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"Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" and Background Lecture

9/8/2015

To Start:

Create a new Google Document, title it “Your Name – Starters” and share it with me.
Type “The Week of September 7th”, highlight it and use the drop-down text menu to make it a heading.
Check out either this cartoon OR this article, explaining some of the ideas we discussed in the morning class last week.
Answer the following questions in the document:

o What is your reaction to the authors' arguments that “chivalry is not kindness” and “chivalry must die?”
o How could this relate to our reading of Things Fall Apart?

In Class:

Read “The Body Rituals of Nacirema” with a partner. (Available in Mild, Spicy and Spanish.)

Highlight or underline anything you find confusing, funny or agree or disagree with.
THEN use the assignment in Google Classroom to answer the questions together.

For Reading:

I have posted the audiobook on our Google Classroom page.
Continue using the Google Document titled “Your Name - TFA Reading Log” that you shared with me last week to answer questions.

For each question, be sure to cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

Chapter Four

What are at least two virtues and two vices that Okonkwo exhibits in this chapter?
What role does Ikemefuna play in the family? With Nwoye? With Okonkwo?
Does Okonkwo respect the rules of the clan?

For each question, be sure to cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

Chapter Five

How does Okonkwo’s feel about feasts? Why does he feel that way?
Briefly summarize Ekwefi’s history. Based on what you know about her, how would you describe her personality?
Do you think Okonkwo intended to kill Ekwefi? What does this incident demonstrate about Okonkwo?

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TFA and a History Denied

9/4/2015

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To Start:

Complete your own copy of the assignment in Google Classroom.

In Class:

Read chapter two and chapter three of Things Fall Apart. (Audiobooks linked.) Answer the questions in your reading log.

Chapter Two

What does Ogbuefi Ezeugo announce to the town? What does the town decide?
In your opinion, was the sacrifice that Mbaino made to avoid a war a fair and just one? Why?
What does Okonkwo fear more than anything? How does his fear affect his behavior?
Who is Nwyoe, and why is he becoming a “sad-faced youth?”
Based on what you know of Okonkwo’s household, how do you think Ikefuma will fare there? How would you feel if you were Ikefuma?
What questions or unfamiliar English words came up in this chapter?

Chapter Three

Who or what is Agbala? How and why do people communicate with him?
What does Okonkwo need from Nwakibie, and why does he need it?
What are three reasons it was hard for Okonkwo to “build up a barn” of yams in the first year
Based on what you've read so far, explain the concept of chi. Do you think Okonkwo’s chi is a good one or not? Why?
Pick one sentence from the last page of the chapter three that foreshadows things to come.
What questions or unfamiliar English words came up in this chapter?

Submit your feedback for our first full week together with this form.

Watch this video for the remainder of class.

For Homework:

Make sure you're caught up on everything, including reading through chapter three.

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"Things Fall Apart" and "The Second Coming"

9/3/2015

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To Start:

Complete your own copy of this assignment in Google Classroom.

In Class:

Check out a copy of our novel, Things Fall Apart. If you aren't in class, or want an audiobook version, you can find chapter one here.
Analyze William Butler Yeats' poem "The Second Coming" using the assignment in Google Classroom.
Create a Google Document titled "TFA Reading Log - Your Name" and share it with me. Under the heading "Chapter One," answer the following questions:

Describe Okonkwo, using your own words and at least two examples.
Describe Unoka, using your own words and at least two examples.
So far, what seems to make a man “successful” in Okonkwo’s culture?
Okonkwo had “no patience” with Unoka, even after his death. How could that cause problems?
Reread the last two sentences of the chapter. What has happened? Make a prediction of what is to come.
What questions or unfamiliar English words came up in this chapter?

For Homework:

Finish Chapter One.

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