Wed (A flex) 12/14 -- Thu (B flex) 12/15


Share challenge folktales

Work on newscast

HOMEWORK:
 - newscast presentations Fri (A) 12/16 -- Tue (B) 1/3
 - no assigned homework over the Holiday break -- Read some good books!

Mon (A) 12/12 -- Tue (B) 12/13
Thu (A flex) 12/8 -- Fri (B flex) 12/9


Things Fall Apart -- Ch. 23-25 / The End
- tragic hero
- style/language change
- reasonable paragraph

Folktale due no later than 12/9 -- you can share next week

Newscast -- start working on in class

HOMEWORK:
 - organize notes
 - Newscast presentation 12/14 and 12/15

Tue (A) 12/6 -- Wed (B) 12/7


Things Fall Apart -- Chapters 20 - 22
- What are Okonkwo's expectations for his return?
- What changes have occurred in Umuofia?
- What is lost?  What is gained?


"The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats

HOMEWORK:
 - Read Ch. 23-25 + notes for Thu (A) 12/8 and Fri (B) 12/9
 - Get notes, etc. organized:  reading notes, folktales handout, proverbs handout, "The Second Coming", tragic hero chart -- nake sure you finish reading the book