1. 9th Grade U1W3
Do Nows and Directions

2. Monday, 24 August 2015 Do Now: Turn in you grammar practice packet 2
Get out your three subject notebook and open it to the first section which we use for journaling
Place MLA formatting up at the top, left hand corner of a new page
First Name Last Name
English 9
Period 3
24 August 2015
You have five minutes to respond to the following:
Answer our main essential question for this unit:
How are we shaped as individuals by the culture and society in which we live?

3. Vocabulary Study Jobs Dictionary researcher/Paraphraser
This student will be responsible for locating the word in the
dictionary or another resource and putting the definition in their own words
Word origins and word clues expert
This student will use a dictionary or another resource to find the word origin and draw clues about its meaning
Synonym finder/Example finder
This student will use a thesaurus or another resource to find synonyms for the vocabulary word
If it so happens that a word does not have a synonym (like “personification”) this student is responsible for finding examples
Sentence writer
This student will write a sentence using the word correctly

4. Academic Vocabulary culture (n) cosmopolitan (adj) vehemently (adj)
homily (n)
perplexed (adj)
commiserate (v)
obstinate (adj)
mutilated (adj)
deference (n)
forsaken (adj)
Literary Terms
theme
universal theme
tone
personification
conflict
gender roles
diction

5. Chinua Achebe

6. Nigeria

7. Nigeria in Facts Africa’s most populous country
composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the most populous and politically influential are
Hausa and the Fulani 29%
Yoruba 21%
Igbo (ibo) 18%
Ijaw 10%
Kanuri 4%
Languagues
Official Language: English
Hausa
Yoruba
Igbo (Ibo)
Fulani
over 500 additional indigenous languages
Urbanization
urban population 47.8%
rate of urbanization 4.66% annual rate of change
Major urban areas
Lagos 13,123,000
Kano 3,587,000
Ibada 3,160,000
Abuja (capital) 2,440,000
Port Harcourt 2,343,000
Facts from “The World Factbook”

8. “Marriage is a Private Affair”

9. Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Open up your journals and set up a new page with an MLA heading. Answer the following questions:
Describe a time when you and your parents disagreed about something. Should you always listen to your parents? Or are parents always right?

10. Close Reading

11. Round 1
Reread the last two paragraphs silently to yourself. You may transfer any annotations you may have from yesterday’s reading.

12. Round 2
Turn to your partners and discuss the questions that you have. Make sure each person gets a turn to ask their questions. Feel free to add annotations or questions to your own paper.

13. Round 3
Reread the last paragraphs again, one section at a time! Trade off reading each section so that everyone has a chance to read.
Stop after each section and discuss…
the personification of nature
make a list of what nature does in order
discuss: how does nature affect Okeke?
I suggest you write down the most important points of your discussion.

14. Round 4 Reread the close read AGAIN!!!! Switching readers each turn.
Stop after each section and discuss…
diction
circle what you believe to be the most important words
look up definitions and synonyms as needed (I suggest you do this for words that you know as well because a deeper understanding of the words will help you in the long run.

15. Round 5 Reread the sections again one last time.
Discuss: What happens after the story is over? Find specific evidence to back up your answer! Write down your response.

16. Thursday, 27 August 2015 Take a seat in our Socratic Seminar circle
Turn in your notebooks to our class bin. I will specifically be grading the notes you made for “Appostrophes in Contractions” from our website.
Please get out the S. Seminar rubric you used the previous Socratic Seminar. Reread your reflection on the back in the next three minutes silently.

17. 9th Grade Honors U1W3
Do Nows and Directions