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Day Five English 10

ECA Question of the Day My favorite author, a Novel Prize winner, will be speaking at the local university this weekend, so I plan on attending with my mother and sister. A) will be speaking B) My favorite author C) a Novel Prize winner D) with my mother and sister

Add to vocabulary notebook* An archetype is a pattern, symbol, image, or idea that recurs in literature. Who was the archetypal character in the story? Hero vs. Villain

Video To 6:45

Culture Wheel Place the words in the correct section of the Culture Wheel organizer. Work with your partner!

Add to vocabulary notebook* An epigraph is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or novel. It may help direct the reader to the author’s purpose or theme. *Achebe’s novel has an epigraph. Achebe takes lines from W.B. Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming”.

Epigraph in Things Fall Apart Turning and turning in the widening gyre (1)  (gyre=spiral) The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. (anarchy=chaos) With your partner, summarize what you believe this means. Make a prediction about the book based on the epigraph.

Objectives Analyze how a complex character interacts with other characters. Analyze how a complex character’s motivation advances the plot.

How are father/son relationships complicated How are father/son relationships complicated? What might fathers and sons have in common? What might make them different? Discuss

Things Fall Apart: Chapter One Fill out your Venn Diagram as we read. Audio Okonkwo His Father Unoka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjhOnOQsorQ

Check Your Understanding What conflicts already existed in the Ibo culture before the arrival of the colonists? How is Unoko (Okonkwo’s father) set up as a foil to Okonkwo? Predict how father/son tensions could be a motif in this novel.

Independent Practice: Double-Entry Journal Look for examples of Okonkwo’s feelings and fears, the reasons for those fears, and the effect they have on his actions. Also look for a motif or foil. Include textual evidence from each chapter in the left-hand column. Write your personal response or interpretation in the right-hand column. Feelings and Fears: Passage from the Text Personal Response or Interpretation

Writing Prompt #1 How is Okonkwo’s character influenced by his complex relationship with his father? Be sure to: Include a topic sentence that compares or contrasts the two characters. Use specific details and quotations from the novel as support. Use active voice.