1. World Literature
Week 3

2. Do Now: Monday, September 8th 2014
In the Do Now’s/Word Work Section of your World Literature Journal:
Below are three words from Things Fall Apart Chapter 7.
Copy down the sentences from the text in which they are used.
Give or guess a definition for the words.
Create your own sentence using the words.
prosperous
p. 53
feigned
p. 54
rebuked
p. 55

3. ,

4. SWBAT REVIEW Comma RULES
In the English Exercises Section:
Brainstorm all of the different ways you can use a comma.

5. Comma use

6. SWBAT apply types of conflict to TFA Chapter 7.
SWBAT explain the role of conflict in TFA Chapter 7.

7. Types of Conflict in Literature
MAN vs. SELF
MAN vs. MAN
MAN vs. SOCIETY

8. Things Fall Apart Chapter 7
There are several examples of this literary device in TFA Chapter 7
Who/What/When/Where/Why of Chapter 7

9. Poster Assignment In your groups:
Create a poster for your type of conflict from TFA Chapter 7
REQUIREMENTS:
Visual element
Explanation of your Conflict + Connection to text
Direct textual evidence to support

10. Poster Sharing Audience Expectation: Level 0, taking notes
Presenter Expectation: Level 3, articulate, show confidence!

11. Christian association
Symbolism
Dual Symbolism:
Igbo association
Christian association

12. Exit Ticket
On a half-sheet:
What role does conflict play in Things Fall Apart Chapter 7? Cite textual evidence to support your claim.

13. Homework Read TFA Chapter 8 + Guiding Q’s
Theme: Masculinity vs. Femininity

14. Do Now: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014

15. Parenthetical phrases
Commas

16. Feedback /Discussion on TFA Chapter 8 – Main Idea & Significant details

17. Read TFA Chapter 9 in class – Characterization: Ekwefi

18. Ekwefi
Despite the regular beatings and reprimands given by Okonkwo (he even almost shoots her at one point in the story), Ekwefi's fearlessness and boldness stay with her. She has many of the key attributes that are so revered by Okonkwo and normally related to masculinity, such as strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and audacity. She is given many beatings throughout the story for numerous causes, including talking back to her husband, cutting some leaves off a tree to wrap food with, and making fun of Okonkwo's prowess with a gun. He recognizes her consistent fearlessness when he hears a bang on his door. The narrator explains, "he knew it must be Ekwefi; Of his three wives Ekwefi was the only one who would have the audacity to bang on his door" (Achebe 76). Ekwefi initially became attracted to Okonkwo after seeing him defeat Amalinze the Cat in a wrestling match, also a very masculine activity, though she did not marry him until a few years later, as Okonkwo was too poor to marry again at the time. They fathered at least ten children, though nine of them perished in infancy, leaving only Ezinma, who shares many of those same masculine traits, as Okonkwo recognizes when he says, "If Ezinma had been a boy I would have been happier; She has the right spirit" (Achebe 66). Their relationship is extremely close: the author describes it as "not only that of a mother and child" and  "there was something in it like the companionship of equals" (Achebe 77). Ekwefi lacks the crudeness and harshness of a man, which she makes up for in audacity and dedication, as shown when Ezinma is taken by the priestess Chielo by the command of the Oracle, Agbala. Though Okonkwo and another wife reassure Ekwefi that the child will be returned, Ekwefi follows Chielo despite the priestess telling her that it was against the will of the gods. After successfully following the priestess all the way to the Oracle's cave without being discovered, she finds Okonkwo who was trailing behind her, who relieves her by telling her that he will stay and wait for Ezinma,  and that she is free to go back home. After expressing her gratitude to Okonkwo, Ekwefi reminisces about when they first became a couple and all of their good memories, leading me to believe that just as Ezinma is Okonkwo's favorite daughter or possibly child, Ekwefi is Okonkwo's favorite wife.

19. Do Now: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
1. Do Now (Word Work)
2. Commas and non essential causes lecture
4. Main Idea, supporting details, and summary
3. Read Aloud of Ch. 10
5. Exit ticket

20. Do Now: Thursday, September 11th, 2014

21. SWBAT punctuate sentences with parenthetical phrases
A parenthetical phrase is a phrase that is not essential to the meaning of the sentence.
When a parenthetical phrase occurs in the middle of a sentence, it needs a ______________ on either side.

22. In your English Exercises Section:
The sentences from Things Fall Apart Chapter 11 include parenthetical phrases.
Rewrite the sentences with the correct punctuation.
After, create three of your own examples of sentences that use parenthetical phrases.

23. the world was silent except for the shrill cry of insects which was part of the night and the sound of wooden mortar and pestle as Nwayieke pounded her foo-foo
low voices broken now and again by singing reached Okonkwo from his wives’ huts as each woman and her children told folk stories
Ekwefi and her daughter Enzinma sat on a mat on the floor

24. Chapter 11’s Folk Story On the hand-out:
Summarize the folk story told in Chapter 11
Prepare to workshop your summary!

25. Chapter 11 Folk Story Analysis
Lecture Notes in your Reading/Novels classwork

26. Chapter 11 Folk Story Analysis

27. Exit Ticket
Turn in your revised summary.

28. Do Now: Friday, September 12th, 2015
TFA Chapter 12 check!!!

29. IS this comma Correct?
Ms. Mann one of the nicest teachers in the world, gave her class extra reading.
However, she let them begin in class.
One student told Ms. Vanden Branden how happy she was and, she was going to read even more than what was assigned.

30. Plot Structure
While listening to the Chapter 13 audio, create a plot structure of the chapter in your notebook.

31. Conflict (Man vs. Man Vs. Society)
Are you for or against what happened in chapter 13? Write down your answer on a post-it, and hang it in the designated area. Walk around and see the differing opinions.
Have a short debate with students based off of their responses.

32. Exit Ticket On a half sheet:
In your opinion, why did Achebe choose to end Part One the way he did? What aspects of the funeral ceremony make it possible for dangerous accidents to occur? How is this accident related to the infiltration of Western technology into a traditional culture?

33. Homework