Assignment for 1/4/12

Please read through Chapter 18 of Things Fall Apart and complete corresponding Study Guide Questions.

Assignment for 1/3/12

Please read through Chapter 16 and complete applicable Study Guide Questions.  Due tomorrow.

Assignment for 12/15/11

Please read through Chapter 14 in Things Fall Apart and complete Ch. 14 Study Guide Questions.

Assignment for 11/7 in Things Fall Apart

Please read through Chapter 12 in TFA.

Assignment for 11/28

Please read through Chapter 7 in Things Fall Apart.  Questions for Chapters 4-7 will be collected Tuesday.  For Chapters 5 and 6, please summarize the New Yam Festival (in 5 sentences) and the wrestling match (in 5 sentences).  When you get to Study Guide Questions for Chapter 7, skip #3 ("Essay").

Assignment for 11/15/11

Read Things Fall Apart through Chapter 3.  Complete Study Guide Questions as well as Vocabulary Cycle One questions from Study Guide for tomorrow.

Assignment for 11/14/11

Please read through Chapter 2 of Things Fall Apart and complete the Study Guide Questions for Chapters 1 and 2 on binder paper.

Gulen Essay Part 2 (Paragraph with MLA citations) due Tuesday.

Please complete "Vocabulary: Cycle One" in Things Fall Apart Study Guide for Wednesday.

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart Materials

Link to Things Fall Apart Materials
The link above includes Study Guide, Ibo Traditions Chart, and Introductory PowerPoint Lecture.

Journals #10: Linguistic Map of Africa

Part One:  Study the linguistic map of Africa below.  What do you notice about both the language groups as well as the political borders on that map?  In one paragraph, what conclusions can you draw about what that means for the people, societies, and/or cultures of Africa?

Part Two:  Study the cartoon below and respond to the following two questions in one paragraph.

1.  Explain the cartoon that follows.  What is happening in the cartoon?

Total for this Journal Entry:  1 paragraph = 5 points each