Mrs. Baker
English II Pre-AP
Things Fall Apart By: Chinua Achebe
As you read the novel, you will take notes on a dialectical journal like this one on your
own paper. You will need at least 3 entries per chapter.
Ch #
1
Page
#
3
Line from text
Summary of line
“It was this man
that Okonkwo
threw in a fight
which the old
men agreed was
one of the fiercest
since the founder
of their town
engaged a spirit of
the wild for seven
days and seven
nights.”
It is describing
Amalinze who
Okonkwo wrestled
and he was one of the
strongest men
around. It describes
how strong and fierce
Amalize is and what
a great feat it was
when Okonkwo beat
him.
Okonkwo
Unoka
Ekwefi
Connotation/
denotation
Fierceststrong
Engagedinvolved in
Main Characters
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Nwoye
Ikemefuna
Mr. Brown
Ogbuefi Ezeudu
Ezinma
Tone of
passage
furious
Length of sentence
3 lines
Obierika
Define the following words for each chapter and write down the sentence the word is
from- BEFORE we read the chapter in class
Chapter 1
1. pounce
2. improvident
3. gourds
4. folly
5. cowries
Chapter 2
1. vague
2. sinister
3. orator
4. gnashed
5. bellowed
Chapter 3
1. machete
2. hoe
3. tendrils
4. abomination
5. bowels
Chapter 4
1. brusqueness
2. ancestral
3. benevolent
4. atone
5. plait
Chapter 5
1. fibrous
2. prowess
3. clambered
Chapter 6
1. grandees
2. feverishly
3. fronds
4. Taut
Chapter 7
1. feign
2. prosperous
3. espied
4. entrails
5. pestle
Chapter 8
1. valor
2. suitor
3. taboo
4. jest
5. coiffure
Chapter 9
1. roused
2. audacity
3. keen
4. Grim
5. devoid
Chapter 10
1. communal
2. defiance
3. pandemonium
4. guttural
5. raffia
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Chapter 11
1. forsook
2. shrill
3. notorious
4. plumage
5. eloquent
Chapter 12
1. festive
2. hastily
3. gravely
4. beckons
5. abandoned
Chapter 13
1. laden
2. heaved
3. domain
4. befitted
5. brandishing
Chapter 14
1. kinsmen
2. begot
3. banished
4. anew
5. enable
Chapter 15
1. woeful
2. albino
3. harbinger
4. audibly
5. ominous
Chapter 16
1. imagery
2. deceit
3. enthralled
4. ignorant
5. captivated
Chapter 17
1. smallpox
2. impudent
3. allegiance
4. dwarf
5. vile
Chapter 18
1. revered
2. arisen
3. blasphemes
4. ostracize
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5. wrought
Chapter 19
1. trodden
2. airy
3. tuber
4. spittle
5. tenfold
Chapter 20
1. irreparable
2. resilient
3. sacrament
4. indignity
5. wrath
Chapter 21
1. dispensation
2. lunatic
3. excess
4. flock
5. expedient
Chapter 22
1. idolatrous
2. bereaved
3. mortal
4. profane
5. parsonage
Chapter 23
1. substantial
2. scuffle
3. pauper
4. enclosure
5. sonorous
Chapter 24
1. fearsome
2. impotence
3. backcloth
4. tumultuous
5. womanish
Chapter 25
1. fowls
2. resolute
3. undignified
4. primitive
5. infuriating
Mrs. Baker
English II Pre-AP
Things Fall Apart Reading Schedule- Pre-AP
January 7- Begin Unit on "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe- introduction to
book/author and Africa- Power Point over book
January 8- Chapter 1- quiz and vocab/journal due
January 9- Chapter 2 quiz and vocab/ journal due
January 10- Chapter 3 quiz and vocab/ journal due/ quiz over Power Point
January 11- Chapter 4 and 5 quiz and vocab words/ journal due
January 14- Close reading over Chapters 1-5/DIDLS
January 15- Chapter 6 quiz and vocab/journal due
January 16- Chapter 7 quiz and vocab/journal due
January 17- Chapter 8 quiz and vocab/ journal due
January 18- MAKE MASKS!
January 22- Quiz over chapters 5-10/ Read Chapter 11/ define vocab words/take notes
January 23- Chapter 12 vocab/journal due
January 24- Chapter 13/ vocab /journal due
January 25- Chapter 14 and 15/vocab and journal due
January 28- Quiz over chapters 10-15/Read Chapter 16/ define vocab words/ take notes
January 29- Chapter 17/ vocab/journal due
January 30- Chapter 18/ vocab/journal due
January 31- Chapter 19/ vocab/journal due
February 1-Chapter 20/ vocab /journal due
February 4- Quiz over chapters 16-20/ Read Chapter 21/ define vocab words/ take notes
February 5- Read Chapter 22 quiz/ vocab/ journal due
February 6- Read Chapter 23 quiz/ vocab/journal due
February 7- Read Chapter 24-25 quiz/ vocab and journal due
February 8- Theme assignment/ Analyzing Okonkwo's character
February 11- customs/traditions/holidays/ Write own fable
February 12-Review for test
February 13- Test over book
February 14- Review over vocabulary words in book
February 15- Test over vocabulary words