ALL LATE WORK (SUMMATIVE) MUST BE TURNED IN BY FRIDAY, 18 DECEMBER, 3:30 PM.  I WILL NOT ACCEPT WORK AFTER THIS DATE
You have already gone past the time I will accept late formative assignments -- no longer accepting.

Fri (A) 12/18 -- Wed (B) 1/6

SSR

Things Fall Apart
 -- finish Taafe Fanga and discuss gender issues/connections
 -- watch Bill Moyer interview with Chinua Achebe

HOMEWORK:  Enjoy family and friends -- read a good book

ALL LATE WORK (SUMMATIVE) MUST BE TURNED IN BY FRIDAY, 18 DECEMBER, 3:30 PM.  I WILL NOT ACCEPT WORK AFTER THIS DATE.

Wed (A flex) 12/16 -- Thu (B flex) 12/17

SSR

Things Fall Apart:  Ch. 23-25 / The End
  - Okonkwo
  - District Commissioner

Tragic Hero
"The Second Coming"
Essay Topics

ALL LATE WORK (SUMMATIVE) MUST BE TURNED IN BY FRIDAY, 18 DECEMBER, 3:30 PM.  I WILL NOT ACCEPT WORK AFTER THIS DATE.

Mon (A) 12/14 and Tue (B) 12/15

SSR

Things Fall Apart - Ch. 20-22
  - Writing prompt
  - Group work on changes
  - "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats

HOMEWORK:  Finish TFA Ch. 23-25 for Wed 12/16 and Thu 12/17

Thu (A flex) 12/10 -- Fri (B flex) 12/11


SSR

Things Fall Apart -- Ch. 17-19
  - Nwoye & outcasts
  - sacred python
  - farewell feast

Taafe Fanga

HOMEWORK:  Read + notes Ch. 20-22 for Mon (A) 12/14 and Tue (B) 12/15

Tue (A) 12/8 and Wed (B) 12/9



SSR

Things Fall Apart -- Chapters 14-16
  - discussion
  - Folktales -- read and share (you are welcome to bring snacks)

HOMEWORK:
  -  Read + notes Things Fall Apart  chapters 17-19 for 12/10 and 12/11

Unit Challenges:  Read one of the following books by Nigerian authors and write a book review:
No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe
The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fri (A) 12/4 -- Mon (B) 12/7

SSR

Things Fall Apart - chapters 11-13
  - Quiz on Part I
  - folktale "Tortoise and the Birds"
  - discuss Ezinma, Chielo, Ekwefi, Okonkow
  - bride ceremony
  - funeral and Okonkwo

Taafe Fanga

HOMEWORK:
- folktales due Tue 12/8 and Wed 12/9 (typed, double space)
- Read + take notes on Ch. 14-16 for 12/8 and 12/9

Unit Challenges:  Read one of the following books by Nigerian authors and write a book review:
No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe
The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


English tutorial on B flex 12/3

Wed (A flex) 12/2 -- Thur (B flex) 12/3
SSR

Things Fall Apart - Chapters 9 and 10
  - Discuss Ezinma and the trial with Egwugwu
  - Folktalkes in Ch. 9
  - What have we learned about gender roles?
  - Start film Taafe Fanga (Skirt Power)

HOMEWORK:
  -  Read and take notes on chapters 11-13 for 12/4 (A Fri) and 12/7 (B Mon)
  -  Folktale due 12/8 (A Tue) and 12/9 (B Tue) -- typed, double space -- be prepared to share

Mon (A) 11/30 -- Tue (B) 12/1

SSR
finish sharing Praise Poems

Things Fall Apart
  -  review characteristics of a folktale
  - analyze and discuss two African folktales + the one in Ch. 7
  - write a folktale

HOMEWORK:  Read and take notes on Ch. 9-10;  folktale due 12/8 and 12/9

Tuesday (A) 11/24 -- Wednesday (B) 11/25

SSR
Share Praise Poems
Things Fall Apart
  -- Ikemefuna
  -- folktales
  -- traditions

Fri (A) 11/20 -- Mon (B) 11/23

SSR

Finish Week of Peace presentations

TFA  - Chapter 6
  - cultural connections
  - Praise Poems:  write one about self (type, poem + poem's explication) -- will share

HOMEWORK:  Read Chapters 7 and 8 + notes
                           Typed praise poem due 11/24 and 11/25

Wed (A) 11/18 -- Thu (B) 11/19
Entry Quiz on Ch. 4-5
SSR
Things Fall Apart
  - questions
  - insights/comments/discussion/character updates
  - Festivals:  Week of Peace and Festival of New Yams

HOMEWORK:  Read and take notes on Ch. 6 for Fri 11/20 and Mon 11/23

Mon (A) 9 Nov -- Tue (B) 10 Nov
SSR

Antigone argument essay due (2nd amendment or whistle blowing)

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
 - history/background of Nigeria
 - Tea Party
 - check out book from library
 - Cornell notes

HOMEWORK:  Read Ch. 1 of Things Fall Apart and take notes