Animal Farm Projects

1.  Aaron- Artwork
He did a good job conveying part of Orwell's message of the revolutionary cycle, where eventually the revolutionaries turn into what they once fought against.
2. Molly- Movie/Trailer
More work went into this project than any other I've seen. Her group did a very good job of conveying all of the required criteria, through visual images. The fact that they actually went to a pig farm to film just helps make their project even better.
3. Alena- Movie
She did a good job of recreating the animals revolutionary spirit. I liked how they portrayed the pigs hypocrisy by showing squealer changing the commandments.
4. Sara- Artwork
She did a good job of showing the elements of the book through the setup of her drawing.
5. Sean- Comic Strip
He did a very good job of illustrating irony and hypocrisy within the story, made stronger with the numerous visual aids.
6. Leah- Comic Strip
I liked her original idea of showing what the pigs say vs. what they mean. It is an effective method of showing the pigs hypocrisy in the book.
7. Melanie- Video
I liked her idea of creating a powerpoint that outlines the plot of the book and works to show the literary elements of the piece.
8. Katie- Artwork
I thought it was interesting that she chose to depict the irony in Napoleon being tricked by Frederick, when at the same time he was cheating the other animals out of food, something I didn't notice when I read the book.
9. D'Andra- Poem
As far as I can tell, she was the only person in first period to choose to do a poem. I thought the repeating ends of each line was interesting.
10. Conor- Artwork
I liked his portraits of the characters, and their historical counterparts, but I think the way he edited the commandments was inaccurate. I thought that at the end the commandments were changed to simple "All animals are equal, but some are more equal."
In conclusion, after viewing most of my classmates projects, I feel that my groups was somewhere in the top 60 or 70% of the spectrum. I don 't think that anyone could argue that our project was the best, but it also wasn't the worst. I feel that we successfully conveyed irony, and the pigs controlling nature through our song, and dialogue. It wasn't necessary, but if we had had more time we could have added more visuals, in addition to the Animal Farm Flag.