April 30th (B day)

We finished the short stories that we started last time and voted for the contest winners. Then, we read from Things Fall Apart.

B5: Ch.19 and 1/2 of ch. 20 (through pg. 174)
B6: Ch. 19
B8: Ch. 21-22

April 27th (A day)

Journal: Make a prediction about the ending of Things Fall Apart. 1/2 pg.

Finish reading Things Fall Apart.

Read "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats. Achebe got the title of his novel from this poem. Annotate the poem as you read and write three specific points that you can relate to Things Fall Apart.

April 26th (B day)

Journal: Who is the most interesting person you've ever known? 1/2 pg.

From Things Fall Apart  we read:
B5 ch. 16-18
B6 ch.17-18
B8 ch. 19-20

Using the person you wrote your journal about as a character, write a 2 page short story.

April 25th (A day)

Journal: Who is the most interesting person you've ever known? 1/2 pg.

Read chapters 20-22 of Things Fall Apart.  Write 1 paragraph comparing Mr. Brown and Mr. Smith's teaching and leadership styles.

 Then, use the person you wrote your journal about as a character in a short story. The story should be about 2 pages long.

April 24th (B day)

After finishing the speech presentations, we read chapters 15-16 of Things Fall Apart. After reading, write 1/2 pg. about your impression of the missionaries so far.

Make sure you've turned in your book review!

April 23rd (A day)

Journal: There are 25 school days until graduation. What do you think about that? 1/2 pg.

Then, we had make up speeches. All speeches that have not been presented in class must now be done after school and will not be eligible for full credit.

We turned in book reviews after sharing them, and then we read chapters 17-19 in Things Fall Apart.

April 20th (B day)

Journal: There are 27 school days left until graduation. How does that make you feel? 1/2 pg.

After speech presentations, we read from Things Fall Apart.

B5: ch. 12 and 13

B6: ch. 14 and 15

B8: ch. 15 and 16