1/29 & 1/30 Things Fall Apart

1/29 Yesterday we read chapters one and two of Things Fall Apart by Chinna Achebe.  Please be advised, that I should have told you to be taking notes from the novel.  We are going to have a test on it, and you will need them.  

·       Here is a link where you can reread chapters for Things Fall Apart.  http://kathystefanides.escuelacampoalegre.wikispaces.net/file/view/things-fall-apart-chinua-achebe+(1).pdf
You should go back and create notes for the first two chapters that will help you for the test.  You might want to write it just the way I summarized it today in class.

I will, at some point, be collecting your notes and you will receive a grade on them.  In the end, you should really have about 15 pages of notes.  

1/30 Today we read chapter three in class and some of us got to part of chapter four.  Again, if you did not take notes, please do so.

I also informed students today that we will be having a quiz next week on the African terms that were given out on a handout.  If you did not get a handout, here are the words and definitions:

Agbala- woman, also used of a man who has taken no title

Ani- an Earth goddess

Chi- personal god

Efulefu-worthless man

Egwugwu- a masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits in the village

Ekwe- a drum made from wood

Foo foo- a food made from yams

Ilo- a village green where sports, discussions, etc take place

Jigida- a string of waist beads

Kwenu- a shout of approval and greeting

Ndichie- elders

Obi- the large living quarters of the head of the family

Ogbanje- a changeling; a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother to be reborn.

Ogene- a musical instrument, a kind of gong

Oye- the name of one of the four market days

Tomorrow, 1/31 and Monday, 2/3, we will finish up our FAIR testing for the year.  We will meet in room N16.  Please go there instead of going to my room first.  This will waste valuable testing time.  See you all there.

Also, remember that Culture Wheel projects are due tomorrow, so remember to bring you flash drive, poster board, or you can email me the project or link at amy.dewalt@polk-fl.net.  

Do not forget a reference page!!!!