL FARM PERFORMANCE

ANIMAL FARM DRAMA LESSON PLAN

ACT 1 SCENES 1 -TO 6  PLANNING 20/02/17 TO 27/02/17 

THAT IS 2 DAYS; 1 AS REHEARSAL TO KNOW YOUR LINES AND 1 TO PERFORM IT 

ACT 2 SCENES 1 TO 7 PLANNING 06/03/17 TO 07/03/17

THAT IS 2 DAYS; 1 AS REHEARSAL TO KNOW YOUR LINES AND 1 TO PERFORM IT 

13/03/17 FINAL PERFORMANCE

WHAT ABOUT HAVING SOME AUDIENCE? 

We could use the courtyard or the library ...

that means extra mark for your grade... ; )

PROPS  & COSTUMES

7 COMMANDMENTS POSTER (ADRIÁN THANKS FOR OFFERING YOUR HELP) MORE IDEAS?

BLACK T-SHIRT, JEANS AND CHARACTER MASKS

In order to identify the characters you should make felt or foam masks , they should be as similar as possible, please get in touch with other students if you share characters to arrange it

please find examples attached

This is the list of characters for ACT 1 SCENES 1 -TO 6 

A1S1 stands for Act 1 Scene 1

A1S2 stands for Act 1 Scene 2

Narrators	For setting or stage  indications  A1S1/2 Aitana B A1S3 Isaac A1S4 Leticia A1S5 Asier	Children A1S1/S2 Diego A1S3Yolanda A1S4 Aitana S A1S5 Marta S A1S6 Carolina
Snowball (pig) based on Trotsky	A1S2 Sara F A1S3 Alejandro O A1S4 Raúl D A1S5 Leticia A1S6 Alejandro R
Napoleon (pig) based on Stalin	A1S2 Eva  A1S3 Aurora A1S4 Asier A1S5 Yolanda A1S6 Adrián
Boxer (huge cart-horse) his motto or slogan is "I´ll work harder and Napoleon is always right"	A1S1/S3 A. Rubio A1S4 CarlosLH A1S5 Marta M A1S6 Isaac
Mr. Jones (drunk farmer)  represents Tsar Nicholas II, whom the Russian Revolution ousted.	A1S1/S3  Gabriel F A1S4 Belén
Old Major (boar) based on Karl Marx and Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir I. Lenin	A1S1 Pablo V
Squealer (small pig) spreads Napoleon´s propaganda	A1S2 Fernando  A1S3 Lucia A1S4 Iker A1S6 CarloslH
Mollie (mare, foolish, sweet young horse) She represents the petit bourgeoisie that fled from Russia a few years after the Russian Revolution.	A1S1/S3 Irene A1S4 Sara P A1S5 Paula E
Moses (tame raven) spreads spreads stories of Sugarcandy Mountain, the paradise to which animals supposedly go when they die	A1S2 Carlos lH A1S3 Adrián
Mr. Whymper. The human solicitor whom Napoleon hires to represent Animal Farm in human society.
Benjamin (old donkey) firmly believes that life will remain unpleasant no matter who is in charge.	A1S3 Marta M A1S6 Belén C
Clover (female cart-horse) suspicious but blames herself for misremembering the commandments	A1S1/S3 Belén A1S5 Adrián A1S6 Eva
Muriel The white goat who reads the Seven Commandments	A1S4 Yolanda A1S6 Olga
Group of Hens	A1S1 Paula E, Leticia, Raúl	All A1S1/2/3 All students
		Hen 1 A1S2 Leticia A1S3 Carolina R A1S5 Belén
Pigs	A1S1 Iker, Sara P	Hen 2 A1S2 Raúl A1S3 Olga A1S5 Gabriel F A1S6 Irene
Bull		Cat 1 A1S2/S3 Marta S
Sheep		Cat 2 A1S2 Asier S
Singer		Animals A1S3/4/S6 All students

How would you like to display the real meaning of the characters?

Print names and slogans  and use a safety pin to put it on your t-shirts?

Please let me know asap

Thanks

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Enjoy