Thursday, January 12, 2017
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Semester 1 Final Exam
Here is a link to the first semester final exam. We will be working on it in class all week, once you are finished with your project for Things Fall Apart.
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Things Fall Apart - Day 12
Today we finished reading the novel. Our discussion centered around the title, turning it into a question: Why do Things Fall Apart?
On one hand, we have the missionaries, and the various ways in which their actions impacted the lives of the Ibo. They presented a new system of beliefs, new ways of government, new language, and new types of people - the white man.
On the other hand, there were many challenges to the ways of the Ibo from within the clan - Okonkwo acting selfishly, Obierika questioning certain customs, Nwoye disagreeing with the values, and the Osu living lives as outcasts are just a few examples.
So did change happen because of internal issues or external pressures? Was it by individual choice or mass coercion?
What does it mean to see the story through the eyes and perspective of the Ibo, especially Okonkwo, a character we may find reprehensible?
On one hand, we have the missionaries, and the various ways in which their actions impacted the lives of the Ibo. They presented a new system of beliefs, new ways of government, new language, and new types of people - the white man.
On the other hand, there were many challenges to the ways of the Ibo from within the clan - Okonkwo acting selfishly, Obierika questioning certain customs, Nwoye disagreeing with the values, and the Osu living lives as outcasts are just a few examples.
So did change happen because of internal issues or external pressures? Was it by individual choice or mass coercion?
What does it mean to see the story through the eyes and perspective of the Ibo, especially Okonkwo, a character we may find reprehensible?
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Things Fall Apart - Day 11
Today we'll discuss beliefs, knowledge, and change - three major categories of ideas within the novel. After some individual writing you'll work with a partner to complete these questions.
Things Fall Apart - Day 10
Welcome back from winter break!
To help use get back into the world of school as well as the world of the novel, we'll do a whip-around to start the day. Think about something you did over winter break as it relates to one of the topics we've named as central to the book so far:
To help use get back into the world of school as well as the world of the novel, we'll do a whip-around to start the day. Think about something you did over winter break as it relates to one of the topics we've named as central to the book so far:
- Customs, Traditions, and Rituals
- Following them
- Questioning them
- Power
- Physical strength
- Gender issues
- Titles - achievements
- Religion - spirituality
- Elders
- Respect for
- Questioning of
- Family
- Parent / child
- Siblings
- Proverbs - sayings
- People / groups from the outside presenting a challenge to established order
After we share those, we'll read chapter 22 together and discuss the rising tension between the missionaries and the Ibo.
Things Fall Apart - Day 9
Today we made African masks! Here are a few photos of the process and the results:
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