TFA 4.4

TFA 4.4

DO NOW: Review your 3-2-1 Reading Journal to prepare for discussion of last night’s reading

Objectives:

• evaluate how well a passage contributes to Achebe’s counter-narrative to the “single story” of colonial Africa.

Agenda:

1. Do Now
2. Discuss chapters 23-24.   (10 minutes)
3. Close-Reading, Ch 25 - you will take notes as you read

• Work independently on the annotations for 15 minutes. This gives you time to examine the text up close. How and why does the narrative voice change so dramatically?

4. Group discussion:

1. In your opinion, does Achebe successfully create a counter-narrative to the colonialist “single story”? If so, how does he accomplish this?
2. Why does Achebe give the last word to the colonialist?  
3. Why does Okonkwo kill himself?
4. What is the irony of both Okonkwo’s and the village’s focus on strength and stability?

5.  (if time) Begin Crash Course TFA Part 1

HW: 1. Prepare for the poetry Socratic Seminar in our next class. Bring your notes to class for the seminar. Please remember to review the Rubric for a Socratic Seminar