WW1
Prepositions
Animal Farm
Participles/Participial Phrases
100
Define propoganda.
misleading or biased information used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
100
List five prepositions that show time.
Possible answers: before, after, during, on, at
100
How is the movie ending different from the book ending of Animal Farm?
In the movie, the animals revolt against Napoleon and kill him; in the book, the animals can no longer tell who's a pig and who's human in the final scene (and no one dies).
100
Participles look like ________________ but act like ______________.
Participles look like verbs but act like adjectives.
200
Name the Axis Powers OR the Allied Powers.
Axis Powers - Germany, Italy, Japan
Allied Powers - Great Britain, The United States, China, and the Soviet Union
200
List 5 prepositions that show time and 5 prepositions that show location.
Possible answers for time: before, after, during, on, at
Possible answers for location: on, at, behind, across, down
200
What does the final commandment on page 134 mean?
All the other animals "beneath" the pigs are equal to each other (but not to the pigs). The pigs believe they are superior (better than the other animals).
200
Present participles end in the letters ________, while past participles end in the letters _______.
Present participles end in the letters ing, while past participles end in the letters ed.
300
Name the Axis AND the Allied Powers
Axis Powers - Germany, Italy, Japan
Allied Powers - Great Britain, The United States, China, and the Soviet Union
300
Does the following sentence begin with a prepositional phrase of a subordinate (dependent) clause?
Before she met her husband, she went on many terrible dates.
A subordinate clause
300
By the end of the book, the sheep have a new saying. What is it?
Four legs good, two legs better!
300
Rearrange (put in a new order) the words to create a sentence that begins with a participial phrase. Don't forget to add a comma after the participial phrase.
boss worked Trying impress the employee night each to his late.
Trying to impress his boss, the employee worked late each night.
400
Explain how this image connects to WW1.
WW1 was largely fought from trenches (a deep, narrow hole in the ground that is used as protection for soldiers).
400
Begin a sentence with a prepositional phrase (make sure it's not an independent clause)!
Possible answer: At the end of the long movie, they fell asleep.
400
Choose 4 individuals or groups from the Russian Revolution and match them to the corresponding Animal Farm characters. Here are your choices:
Stalin
Trotsky
Marx
Czar Nicholas II
proletariat
secret police
older generations & intellectuals
bourgeoisie
Stalin - Napoleon
Trotsky - Snowball
Marx (or Lenin) - Old Major
Czar Nicholas II - Mr. Jones
proletariat - Boxer
secret police - dogs
older generations and intellectuals - Benjamin
bourgeoisie - Mollie
400
Rearrange (put in a new order) the words to create a sentence that begins with a participial phrase. Don't forget to add a comma after the participial phrase.
were to asleep children Excited visit the children Santa's by unable fall
Excited by Santa's visit, the children were unable to fall asleep.
500
List three WW1 Quizlet terms having to do with peace.
Possible answers: Treaty of Versailles, pacifist, armistice, League of Nations, 14 Points
500
Watch the Toy Story clip. Write 5 prepositional phrases that go along with the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP3oXPKCMNE
For example:
-under the cart
-after jumping
Sample of Possible Answers:
-under the cart
-after jumping
500
List five ways power can be abused.
500
Rewrite this sentence so that it begins with a participial phrase: Napoleon and the pigs abuse their power by changing the seven commandments and instilling fear in the other animals because they want to benefit themselves over others.
Changing the seven commandments and instilling fear in the other animals, Napoleon and the pigs abuse their power because they want to benefit themselves over others.