Reminders 8/24/17 Bring your Things Fall Apart book every day through Friday Sept. 1 Collaborative Synthesis Essay – due via Google Drive tomorrow, 8/25 (by midnight) Othello will start the Tuesday after Labor Day – have your copy. No excuses! We will read together.

SaT practice #4

What do we hope to accomplish in this mini unit? Unit Goals To analyze cultural experiences reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States To analyze how complex characters in a novel develop and interact to advance a plot or theme To draw evidence from literary text to support analysis and reflection Academic and Literary Vocabulary Revisit last unit’s vocabulary terms Preview this unit – p.218

Proverbs in Things Fall Apart (3.2) Analyze proverbs to gain insight into the culture of a people. Determine an author’s purpose for including proverbs in a novel. Characterization of Okonkwo (see next slide for group assignments) Groups will ‘present’ their work in a gallery walk.

Characterization in Things fall apart *For all of this work, the whole book should be considered for evidence, examples, etc. Groups 1 & 2: Compare and contrast Okonkwo and his father, Unoka; also, add Nwoye and Ikemefuna to the comparison. Use the chart provided to compare the fathers and sons.. After completing the chart with details. Respond to #2 on page 228. Groups 3 & 4: Exploring Okonkwo’s feelings and fears along with the reason for the fears and the effect they have on his action. Create a 2 column chart – left side: Feelings & Fears: Passages from Text; right side: interpretation/explanation and at the bottom answer 1) How do Okonkwo’s fears influence his actions? 2) What are the reasons for his fears? Groups 5 & 6: Characterization (p. 233) – Create a chart like the one on page 233. Use at least 4 different characters and complete the chart. Write a synthesis claim statement at the bottom. (synthesizing what you’ve discovered about Okonkwo’s character) Groups 7 & 8: Conflicting Sides in Okonkwo’s Character (p. 231) – Create a chart like the one on page 231. Focus on Okonkwo’s achievements and status vs. Negative Traits and Actions. Write a statement at the bottom synthesizing what you’ve discovered about Okonkwo’s character.