UNIT 2: THE NOVEL: THINGS FALL APART

 

How is the human story told from a different perspective in

Things Fall Apart? Determine a theme of Things Fall Apart based on the complex characters and their different cultural experiences and perspectives. (RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.6) Write a multi-paragraph essay that identifies a theme and analyzes how that theme is shaped and refined over the course of the novel. (W.9-10.1a-e, W.9-10.4, W.9-10.5, W.9-10.10) Use proper grammar, conventions, spelling, and grade-appropriate words and phrases. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support the analysis, including direct quotations with page numbers. (RL.9-10.1, W.9-10.9a, L.9-10.1a-b, L.9-10.2a-c, L.9-10.3a, L.9-10.6)

Text Use:

Development of complex characters with conflicting motivations

and different points of view, theme, style, and use of rhetoric

Reading: RL.9-10.1

, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.6,

RL.9-10.9, RL.9-10.10,

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.3, RI.9-10.4,

RI.9-10.5, RI.9-10.6,

RI.9-10.7, RI.9-10.8, RI.9-10.10

Writing: W.9-10.1a-e

, W.9-10.2a-f, W.9-10.3a-e, W.9-10.4,

W.9-10.5,

W.9-10.6, W.9-10.7, W.9-10.8,

W.9-10.9a-b, W.9-10.10

Speaking and Listening: SL.9-10.1a-d

, SL.9-10.2, SL.9-10.3, SL.9-10.4,

SL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.6

Language: L.9-10.1a-b

; L.9-10.2a-c; L.9-10.3a; L.9-10.4a, c-d;

L.9-10.5a-b; L.9-10.6

  things_fall_apart_reading_guide_2014.doc  

Complete questions as students read. Each set of questions will be 100 points each.

  Things Fall Apart.pdf   Projects are on page 5 and the rubrics for

group and individual performance are on pages 71 and 72. 

Each group must have: 1) a physical absract/demonstration

                                       2) a PowerPoint or Prezi with 10 slides where each group member teaches class the topic.

                                       3) an interview where students pretend that 2 members are experts and 2 other members interview them in an imaginary                                                     5-minute spot on a morning television news program. Finished video must be uploaded to YouTube.

Students complete the graphic organizer as they read. This will assist

students when they write their paper on how complex characters

and their motivations develop themes of tradition v. change,

cultural collisions, masculinity, religion, and fate v. free will.

Here is a graphic organizer so that students keep up

with the many symbols in the novel.