Tuesday, April 30, 2019
92 minutes
MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR
BOOK (Things Fall Apart) EVERY DAY
Learning
Targets:
·
I can read and discuss characters, theme, and plot in the novel Things Fall Apart
·
I can provide textual evidence to support my ideas
1.
SSR
2.
Stats survey
3.
Discussion in pairs:
Summarize the chapters (1-3) and characters and then explain what we learn
about the story: What do
these characters value? What does the narrator value? What conflicts do you see
emerging?
Individually,
students craft discussion questions from chapters 1-3. Each student crafts 2
questions--one clarifying question (example: where is Umuofia?) and one
inferential question (Why does Umuofia's 'war magic' inspire so much fear?) Students pair up and answer one-another's questions
4.
A proverb is "a brief, memorable saying that
expresses a truth or belief." “Proverbs are the palm oil with which words
are eaten" (Achebe 7), and they enhance the meaning of all the
conversations. “A proverb is [basically] a short sentence based on long
experience”
5.
Pairs: Examine the
proverb on page 4. First explain what it means, then explain how it applies to
what you've read.
"He always said that whenever he saw a dead man's mouth he saw the folly of not eating what one had in one's lifetime" (4). Share out / whole class discussion
"He always said that whenever he saw a dead man's mouth he saw the folly of not eating what one had in one's lifetime" (4). Share out / whole class discussion
HOMEWORK: In Google Classroom, select two proverbs from the reading. (Proverbs appear on these pages: 4, 7, 8, 10, 21, 22.) Explain the meaning of each proverb, then explain why the characters and or
narrator uses proverbs rather than straight-forward, and literal speech.
Homework: Read chapters 4,
5, 6, and 7 by the beginning of next class. (Thursday, May 2)
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