Sentence work coming up: causal
verbs
sentence
combining
Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Continue “Dead Man’s Path”
“Thought Questions”
Module- discuss
Prepare for Test 4 with “ “
Test 4 on Thursday
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Continue final kind of sentence
“Compound-Complex Sentences”
Wednesday
·
Continue “Dead Man’s Path”
“Thought Questions”
Module
Prepare for Test 4 with “ “
Test 4 on Thursday
·
Continue final kind of sentence
“Compound-Complex Sentences”
Thursday
·
Test 4
Friday
·
“Self-Reflection Assessment” Week 5
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Monday
·
“Midterm Self-Assessment Reflection”
Tuesday, March 10
·
Opportunity to replace one quiz, test, both or
neither
Wednesday, March 11
·
Midterm recommendations
Thursday, March 12
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Midterm recommendations
Friday- final day before Spring Break
“Dead Man’s
Path” Thought Questions
1.
What is the setting in the story?
PLACE
-Ndume Central
School
-village,
Ani
-Nigeria-
search town name, writer’s name ‘Chinua Achebe”
-Nigeria was
a colony of Great Britain
colony- one
country takes over another country- rules that country, takes control, forces a
new language, etc.
What are
some countries that were colonized by other countries?
Eritrea by
Italy
India by GB
(Great Britain)
Hong Kong by
GB
Taiwan by Japan
Chad by
France
Tanzania by
Germany
Canada by France
and GB
Iran by GB
Australia by
GB
South Africa
by the Dutch
South and Central
America by Spain
Brazil by
Portugal
Vietnam by
France
colonization
TIME
-January 1949
- time when Nigerian
people were thinking independence for their country, Nigeria ruled by Nigerians,
not by the English
What are
some parts of the world looking for independence?
-Tigran from
Ethiopia
-north of
Iraq
-Kalistan
from Palkistan
-Basque from
Spain
-Catalonia
from Spain
-Tibet from China
-Alberta
from Canada
-Quebec from
Canada
-Scotland
from UK
colonialization
plays a part in the story
2. What is Mr Obi’s relationship to the school?
-headmaster (British term)- principal, leader
of the school
-brand new, not even started yet
-similarity to Mr.Wei
-brand new as a teacher, brand new as a headmaster,
brand new to education
“young and energetic”
-came from somewhere else
How does he feel about the school?
-“backward” “unprogressive” “traditional”
-does not respect
the school or the teachers
-does not respect
the villagers or the old priest
-very
arrogant
- he thinks
he’s better, smarter than everybody else
-selfish, a
bit narcissistic
Narcissus-
Greek myth- ancient story about the world
Echo-
medical
-echocardiograph
-thinks
highly of himself
HUMOUR
-Mr.Obis’s
education- “sound secondary school education” high school
-Mr.Obi’s
physicality- not a great specimen “not unhandsome”
emphaizsing
the negative
-4 X -4=16
XXX
NOTE: negative
+ negative = positive NOT TRUE!
She never
never eats meat. emphasis
3.
What are five words to describe Mr. Obi’s
personality?
POSITIVE
-ambitious
-proud
-idealistic
-driven
-hardworking
-bold
-confident
NEGATIVE
-stubborn
-inconsiderate-
does not consider other people’s opinions
-arrogant
-narrow-minded
-disrespectful
-ignorant 1.rude
2.lacking knowledge
-sharp-tongued
4.
What are Nancy’s ambitions concerning Micheal’s
position in the school?
-“the
admired wife”
-“the queen
of the school”
-“envy her
position”
-“set the
fashion”
-narcissistic
5.
What are two conflicts in the story?
person vs
person, society/culture, nature, technology, supernatural
-person vs
society/culture
Obi vs traditional
beliefs of the villagers
-person vs
person
Obi vs the
priest
“satisfied
smile” smirk
6.
What does village priest mean when he
says “[L]et the hawk perch and let the eagle perch.”?
-hawk,
eagle- wild birds, hunting birds, birds of prey
pray prey
Brackendale
eagles
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MQ1MVzvD604
perch(v)-
bird sits on a branch of a tree, high place
crows and
ravens
Let the hawk
perch, and let the eagle perch.
-mind their
own business
-share the space
-peacefully
cohabitate
-school and
village can coexist
-enough space
for villagers and the school
-progressive/modern education and traditional
beliefs
-respecting
each others’ space without dominating each other
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