Things Fall Apart - character list

Here is a useful link to a list of characters from Things Fall Apart:

Character List

Things Fall Apart information

All of the calendars and a description of the journal assignment are now available under the "calendars" tab above.

Here is are some maps for your reference.

The God of Small Things - Journal Entries

During our reading of the novel, several in-class activities count as your journal entries.  Also, several times I had us end a discussion/ activity (such as when you made posters showing a scene from multiple perspectives) early and had you write a response that could count as the journal entry for that chapter.  Here is a list of what you need to submit as a complete set:

• Chapter 1 entry - written in class
• Chapter 2 - Quiz 1
• Chapter 3 journal entry
• Chapter 4 journal entry
• Chapter 5 journal entry (in class)
• Chapter 6 journal entry (in class - poster)
• Chapter 7 & 8 journal entry
• Chapter 9 & 10 - Quiz 2
• Chapter 11 & 12 journal entry
• Chapter 13 & 14 - Group work - Google Doc character study
• Chapter 15 - 18 journal entry
• Chapter 19 - 21 journal entry

The God of Small Things - Character Study

Greetings!
I will be out today - I'm in Boston for the National Council of Teachers of English conference.

You will be working with your group today.  I've asked the sub to assign one character to each group. Once you have that, you will turn your attention to chapters 11-14 then to go this sheet that explains the work you'll do today: The God of Small Things character study.

I think you'll be able to complete it during the period today.

Enjoy your reading over the weekend - we're just about at the end of the book!

See you Monday.

Some topics / themes / ideas for The God of Small Things

1.      The grotesque (fantastically ugly or absurd; unnatural; bizarre)

2.      Loss of innocence

3.      Silence / making noise

4.      Big issues lurking below the surface

5.      Subconscious connections between characters

6.      The Love Laws

7.      Big Things and Small Things

8.      How information we’ve learned previously about a character reappears and helps shape our understanding of that character

The God of Small Things - Resources

Please take the time to check out the "resources" tab for help with The God of Small Things.

I will be updating it as we go through this unit.