Alumnos 1º Bachillerato A y B

FINAL TASK

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The message in Nineteen Eighty-Four is neither easy to understand or pleasant to learn.

What is the final message in Orwell's novel?

What do you think?

DEADLINE:

March 9 th, at 20.00 alpha time

FINAL CHAPTER

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Chapter 12

1. What is there in Room 101?

2. What is Winston’s Room 101 like?

3. At the end of 1984,

what does Winston really feel for Big Brother?

4. What is your own Room 101 like?

DEADLINE:
Wednesday 27th at 20.00 alpha time

Activities Chapter 11

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O'Brien

Chapter 11
1. What is the Party really interested in?
2. According to O’Brien, what is the real power and how do you get that real power?
3. Watch this video clip. What does O'Brien say on it?

DEADLINE:
Wednesday 27th at 20.00 alpha time

Activities Chapters 9 & 10

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Chapter 9
1. Why were Ampleforth and Parson in prison?
2. What is the worst thing in the world?

Chapter 10
3. During the questioning, what did Winston confess?
4. What does this picture mean?

5. According to O’Brien, why do they send people to the Ministry of Love?

DEADLINE:
Saturday 23rd at 20.00 alpha time

Activities Chapter 8

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Winston reads Goldstein’s Book.

Please, answer these questions about what this book says:

1. Why was there no hope of moving up in society by becoming richer or owning more?
2. Why was there a permanent war with one of the other two foreign countries (Eastasia and Eurasia)?
3. How is society in 1984 divided?
4. What is “doublethink”?

DEADLINE:

Saturday 23rd at 20.00 alpha time

ACTIVITIES CHAPTERS 6 & 7

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Winston Smith

CHAPTER 6

1. Why did Winston meet Julia in the rented room if he knew that it wasn’t safe?
2. Julia brought ordinary food to the rented room (sugar, bread, ham and coffee) Why was that food so especial?
3. Why does the Party want people to have children?
4. According to* Julia, what is the only thing that the Party cannot make people do? (*según)
5. What does Winston think about rats?

CHAPTER 7

6. Why did Winston go to O’Brien’s flat?
7. When O’Brien questions Julia and Winston, he repeats the word WILLING. What does it mean?

Julia

DEADLINE: Wednesday, February 6th, at 22.00 alpha time.

Activities Chapter Five

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Chapter 5

1. What did Winston feel when he first met Julia?

2. Julia gave Winston a piece of paper, what did that piece of paper say?

3. Winston and Julia decided to meet in the country. Was it safer to be in the country than in London? Why?

4. What was the "only way" to be safe in 1984's society?

5. One of the party slogans was IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. Explain in 20 or 30 words why the Party leaders want people to be "ignorant."

DEADLINE: Saturday 19th, at 21.00 alpha time.

IMPORTANT: Those students who did not send their activities about chapters 3 & 4 CAN send them together with those about chapter 5.

Activities Chapters Three & Four

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This is the Ministry of Truth -the place where Winston Smith works.

This picture was sent by two of your classmates.

ACTIVITIES Chapters 3 & 4

1. Who was Mr Ogilvy in reality?

2. What is Newspeak?

3. How does the Party want to stop thoughtcrime?

4. What do you have to do if you want to be a good party member?

5. Who were the prole?

6. When Winston saw the room upstairs the shop, what idea did he have?

DEADLINE:

2th December, at 21.00

Activities Chapters One and Two

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What do these words mean in Spanish?
DUST
HATE
OVERALLS
PARTY
BROTHERHOOD
SPY (pl. spies)

Please, answer these questions:
1. Describe Winston Smith.
2. Describe the place where Winston worked. Optional: Can you send to kubok2006@gmail.com a picture of that place?
3. What is the “Two Minutes Hate”?
4. Who is Emmanuel Goldstein?
5. What is Thoughtcrime?
6. What happens when someone is vaporized?

REMEMBER!!
The deadline for doing these activities is Monday 26th.

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Welcome to the blog.

We'll be using this blog to comment aspects and answer questions related to your compulsory readings:

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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The blog will offer you the chance to improve your written English.

Your comments will be marked, so they will be an important aspect in your assessment (evaluación).

1984 by George Orwell

Big Brother is watching you!

Nineteen Eighty-Four was written by George Orwell in 1948. Before you start reading the novel, what can you tell us about this British author?

Please, use your own words and avoid "cut & paste"!