http://archive.org/details/George-Orwell-1984-Audio-Book - link to Audiobook reading of 1984
Reading Routine:
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Ch.
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pages
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Sample activities
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Part 1
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1
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3 – 22
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Week 1
1. Setting
up blog: site for journal and all classwork / preps
2. What
do we know about Nineteen Eighty-Four today?
3. Starting
to read
4. Characterisation
5. Orwell’s
use of language to create setting
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2
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22 – 31
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3
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31 -39
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4
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40 – 50
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5
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51 – 66
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6
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66 – 72
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7
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72 – 84
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Week 2
1. Updating
blog
2. Analysis
of a key paragraph: style
3. Reader’s
expectations
4. Manuscript
studies
5. Totalitarian
regimes
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85 – 107
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Part 2
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111 – 123
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2
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123 – 133
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3
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133 – 143
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4
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143 – 154
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5
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154 – 163
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6
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164 – 167
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Week 3
1. Updating
blog
2. ‘A
Capsule in Time’ tie-in: dystopian fiction
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7
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167 – 174
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8
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174 – 186
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9
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186 – 227
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10
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227 – 234
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Part 3
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237 – 251
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2
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251 – 273
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Week 4
1. Updating
blog
2. Reviews:
character, plot, moral
3. Pastiche
/ transformative response
4. Archive:
Orwell at Wellington
5. Present
blogs
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3
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273 – 287
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4
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287 – 295
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5
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295 – 300
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6
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300 – 311
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Appendix
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312 - 326
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Lessons:
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Week A: 25 Feb – 3 March: 2 Lessons
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Week B: 4 – 10 March: 3 Lessons
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Week A: 11 -17 March: 2 Lessons (1 for ‘Capsule
in Time’)
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Week B: 18 – 22 March: 3 Lesson
