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Objective: Students will understand and
analyze the meaning of various proverbs used
in Things Fall Apart through small group
discussion and presentations.
Agenda:ACT practice, proverb and folktale
discussion, exit ticket.
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How does Achebe use Okonkwo’s father as a
foil of Okonkwo to point out his
characteristics?
foil, in literature, a character who is
presented as a contrast to a second character
so as to point to or show some aspect or
quality of the second character.
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Get out your paragraph about “An Image of
Africa”.
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Assignment
Make sure you bring your Springboard book to class.
You will need it the rest of this week.
Draft of Heart of Darkness essay due tomorrow.
 Revised draft due on Friday.
Read chapters 1-3 in Things Fall Apart for Wednesday
(3), Thursday (4).
◦ Any missing work from Heart of Darkness must be
turned in by Monday, 2/11. Make sure each
assignment is labeled and it is all stapled together.
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Proverb - a short saying, usually of unknown
or ancient origin, that expresses some useful
thought, commonplace truth, or moral lesson
and is most often expressed in simple,
homely language. Sometimes, it is allegorical
or symbolic. A proverb is appealing because
it is succinct and uses simple rhyme, irony,
metaphor, and comparison or contrast.
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Write down these proverbs, and in a group of three or
four write down what you think they mean.
◦ If a child washes his hands, he could eat with kings.
◦ When the moon is shining, the cripple becomes hungry for
a walk.
◦ Since men have learned to shoot without missing, (the
bird) has learned to fly without perching.
◦ A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very
day it hatches.
◦ The clan was like a lizard. If it lost its tail it soon grew
another.
◦ I cannot live on the bank of a river and wash my hands with
spittle.
◦ A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his
own greatness.
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Username: student number
Password: first name initial, last name
initial, birthdate MMDDYY
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Students will continue to discuss and analyze
various Ibo proverbs.
Students will analyze, evaluate and provide
feedback on the writing of a peer through
peer editing their essays on Heart of
Darkness.
Agenda: Discuss proverbs (fill out chart on
page 148 of Springboard).
Peer editing
This is an opportunity for you to get some
valuable feedback and suggestions.
Make sure you choose someone that can
provide quality feedback for your writing for
you.
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Objective: Through discussion, writing and
drawing, students will analyze the cultural
elements and setting in the first chapters of
Things Fall Apart.
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Collect Essays
Discuss cultural elements in chapters 1-3 of
Things Fall Apart
Character list
Drawing of the compound
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Highlight your thesis statement…
Check to make sure you have a clear
argument in your thesis statement.
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What do we know about the Ibo culture from chapters 1-3?
Food
Music
Clothing (style)
Traditions/Dance
Religious belief/Marriage traditions
Dialects/accents
Personality traits
Gender roles
Hierarchy (power structure)
Storytelling/Language
Family structure
Government structure/punishments
Education
Okonkwo: main character
Okoye: money asker
Ikemefuna: boy that was sent to Okonkwo from
Mbayo
Unoka: Okonkwo’s father
Amalize the Cat: Wrestler that he fought
Nwakibie: Powerful member of the clan
Nwoye: Okonkwo’s first son
Ogbuefi-Ezeugo: Elder of the village
Agbala: Oracle, woman,
-Choose one aspect of culture (gender roles,
ceremony, value of ancestors) and explain how
it functions in the Ibo culture Achebe presents.
Use the information from chapters 1-3 to draw
Okonkwo’s compound.
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Religion
Location-geographical
Traditions
How a group represents themselves.
Food
Clothes
Gender roles
Social Status (how people are classified-heirarchy)
Government
Values
Customs
Holidays
Music
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Make a list of characters from chapters 1-3.
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Okonkwo: main character
Unoka: Okonkwo’s father
Okoye: Okonkwo’s neighbor
Nwakibie: wealthy man in the village, gives
Okonkwo yam seeds
Ogbuefi Ezeugo: village leader, announces war
Oracle (Agbala): Represented by the priestess
Ikemefuna: adopted responsibility from Mbaino
Anasi: Okonkwo’s first wife
Nwoye: Okonkwo’s oldest son
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Use the information from chapters 1-3 to
draw Okonkwo’s compound.