MRS. CONTRERAS Language Arts 9th Grade – Eng I IGCSE Honors Room C209
Weekly Forecast 4/16/07 – 4/20/07 Monday – "Things Fall Apart" (1890s) Ch 19-25. Tuesday – Group PP Presentation (Modernism 1900-Present). Franz Kafka "Metamorphosis" pg 1108. Wednesday – Test (FCAT Writes). Study grammatical rules hdts 141-150.Thursday – Early Release. Maya Angelou's "Caged Bird"Friday – Virginia Wolf "Professions for Women" pg 1156. James Joyce "Eveline" pg 1166
By Monday, 4/23:Read To Kill a Mockingbird Introduction - chapter 16.Bring grammar hdts 151-156 & 235-240 next week to class for quiz/finals review!Have a great week!
Extended Home Learning Assignment (Due 5/7/07). In an effort to enhance student writing skills and performance, all students are to rewrite (retype) all essay writing samples editing flaws and incorporating feedback provided. This assignment includes all hand-written essays in class as well as both research paper(s). Staple updated final draft on top of previous drafts.Recap Sheets must be updated and placed on top of all drafts which must be compiled in date order.A student reflection must be attached to the top evaluating your written work this year. Obviously this should take into consideration the feedback that has been provided throughout the course of the year.
Class Response… Monday
Born November 16, 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria (Wikipedia).Real name is Albert Chinualumogu Achebe (Wikipedia).Attended Government College from 1944-1947 in Umuahia, and the University of Ibadan from 1948-1953 (then known as the University of London (Wikipedia).Things Fall Apart was his first novel, published in 1958 (Wikipedia).Aside from being an author, he learned broadcasting and became an Ambassador during the Nigerian Civil War (Wikipedia).
About the Author (continued…) Things Fall Apart, which was translated into 50 languages, made Achebe the most translated African writer of all time (Wikipedia).Achebe has received over 30 honorary degrees from Universities around the world including England, Scotland, Nigeria, Canada, etc (Wikipedia).In 2004, Achebe declined the honor of receiving Nigeria’s second highest award because he was not pleased with the “state affairs of his native country” (Wikipedia).
Vocabulary Obi- the large living quarters of the head of the family.Umunna- a wide group of kinsmen (the masculine form of the word umuada).Chi- personal god.Kotma- court messenger. The word is not of Ibo origin but it is a corruption of “court messenger.”Ozo- the name of one of the titles or ranks.Ogbanje- a changeling; a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother to be reborn. It is almost impossible to bring up an ogbanje child without it dying, unless its iyi-uwa is first found and destroyed. Egwugwu- a masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits of the village.Ogwu- medicine.Ilo- the village green, where assemblies for sports, discussions, etc., take place.Ogene- a musical instrument; a kind of gong.Nno- welcome.
Chapter 19 This chapter begins with Okonkwo’s last harvest in Mbanta. It states that although Okonkwo did well in his motherland, he would have done better in Umuofia. It also says that he had two children during his time in Mbanta: Nneka- “Mother is Supreme” and Nwofia- “Begotten in the Wilderness” (Achebe 162).As soon as the last year in exile rolled around, Okonkwo sent money to his friend, Obierika, to build him two huts in his old compound. He could not ask him, however, to build an obi for him because that was something that a man did for himself (163).When the last heavy rains started to fall, Obierika told Okonkwo that his huts were built. However, Okonkwo couldn’t go to Umuofia until the rains stopped because otherwise he would be breaking the full seven years (163).Once the rains stopped, Okonkwo called upon his three wives and told them to prepare a huge feast for his mother’s kinsmen (163).The jobs of which wife would provide what is as follows: Ekwefi, Okonkwo’s second wife, would provide the cassava because she had enough to spare from her previous year while the other wives didn’t. This is because unlike the other wives, Ekwefi only has one daughter to feed. Okonkwo’s first wife and Ojiugo, his third wife, would proved smoked fish, palm-oil, and pepper which are to be used for the soup. Okonkwo then takes the responsibility of bringing the meat and yams (163-164).The following morning, Ekwefi, Ezinma, and Obiageli, Ojiugo’s daughter, went to the farm to harvest cassava tubers. Ezinma is hesitant about getting wet, but when Obiageli calls her “Salt” (“because she said that she disliked water), she immediately goes to work (164).
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