Another great way to engage your students is through the creation of storyboards that use vocabulary from 1984, in particular from the strange language of Newspeak. Often throughout the novel, Newspeak words carry a lot of weight for the characters because of their implications, such as thoughtcrime.
Here is a list of a few vocabulary words commonly taught with the novel, and an example of a visual vocabulary board.
to think in an orthodox (or acceptable) manner
the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought
thoughtcrime is death; thoughts that run contradictory to the ideology put forth by the Party
to hold two contradictory beliefs simultaneously
a person who has been “vaporized” and written out of existence
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Student Instructions
Demonstrate your understanding of the vocabulary words in 1984 by creating visualizations.