Things Fall Apart Assignments PART TWO (1st and 8th) Test 11/15 (8th) 11/16 (1st)

Reading - Read ALL of Part Two (Chapters 14 - 19)

Dialectical Journal - Chapters 14 - 19

Four Entries per chapter (2 choice, 1 interpret, 1 connect) 

Character Diary: Chapter 14 and 15

 

Imagine for a moment that Things Fall Apart is a true story and that the characters involved maintained personal  journals. These journals would increase the realism of the story by providing various points of view. Your task is to write 2 separate reaction diaries as Okonkwo for these chapters. You should try to convince me that You are the character you have chosen. Write as if you are experiencing the events in the novel first hand. Each diary should be one page long and include one or two quotes from the text. (100 pts.)

Periods 1 and 8 - 11/9 and 11/10

Voice Lesson - Hyperbole

Go to DROPBOX and download the 10th Grade Sentence Composing power point. Then compose three (3) examples of hyperbole using the three (3) absolute sentence patterns (opener, closer, subject/verb split).

 

 Reading - Things Fall Apart 

Read past chapter 13. Complete Dialectical Journal to 13.

 

Assignment 1: Compare and contrast the Wedding Ceremony in Chapter 12 to a wedding ceremony in your own cultural community. Why do you think Achibe included this in Part One and why is it Significant? 

 

Assignment 2: A) Consider Chapter 13 and explain which elements foreshadow the end of the chapter and which parts of previous chapters hinted at these events? B) What is the significance of this "female" offense against the tribe? How do male and female offenses differ?

1st Period - Things Fall Apart Reading Due 11-4 and 11/8

 Things Fall Apart Reading 11/4

For Friday - Chapters 10 - 13. There will be an in class assignment over these chapters that will be due at the end of the period.

Journals through Chapter 13+ on 11/8

 

 Things Fall Apart Reading 11/8

Chapters 14 - 17 Reading Complete. Come prepared to talk about part one and part two.