Week 8 unit 2

1. Week 8unit 2

2. Monday October 21stJB #10 Dilemma example: A family member dies and the funeral is planned on the day and same time of your best friend’s wedding. Do you honor the living or honor the dead? • Today I will learn these objectives: 1) how well I did with following directions 2) preview the big ideas of the next unit 3) assess how well I understand my culture and other cultures 4) participate in completing background work on the author 5) participate in a presentation • Today I can: SSR 10/3 • Participate or evaluate a presentation • Go over the directions for article of the week copy that is hmwk • finish notes on the Unit overview – fill in the blanks & discuss the focus of the unit • Take notes on contexts in reading (next slides) • Do the hand out on the Background to the novel & Achebe’s bio with my reading group – Norton will select whose answers will be collected

3. 1. Mark your confusion. • Underline any words you do not know. • Use an exclamation point and circle it to mark things that surprise you. ! • Use a question mark to mark things that confuse you. ?

4. 2. Show evidence of close reading on the page • Circle key words or phrases. • Write a minimum of 4 original notes in the margin for each page: In your own words! • Write a one sentence summary at the bottom of the page for each page. • Answer the questions at the end of the article.

5. CHECK YOUR ANNOTATION • Are some words and phrases underlined? • Do I have several circled exclamation points and question marks? • Are there key words and phrases circled? • Do I have at least 4 original notes in the margin for each page? • Did I write a one sentence summary at the bottom of each page? • Did I answer the questions at the end of the article?

6. 3. Write a one-page reflection • Reflection=Careful, personal thought • One page • RBE=Reasonable Best Effort • Standard mechanics=capitalization rules, punctuation rules, best penmanship, best spelling • Minimum of 3 paragraphs

7. Self-Correction • Read aloud in a 1 foot voice. • Make “flow” corrections, mechanics and spelling edits as you read. • Rate your reflection on a scale of 1-3. • 1= “I do not sound very knowledgeable.” • 2= “I sound somewhat knowledgeable.” • 3= “I sound knowledgeable.”

8. ELA Unit 3.2 Transformational ThinkingUnderstanding Human Nature: Coping With Crisis, Chaos, and Change • Big Ideas: • Coping with crisis, chaos, and change • Civilization as structure • Understanding the power of fear • Human nature • Choices • Loss of innocence • Civilization vs. savagery • Themes • Understanding human nature facilitates coping with crisi, chaos and change • Crisis creates vulnerability • To solve problems, order must be dynamic and self-organizing • Knowing the power of fear can empower you to make better decisions • Whenever groups of people co-exist, there will be a struggle for power • It is better to examine the consequences of a decision before it is made, than to discover them afterwards

9. ELA Unit 3.2 Transformational ThinkingUnderstanding Human Nature: Coping With Crisis, Chaos, and Change • Historical Perspective: • 1837 – 1901: Victoria rules as Queen of England. The sun never sets on the British Empire. • Critical Perspectives: • Moral dilemma • Social hierarchies • Literary Movements: • Realism, • Naturalism, • Stream of Consciousness

10. ELA Unit 3.2 Transformational ThinkingUnderstanding Human Nature: Coping With Crisis, Chaos, and Change • Literary Elements: • Character study and functions; major and minor • Symbolism; universal vs. contextual • Situational irony • Conflict; internal and external • Allegory • Proverbs • Literary Devices: • Flashback • Figurative language, imagery, metaphor, simile, allusion • Foreshadowing, • P.o.v. • Diction

11. Contexts for reading • Context of situation • Situation leads to the interpretation • Limits to interpretation – there is no infinite number of interpretations • Need to know the author or about the situation of the author to get meaning • Context of culture • Experience precedes the recording of it • Experience colors the recording • Background and experience influence perception • Context of syntax (word order) • Example – car breaks down

12. More on context • Context of situation and context of culture are necessary for adequate understanding of text – even appreciation of the purpose. • The key to situation is knowing when the piece was recorded in relation to the events it is recording – or portraying. This is an element of time that influencestone – retrospect. • The purpose for the writings of this unit are primarily for the • Continued solidarity and well-being of the group. • Understanding of the power of myth

13. More on text • Text is not just letters, words and sentences – it IS meaning. • Reading is understanding • Reading is understanding the communication of purpose – how it is communicated IS important – mode=genre (different genres and media – e.g. art forms) • One can not understand the language of the message unless one understands what is going on with the author. The context of situation and culture. • As for this unit – the cultural history behind the participants and the practices and rituals the authors engage in = culture, the title of the unit is not only a collision but a conflict, a war of cultures.

14. Background Information for Things Fall ApartBy: Chinua Achebe Time Period: 1890’s Clash of Nigeria’s white colonial government and Native Africans

15. Economic SystemCowrie Shells • Used for money:

16. Kola Nut • Used like a handshake to demonstrate hospitality and friendship. • Served at most social occasions. • Fun Fact: Coca Cola is named after the nut.

17. Nigerian Obi • Home and yard • Each of the wives had their own obi in the compound that surrounded their husband’s obi. The children lived in their mother’s obi.

18. Yams“Foo Foo” • Yam is the main food and represents wealth.

19. Yam Barn • A sign of wealth: Shelter for storing yams in one’s living area.

20. Justice SystemNigerian Masks (9 Masked Men)This is the court system used to make tribal decisions

21. Funsies… • http://www.act.org/qotd/ • What do you get when you cross a duck with a rooster? • Woken up at the quack of dawn • What did the hamburger name its daughter? • Patty • Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long? • Because then it would be a foot.

22. Tuesday October 22ndJB #11 Which of the following powers would you most like to possess? Explain: (1) The power to become invisible (2) The ability to read minds (3) The ability to remotely control any electronic device. • Today I will learn these objectives: 1) participate in a presentation or evaluation 2) collaborate in reading and answering questions about the novel 3) read independently and find answers in the novel 4) complete the goals and objectives of having material ready for my reading group. 5) independent reading record and Bloom’s practice 6) grammar practice 7) independent reading time and response • Today I can • Today I can: SSR 10/5 • Hand in my annotated AoW #2 • Present or evaluate 2 myth projects • Chapter note pages how to do them – ex. next slides from summer school students from 2006 • Meet with my reading group and begin Reading chapters 1 – 3 and do the handouts that go with them • Create quiz questions that will be part of the game – based on the reading log categories • Have my notes done by tomorrow for chapters 1 – 3 homework what’s not done with group.

23. PROTOCOL FOR CHAPTERS WITH GROUP Jeopardy game every five chapters – meet with group create 4 q for each area of bloom and highlight your best – be sure to include answers

24. Example of reading journals • Things Fall Apart Chapter 1 Notes • In the first chapter of Things Fall Apart we met many new characters including the main character Okonkwo. We also were introduced to his lazy good for nothing father who owed a lot of people a lot of money. Okonkwo already achieved what his father could not through out his life. This was the achievement of a title and even more he had two! Okonkwo has 3 wives which was a symbol of wealthiness back then because it showed you could support all of these wives. He also had 3 children on top of that. Okonkwo had 2 barns full of yams which is yet another symbol of worth. Events that took place were Unoka, Okonkwo’s father, died and had not paid off any of his debts. In this chapter there was a lot of talk using vocabulary words about musical instruments. I did find the cultural background presented to be of some interest. The part of the first chapter when Unoka and Okoye met at Unoka’s house to discuss his loan he took from Okoye. The way they open up in conversation is by breaking some Kola and drawing in chalk. • Things Fall Apart Chapter 1 Reading Journal • In the first chapter of this book absolutely nothing has peaked my interests. I just really do not find learning about an African wrestler who lived in the 1800’s and had 3 wives and a lot of yams. However, questions that came to my mind while we were reading this chapter in class were, Why would you want so many wives if you have to pay for them all? Another would be why would you want to all grow yams when you could grow something that tastes better such as corn? My last question that came to my mind while reading the first chapter was why would anyone loan out money to someone who does not pay back the loan giving to the person by others? The story so far has not been very interesting due to the fact it has just been giving us, the readers, a lot of background information. This book has not related to me so far because my life has not experienced anything acknowledged in this book such as a lazy father, wrestling or even 3 wives, yeah its hard to believe that one I know. The author has done a great job this far however by keeping the topics align with each other.

25. Another example • Things Fall Apart Chapter 2 Notes • In chapter two a little girl from Umuofia was murdered in a town that they were already ready to wage war against. Umuofia had all of its town members, the men, gather in the morning at the market place where they announced that the girl had been killed. They proceeded to speak on the subject and came to the conclusion that they would do the normal routine and deliver an ultimatum which stated that Mbaino had two options. The first option was that they could go to war with Umuofia or they could offer a young man and a virgin girl to Umuofia in replacement for the murder of the daughter. Mbaino decides to go with the second option and hands over a young man and a virgin girl to Umuofia. The young man was then asked to live with Okonkwo. The daughter was sent to replace the murdered girl as the wife of Ogbuefi. One of Okonkwo's wives asked him if Ikemefuna, the young man of Mbaino, was going to stay with them. People we met in this chapter consisted of Nwoye, Ogbuefi, and Ikemefuna. This chapter used one specific vocabulary word that stuck out to me and tied this chapter into the previous chapter for me. The author used the word agbala which means woman; also used of a man who has taken no title. A boy from Okonkwo's child hood called his father this and it was the truth because through his fathers life he took no title. • Things Fall Apart Chapter 2 Reading Journal • This chapter of this book began to make this book become more interesting to me because it had more action in it. This action included a murder, dialog, and most important less information being slammed down the readers throat. While I was reading this chapter quite a few questions came to my mind regarding the story. I was wondering why anyone would kill a girl hailing from the tribe you feared most of all and why anyone would think that there would be no consequence for the action in the first place. One thing I did think about while we were reading this chapter is why the author has not revealed the plot yet because there is a lot of suspense building up. This suspense includes whether or not the tribes will go to war in the future, what will happen to the virgin girl and the young boy handed over after the murder of the tribes daughter, and what will Okonkwo do with the new addition to his family. This story so far had reminded me of a history book attempting to have a story line and still attempting to teach you something along the way while keeping your interest. Overall, the author is doing a fantastic job creating a lot of suspense and may be foreshadowing events to come and later in the story I may find my self doing the OH! Thats what that meant back in the beginning. Now I understand what he meant!

26. Funsies… • How do you spell candy with only 2 letters? • C and Y • Where can you go to learn a lot about spiders? • Websites • Why is a math book more unhappy than other textbooks? • Because it has problems.

27. Wednesday October 23rd JB #12 How is it possible to fail in order to succeed? • Today I will learn these objectives: 1) respond to independent reading 2) of how to make an effective presentation to the class 3) evaluate or present in a clear and informative manner my myth project 4) of notes on TFA 5) share observations of my own and the group’s 6) of reading and taking notes of what is happening in the novel • I can • Understand the elements of an effective presentation see next slides • Present or evaluate 2 myth projects • Copy Norton’s notes for chapters 1 – 3 • Meet with my reading group and share the results of the quiz questions – these will be due after chapter 5 • Continue to read chapter 4 and create more quiz questions for tomorrow • SSR 10/3

28. Effective Presentation NotesIt is about your audience! • Using your voice = power source • Rate is speed • Pitch is the highs and lows of your voice • Monotone • Inflection e.g. I think that you are the best • Volume • Articulation (crispness/distinctness) & pronunciation (sound proper/stressing correct syllables)

29. Effective Presentation NotesIt is about your audience! • Using your body • Platform movement • Don’ts – pace, wander, sway, stiffness, slouching • Do’s - both feet, walk with a purpose (transitions), start center and finish center, proximity • Gestures • Agree with what is said • Are natural • Used for emphasis • Do not hide hands – keep in view • Face and eyes • Make with each person briefly • Don’t stare • Don’t look at things – draws attention away • Audience feedback use your eyes, body to reciprocate.

30. Wisdom and values of the Ibo • Pay big debts first, smaller ones later (chapter 1) • Conversation is an art (chapter 1) • Age is respected (chapter 1) • Achievement is revered (chapter 1) • Words and thoughts have power – reality (chapter 2) • Homes have ancestor shrines – prayers for self and others, ancestral spirits are real (chapter 2) • Value yams – gods are reflection of the NEEDS of the people Words & thoughts

31. Chapter 1 • Clans not tribes – the Ibo are a nation of clans • 9 villages comprise the Ibo people • Umoafia • Mmbaino • Isiuzo • Obodoani • Time is measured by moon cycles and market cycles • Other notes you have

32. Chapter 2 • Words and thoughts have real power • Magic – age based the magic of the one legged old woman • Decisions for going to war are decided by the oracle • Okonkwo’s motivation is fear – people respect him because they fear him. • 1st Nwoye is a disappointment • Home – has ancestor shrine and shrine to personal god

33. Chapter 3 • People seek advice or guidance when facing misfortune – usually with prayer or seek it from father • Unoka = we get what we earn – told by the gods he is unsuccessful not because he is cursed but because he is lazy. • Unoka’s death was miserable – there is no grave, no remembrance • People value yams • Gods reflect the needs of the people • Respect for age – the drinking order – wine is universal • Judging people by appearances is universal • Because Okonkwo survived misfortune he believes he can survive anything • Interpret his father’s quote at the end of the chapter

34. symbolism • Wrestling match @ beginning = the new defeat the old = change (chapter 1) • The dancers in the night = (chapter 2) • The drinking of wine from a defeated foe = the cost of losing (not forgotten) and the trophy of victory (chapter 2) • Ogbuefi ezeugo – 4 times 4 directions • The price of life = a virgin and a young man =

35. Chapter 4: be sure to answer in your notes • Okonkwo believes success is the result of hard work and strategy – not luck • It is a sign of weakness if a man shows affection – why is this true for most cultures? • Season of planting = week of peace, why do you think this is so? • Consequences –crops go bad because of gods • Believe that humans have a direct affect on the weather

36. Funsies… • What is a fingernail’s least favorite basketball team? • The Clippers • What do you call a buffalo that live 200 years? • A bison-tennial • What word did the farmer exclaim at the incredible harvest of his corn crop? • A-maize-ing!

37. Thursday October 24thJB #13 When is rebellion of any form justifiable? Explain. • Today I will learn these objectives: 1) the importance of another myth 2) of close observation through protocol 3) completing chapter 5 for tomorrow with jeopardy questions ala Blooms • I can • Present or evaluate 2 myth projects • Do the venn diagram of Okonkwo and Unoka • Protocol the first four chapters with my group and then hand it in – do quizzes for chapters 1 - 4 in reading groups or alone • Read chapter 5 and have my questions ready for the game tomorrow

38. Funsies… • Why don’t we fall off the earth and go shooting through space? Isn’t there some law? • What did we do before that law was passed? • Do you know where the Declaration of Independence was signed? • At the bottom • Why is working as a human canonball the worst job in the world? • Because every time you do the job you have to get fired.

39. Friday October 25thJB #14 FWF (7 minutes) • Today I will learn these objectives: 1) what my independent reading has of relevance to me 2) of what value there is in other myths and how well other peers present 3) evaluate my reading skills 4) review of chapters 1 – 5 of the book through varying degrees of complexity in questions 5) what chapter 5 of the novel is about through my recording of it • I can • SSR 10/3 • Present or evaluate 2 myth projects • ACT reading 9 minutes • Jeopardy review of the book • Create Blooms questions for chapters 6 & 7 and be ready to hand them in on Monday for a quiz grade! • Check on quotes page too.

40. Funsies: What’s the title? • Name a book written by Corey O’Graff • How to Dance Well • A book by Ryan Wheat • A Good Bread • A book by Don B. Layt • How To be On Time • A book by Brock Lee • Vegetables for the Health of the Fit

41. Week 9