5. Chapter 3

• Engels
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• GCSE

Goals for today 

Presentation assessment 

Consider the function of the diary

You will explore the inner and outer world of Winston 

You will consider a symbol in the novel and the role of satire

Homework watch and take notes 

Merel 

Andriy

Charlotte 

Catherina 

Louie 

Samuel 

Constance 

Roos 

Manuel

Huub 

Quirine 

Zoe

Francesco

Tashifa 

Sikander 

Cecilia

Extract analysis practice plan

• In MB => files=> paper 1 folder and in Teams => content library => paper 1
  
• Generic guiding questions 
  
• graphic organiser for planning 
  
• Take no more than 20 minutes 
  
• Take an extract from our current novel or one of your choice 
  
• Extract no longer than 30 lines 
  
• Plan a response including thesis statement, topic sentences and evidence. 
  

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AWL

1. What is the function of Winston’s diary?​
2. Why is writing it such a risk?​
3. Why might the party not want people to reflect on their existence?​
4. Why does Winston continue on with his diary despite the danger?​
   

Divide these questions up in your groups. Each member answers one question then share your answers with the other members of the group.

1.  Escapism from the social pressure and his mask of obedience​; rebellion reflecting his interior life​, cathartic release​
2. Physical evidence of rebellion, undermines control​ from the party, undermines trust in the party or from comrades. 
3. Prompts questions on the system, highlight errors in party propaganda​, increases self-knowledge, confidence and identity​. 
4. Possibility of future connections​ after his death or in the Brotherhood; release of emotion; it is hard to stop​

Feedback to the class 

What is the function of Winston’s diary?​

Why is writing it such a risk?​

Why might the party not want people to reflect on their existence?​

Why does Winston continue on with his diary despite the danger?​

Look again at chapter III. Complete this table as a group and upload it to your class notebook. Use evidence from chapter III.

Inner rebellion examples 

Outward conformity examples

Reread chapter III. Complete this table as a group and upload it to your class notebook. 

Inner rebellion examples 

Outward conformity 

What is the function of the 'Golden Country' ? 

Is it symbolic? If so, what abstract idea does it symbolise? 

Give your own definition (not one you looked up) for what satire is when used in literature.

UK Censorship Department in WW2​

Propaganda in WW2

Fascism or Communism 

National newspaper journalism 

Find at least one example of an event or action, description or character in Chapter IV that could be seen to satirise the following elements from the context of composition: 

Why does Orwell satirise such important events from his era in 1984? Discuss.

• In 1947, when Orwell was writing the novel, the sweet ration in Britain was raised from four to five ounces per week, but the tinned meat ration was cut to twopence-worth per week due to an economy drive. 
  
• The British government used a lot of falsification during WW2, both to boost Allied morale and to mislead the enemy. This is now known as "disinformation". 
  
• The arts (poetry, non-fiction, fiction, opera etc) was used during wartime to create propaganda. 
  
• Orwell experienced censorship during his work with the BBC during WW2 and his first wife worked for the Ministry of Information in London.
  

Watch the video on the next slide before 6th May, take notes and put them in your class notebook. 

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Find evidence from the text that show that there is a disconnect between what The Party appears to preach and what is happening in reality in this dystopian world. 

How is Winston's reality undermined in chapter IV and V?