Monday, May 6, 2019

92 minutes

MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR BOOK (Things Fall Apart) TO CLASS 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

YOU SHOULD BE UP TO THE END OF CHAPTER 9 TODAY

      1.   SSR 

      2.   Pair-share discussion: Do we live in a society of equal genders? Report out to the whole class. 

      3.   Form new groups of three and respond to the questions on the sheets titled “Things Fall Apart: Examining Gender.” 

      4.   Whole class discussion of the Gender questions—focus first on the questions that each group created. Students take hand written notes during the discussion.
 
HOMEWORK Due by Tuesday night: Prompt posted in Google Classroom: Explain the treatment of gender in the novel, and how it is similar to and/or different from our own contemporary experience of gender. Aim to write about 200-250 words

Homework for Wednesday : Read chapters 10 and 11 (to page 110) by the beginning of next class.