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  1. Jan 2017
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    Ch. 3
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    33. heistandh 26 Jan 2017
      parasitical

      A parasite is an organism that survives by using the resources of another animal (like a tick attaching to an animal to drink its blood).

      "Parasitical" is an adjective describing someone acting like a parasite

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    Ch. 2
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    3. heistandh 24 Jan 2017
      These Seven Commandments would now be inscribed on the wall; they would form an unalterable law by which all the animals on Animal Farm must live for ever after

      Make a Connection: Do commandments change? What do the following commandments remind you of?

    4. heistandh 24 Jan 2017
      A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum. All were agreed that no animal must ever live there

      Why did the animals make the farm house a museum?

    6. heistandh 24 Jan 2017
      After only a moment or two they gave up trying to defend themselves and took to their heels. A minute later all five of them were in full flight down the cart-track that led to the main road, with the animals pursuing them in triumph

      Check for Understanding: What happened?

    7. heistandh 24 Jan 2017
      One of the cows broke in the door of the store-shed with her horn and all the animals began to help themselves from the bins

      Check for Understanding: Why did the animals do this?

    8. heistandh 24 Jan 2017
      For whole days at a time he would lounge in his Windsor chair in the kitchen, reading the newspapers, drinking, and occasionally feeding Moses on crusts of bread soaked in beer. His men were idle and dishonest, the fields were full of weeds, the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed.

      Check for Understanding: What is wrong with the farm?

    9. heistandh 24 Jan 2017
      but some of them believed in Sugarcandy Mountain, and the pigs had to argue very hard to persuade them that there was no such place

      Infer: What does Sugarcandy Mountain symbolize? Why don't the pigs like this belief?

    11. heistandh 24 Jan 2017
      He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difficult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive. The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white

      What does this tell you about Squealer? Should the animals trust him? Does he remind you of anyone?

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