1. Sit with your Group

2. 9.16 “Do Now”  Vocabulary review!!!  Get out a colored pen and your vocabulary paragraphs from Monday night.  First, quiz yourself using NOTHING other than your brain and your paragraph to complete the “Vocabulary Activity.”  When finished, double check your answers with your group-mates.

3. Thursday’s Agenda  Goals & objectives  To become more familiar with Ibo customs through the study of proverbs, names, and folktales  To discover how Achebe uses his writing and language to portray the Ibo  To study for our vocabulary quiz  Agenda:  Do Now – Vocabulary Review  Cultural Studies:  Proverbs  Names  Folktales  Wrap Up / Debrief  Homework

4. Station Rotation  Your group of 4 (1 group of 5) will rotate through three (3) stations.  Names  Folktales  Proverbs  You will have 20 minutes at each station to complete the activities that you find there.  At the end of this activity, you will tie together today’s activities and debrief (half of) the class.

5. Debrief (5 minutes to answer these questions with your group, then share out!)  In what ways did the three stations today address the importance of language in Ibo culture?  Proverbs?  Folktales?  Names  As a means of becoming more aware and sensitive to cultures outside of our own, we study the history and literature from different communities, their beliefs and their lifestyle. How has the detailed writing and descriptions of the Ibo’s beliefs and practices helped you gain insight into their way of life?

6. Homework 1)Read Chapters 12-14. 2)Read and annotate except Famished Road. 3)Organize your Notebook/Binder for the Notebook/Binder quiz. 4)Study for your Vocab. Quiz #1.