January 17, 2020

EVERYONE
1. Check Power School:
Now is a good time to check your grades.
Are you missing anything you could make up?
Is there anything you can still work on for a regrade?
Is there anything I made a mistake on? 

Important Dates and Reminders: 
Last day to request any regrades is 1/21. 
Finals begin 1/22.



Periods 1 and 2:
In class, we

Homework is to finish a full paragraph draft of the passage analysis #1 and read chapter 9 in ATDPTI.

Periods 3 and 4:
Things Fall Apart, Chapter 4
To begin class,

Next, in your fluency journal as well, you wrote for five minutes to the following prompt:

To end class, you selected THREE of the following questions in your FLUENCY NOTEBOOK. Bring them to class, we will use them immediately tomorrow.

Also, read chapter 5 for homework.

1. What does the anecdote in the first two paragraphs of the chapter show about Okonkwo? About how other village men feel about him?
2. What does the narrator mean when he says on p. 27, “But it was not really true that Okonkwo’s palm-kernels had been cracked for him...”?
3. How does the author characterize Ikemefuna on pp. 28 and 29?
4. What is the narrator’s explanation for why Okonkwo treats his family members with a heavy hand on p. 28?
5. Why does Nwoye’s mother lie to Okonkwo? What does it reveal that she is called only “Nwoye’s mother”? 
6. How does Ezeani the priest react to Okonkwo’s beating of Ojiugo? Why? How does this interaction reveal the theme of the individual and community?
7. What do we learn about Okonkwo here?

Period 6:

2. Letter to McBride:
Yesterday you began a letter to Mr. McBride. 

Today we will work on the second paragraph. 

Tomorrow you need a complete draft to share with your writing group for feedback. 

Remember, you can view the rubric HERE to see how the assignment is scored.

Frames for your second paragraph: (You will need more than this, but these might help.)

• One of the things you wrote was, "..(include quotation from the text)...." I agree/disagree with that because (include your personal experience or example to show why you agree or disagree.)
• You also stated that, "....(quotation from text)..." I think this is true/not true because...(give reasons, evidence for why you thing this is true or not.) 

 Your complete draft of your letter to McBride is due Friday 1/17 (before school).