VERY IMPORTANT! If everyone does their homework, the test on Things Fall Apart will be postponed until MONDAY.
--30 quote journal (you may use old quotes). 1 quote per chapter (25) + 5 quotes from anywhere. Quotes must be focused on ONE theme (either gender roles, fear of failure or disintegration). Double sided journal
--Notes due February 27! Don't get behind on the journals!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
5th Period (Ms. Hayes)
HEY! I was too busy yelling at you guys to make sure you got this...
You are reading chapters 15-16 and completing the questions BELOW in my last post from chapters 15-16!
Also, the outline is due, but you have to turn in the Works Cited first... or else...
You are reading chapters 15-16 and completing the questions BELOW in my last post from chapters 15-16!
Also, the outline is due, but you have to turn in the Works Cited first... or else...
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Homework 2/14--2/15
4th period... SEE ME!!!! I did not give you your homework questions!~ they will be posted at the end of this!
--Outline due Tuesday, Feb 19
--Read Things Fall Apart chapters 14-16
--Complete the journal questions for TFA 14-16
Chapter Fourteen
- In Part Two, how have things begun to fall apart?
- Is Okonkwo's exile in Mbanta is more than a personal disaster? How so?
-What is the significance of comparing Okonkwo to a fish out of water?
- How does Okonkwo's lack of understanding of the importance of women reflect on him?
Chapter Fifteen
-How does the story of the destruction of Abame summarize the experience of colonization?
-Did the people of Abame have good insight into the significance of the arrival of the whites?
-How the Africans treat the white man's language?
-How did white colonizers treat African languages?
-What sorts of stories had Okonkwo heard about white men before?
Chapter Sixteen
-The British followed a policy in their colonizing efforts of designating local "leaders" to administer the lower levels of their empire. If the men they chose were not the real leaders, was this an effective policy? Explain.
-Who have the missionaries designated as their contact man? How is this choice significant?
-Why do you think Nwoye has become a Christian?
-How does Achebe inverts the traditional dialect humor of Europeans which satirizes the inability of natives to speak proper English?
-What is the first act of the missionaries which evokes a positive response in some of the Ibo?
-Achebe focuses on the doctrine of the Trinity, the notoriously least logical and most paradoxical basic belief in Christianity. How does this belief undermine the missionaries' attempts to discredit the traditional religion?
--Outline due Tuesday, Feb 19
--Read Things Fall Apart chapters 14-16
--Complete the journal questions for TFA 14-16
Chapter Fourteen
- In Part Two, how have things begun to fall apart?
- Is Okonkwo's exile in Mbanta is more than a personal disaster? How so?
-What is the significance of comparing Okonkwo to a fish out of water?
- How does Okonkwo's lack of understanding of the importance of women reflect on him?
Chapter Fifteen
-How does the story of the destruction of Abame summarize the experience of colonization?
-Did the people of Abame have good insight into the significance of the arrival of the whites?
-How the Africans treat the white man's language?
-How did white colonizers treat African languages?
-What sorts of stories had Okonkwo heard about white men before?
Chapter Sixteen
-The British followed a policy in their colonizing efforts of designating local "leaders" to administer the lower levels of their empire. If the men they chose were not the real leaders, was this an effective policy? Explain.
-Who have the missionaries designated as their contact man? How is this choice significant?
-Why do you think Nwoye has become a Christian?
-How does Achebe inverts the traditional dialect humor of Europeans which satirizes the inability of natives to speak proper English?
-What is the first act of the missionaries which evokes a positive response in some of the Ibo?
-Achebe focuses on the doctrine of the Trinity, the notoriously least logical and most paradoxical basic belief in Christianity. How does this belief undermine the missionaries' attempts to discredit the traditional religion?
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Homework (Ms. Hayes) 2/13/08
--Finish your double entry journal (quotes on theme)
--Read chapters 13-14
--Do a double entry journal on the reading (8 quotes)
--Finish vocabulary flashcards
--Read chapters 13-14
--Do a double entry journal on the reading (8 quotes)
--Finish vocabulary flashcards
Monday, February 11, 2008
Homework - 11 Feb 2008
--Find 10 quotes from chapters 1-13 that supports one of the following themes: gender roles, fear of failure, disintegration (things falling apart). On the left side of your journal, give the quote. On the right side, show how the quote proves the theme.
--Works Cited Page due February 14/15
--Complete your vocabulary cards for lesson 10
--Works Cited Page due February 14/15
--Complete your vocabulary cards for lesson 10
Friday, February 8, 2008
Weekend homework!
--Read chapters 11-13 of Thing Fall Apart
--Complete the journal questions for chapters 11-13
--Works cited page due February 14/15
--Complete the journal questions for chapters 11-13
--Works cited page due February 14/15
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
5th Period HW (Ms. Hayes) 2/5/08
- Read Things Fall Apart through chapter 9 and complete study guide.
- Study for the vocabulary quiz!
- Fill out Research Proposal/ KWL sheets, except the L
Monday, February 4, 2008
Homework!
--Read chapters 9-10 of Things Fall Apart
--Complete the journal questions for chapters 9-10
--Study for your vocabulary quiz!
--Bring two research project sources to class!
--Your KWL/Research proposal is due February 7/8
--Works Cited page due February 14/15
--Complete the journal questions for chapters 9-10
--Study for your vocabulary quiz!
--Bring two research project sources to class!
--Your KWL/Research proposal is due February 7/8
--Works Cited page due February 14/15
Sunday, February 3, 2008
5th Period HW (Ms. Hayes)
1) Study vocabulary and do exercises 1 and 2 from vocabulary book
2) Read TFA: Chapters 4-8 and complete study guide.
Also, don't forget the KWL/Research proposal!
Also, don't forget the KWL/Research proposal!
Friday, February 1, 2008
URGENT NOTE TO STUDENTS!
Because of the snow day, I will not be at school! A couple of notes for you about homework.
--The contract (which is due today) should be left in the bin. If you are not at school to turn in your contract, you can run it in to me on MONDAY. You WILL NOT be penalized (unless you don't bring it in Monday!)
--I will collect your journals and vocabulary flash cards when I see you next Tuesday.
--Students who turn in the contract should pick up a KWL/research proposal sheet (they are sitting on the student desk nearest to mine in the back of the room).
All students can email me for any copies of homework. The chapter 5 journal questions are below.
Chapter Five
-Evaluate Okonkwo's attitude toward feasts.
-Briefly summarize the story of Ekwefi.
-What kind of a woman is Ekwefi?
-What do you think is the significance of women having to sit with their legs together?
Chapter Six
-This chapter introduces a much-discussed aspect of Ibo belief. As in most pre-modern cultures, the majority of children died in early childhood. If a series of such deaths took place in a family it was believed that the same wicked spirit was being born and dying over and over again, spitefully grieving its parents. They tended to be apprehensive about new children until they seemed to be likely to survive, thus proving themselves not to be feared ogbanje. What is your impression of this belief?
-What roles does Chielo play in the village?
Chapter Seven
-How has Nwoye begun to "act like a man"?
-What values does Okonkwo associate with manliness?
-How does Nwoye relate to these values?
-How does the village react to the coming of the locusts?
-What are locusts like in the Bible? How is this contrast significant?
-Why is Okonkwo asked not to take part in the killing of Ikemefuna?
-Why do you suppose they have decided to kill Ikemfuna?
-Why do you think Achebe does not translate the song that Ikemefuna remembers as he walks along
-Why does Okonkwo act as he does?
-Predict how Okonkwo and Nwoye’s relationship will change.
-Most traditional cultures have considered twins magical or cursed. Twins are in fact unusually common among the Ibo, and some subgroups value them highly. How do the people of Umuofia feel about twins?
-Give your opinion on the custom surrounding the birth of twins.
Chapter Eight
-What is Okonkwo's attitude toward his daughter Ezinma?"
-Bride-price is the opposite of dowry. Common in many African cultures, it involves the bridegroom's family paying substantial wealth in cash or goods for the privilege of marrying a young woman. Do you think such a custom would tend to make women more valuable than a dowry system where the woman's family must offer the gifts to the bridegroom's family?
-How do you think such a system would affect the women themselves?
-Young women were considered marriageable in their mid-teens. Why do you think this attitude arose?
-How is the notion of white men first introduced into the story?
-Why might Africans suppose that they have no toes?
-What sorts of attitudes are associated with white men in this passage?
--The contract (which is due today) should be left in the bin. If you are not at school to turn in your contract, you can run it in to me on MONDAY. You WILL NOT be penalized (unless you don't bring it in Monday!)
--I will collect your journals and vocabulary flash cards when I see you next Tuesday.
--Students who turn in the contract should pick up a KWL/research proposal sheet (they are sitting on the student desk nearest to mine in the back of the room).
All students can email me for any copies of homework. The chapter 5 journal questions are below.
Chapter Five
-Evaluate Okonkwo's attitude toward feasts.
-Briefly summarize the story of Ekwefi.
-What kind of a woman is Ekwefi?
-What do you think is the significance of women having to sit with their legs together?
Chapter Six
-This chapter introduces a much-discussed aspect of Ibo belief. As in most pre-modern cultures, the majority of children died in early childhood. If a series of such deaths took place in a family it was believed that the same wicked spirit was being born and dying over and over again, spitefully grieving its parents. They tended to be apprehensive about new children until they seemed to be likely to survive, thus proving themselves not to be feared ogbanje. What is your impression of this belief?
-What roles does Chielo play in the village?
Chapter Seven
-How has Nwoye begun to "act like a man"?
-What values does Okonkwo associate with manliness?
-How does Nwoye relate to these values?
-How does the village react to the coming of the locusts?
-What are locusts like in the Bible? How is this contrast significant?
-Why is Okonkwo asked not to take part in the killing of Ikemefuna?
-Why do you suppose they have decided to kill Ikemfuna?
-Why do you think Achebe does not translate the song that Ikemefuna remembers as he walks along
-Why does Okonkwo act as he does?
-Predict how Okonkwo and Nwoye’s relationship will change.
-Most traditional cultures have considered twins magical or cursed. Twins are in fact unusually common among the Ibo, and some subgroups value them highly. How do the people of Umuofia feel about twins?
-Give your opinion on the custom surrounding the birth of twins.
Chapter Eight
-What is Okonkwo's attitude toward his daughter Ezinma?"
-Bride-price is the opposite of dowry. Common in many African cultures, it involves the bridegroom's family paying substantial wealth in cash or goods for the privilege of marrying a young woman. Do you think such a custom would tend to make women more valuable than a dowry system where the woman's family must offer the gifts to the bridegroom's family?
-How do you think such a system would affect the women themselves?
-Young women were considered marriageable in their mid-teens. Why do you think this attitude arose?
-How is the notion of white men first introduced into the story?
-Why might Africans suppose that they have no toes?
-What sorts of attitudes are associated with white men in this passage?
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