Friday, October 10
TEST REVIEW
1. Identify three possible themes. Theme is an insight about human nature that is revealed in a literary work. Theme is different from a subject like "growing up." A theme should be stated as a sentence. For example, "One of the painful aspects of growing up is that often dreams turn out to be illusions."
2. For each theme your group identifies, identify three specific examples from the novel that supports the theme. Write these in complete sentences on your own paper.
3. While each student should complete on their own paper, one group member should be prepared to report results to the whole class.
Other items to review:
historical context
culture and religion of Ibo society
gender roles
setting
tragedy
tragic flaw
point of view (omniscient)
fables and their meaning
proverbs and their meaning
characters (round, flat, static, dynamic): Okonkwo, Unoka, Nwoye, Enzinma, Ikemefuna, Ekwefi, Uchendu, Obierika, Chielo, Enoch, Mr. Brown, Rev. Smith
irony
plot
flashback
foreshadowing
simile: a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
metaphor: a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
personification: giving lifelike qualities to inanimate objects
African terms: osu, harmattan, agbala, obi, iba, ilo ogbani, chi, iyi-uwa, egwugwu, kola, cowries
vocabulary: improvident, prowess, ultimatum, oracle, capricious, malevolent, abomination, benevolent, atone, tentative, feign, esoteric, pandemonium, voluable, eloquent, sullen, discern, lamentation, inadvertent, ominous, callow, impudent, annihilation, impotent, zeal, ostracize, resilient, desecrated, sonorous, pacification
Tuesday, September 23
In your same groups, review chapter 10 and discuss any questions you may have. Then begin reading chapter 11 aloud. Continue to answer questions from handout. For homework, read chapter 12 and answer appropriate questions.
Monday, September 22
In groups of 3 or 4, share your summaries from chapter 8. Which is the most effective summary and why? Next, read chapter 9 aloud. Go around the circle so that each group member has a chance to read. Stop periodically to answer questions as a group. Begin to answer questions from handout and complete questions from chapters 9 and 10 for homework.
Friday, September 12
Major Characters
Okonkwo: protagonist
Ekwefi: Okonkwo's second and favorite wife
Ezinma: Okonkwo's favorite child; a female
Nwoye: Okonkwo's oldest son
Ikemefuna: hostage and "adopted son" of Okonkwo's from the neigboring village
Wednesday, September 10
Elements of the Novel
Setting: late 19th century Nigeria; early period of British colonization
The novel is a tragedy or a story of a protagonist of high status who, through his or her own faults, is brought to an unhappy end. The protagonist's downfall is caused by a tragic flaw (the character's weaknesses).
Point of View: omniscient narrator
Style: deceptively simple style of oral African storytelling tradition using repetition, fables, and proverbs. Fables and proverbs convey symbolic meaning.
Fable: story with a moral, with animals as characters
Proverb: short, well-known saying that expresses an obvious truth and often offers advice
Flashback: a scene or event from the past that appears in a narrative out of chronological order
Foreshadowing: a method used by a writer to indicate or suggest something that is going to happen later in the story
Tuesday, September 9
Review "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema"
Lecture, Listening, Notetaking
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