Sentence work coming up: causal
verbs
sentence
combining
Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Distribute Animal Farm
Prep Chapter 1 for Friday
You can use the school novel, or you can
get your own copy: paper, ebook, audiobook.
VPL has ebook and audiobook. For
audiobooks, you need the app called Libby.
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Continue “Dead Man’s Path”
“Thought Questions”
Module- discuss
Prepare for Test 4 with quoted text “ “
Test 4 on Thursday
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Continue final kind of sentence
“Compound-Complex Sentences”
Thursday
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Friday
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“Self-Reflection Assessment” Week 5
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Begin Animal Farm
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Test 4
Monday
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“Midterm Self-Assessment Reflection”
Tuesday, March 10
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Opportunity to replace one quiz, test, both or
neither
Wednesday, March 11
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Midterm recommendations
Thursday, March 12
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Midterm recommendations
Friday- final day before Spring Break
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Chinua Achebe- African writer, Nigeria
English 12- very
popular novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
Chenua Achebe-
student – educated in English, British style schools
history- British
poetry-British
literature- British
-became a writer,
wanted to write about Nigeria, Africa
-give voice to his
people
-choice- write in English
or write in Igbo?
themes of colonialism
and oppression are all through his work
oppression -someone
works to take your rights away, keep you down
colony(n)
colonize(v) colonialism(n)
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Big question:
Surface level
question: Does a teacher from away have to respect the culture of the local students,
even if the teacher isn’t part of that culture?
IDIOM When in Rome,
do as the Romans do.
Bigger question:
Deeper level
question: Does a person in a position of authority who comes from a different
culture have to show respect for the local culture?
Story about
colonialism on a deeper level
A powerful group or
people moving in and taking over.
Canada’s
relationship and history with First Nations Peoples
-thematic
similarity
theme – deep
message about human nature
Africa- colonizers
came to Africa and then went back, mostly
Canada- came to
Canada and US and stayed
SURFACE LEVEL
READING- PLOT- -story about Mr. Obi, a headmaster, principal of a school, his
actions, his mistakes, result
DEEPER LEVEL
READING- metaphor for colonialism, one country colonizing another- taking over,
not respecting the existing culture
village is a symbol
for an entire country, Obi represents of a colonizing government
the village- a
metaphor for any colonized place
Mr. Obi- symbol of
colonizer, represents colonizers
Canadian context-
First Nations Peoples
A good story can
exist on several levels of interpretation.
Obi- wants to bring
modern ideas, has good intentions, wants to do the right thing
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choose very poor execution, actions
VOCAB execute(v) 1.to
kill somebody 2.carry out an action
Murderers are sometimes
executed in the US. The US has the death
penalty.
IDIOM Keep your
nose clean. Don’t get involved with bad people.
IDIOM Actions bring
consequences.
FUNNY IDIOM Play
stupid games. Win stupid prizes. If you get involved in bad situations, you may
have bad results.
IDIOM Stay on the
straight and narrow. the straight and narrow path
VOCAB
unprogressive
(negative-sounding) – backward, simple, unscientific, dumb
conservative,
traditional (positive-sounding)
The Conservative
Party political party “Big C Conservative”
conservative –
lifestyle, how you see the world, financially conservative, socially
conservative
He dresses conservatively.
She has socially
conservative views.
She has socially progressive
views.
left wing politics-
progressive- NDP
right wing politics-
conservative- Conservatives
The ruling party in
Canada is the Liberal Party. Under Carney, they tend to be centre-right.
centrist-
Canada from the
1970s- multicultural
multicultural-
diversity, religions, customs, languages, colours, races, traditions, etc.
tolerance(n),
acceptance
IDIOM put up with –
tolerate(v) something that is bothering you
tolerant(adj)
tolerance- accepting
something that is different from you believe.
IDIOM Live and let
live.
embrace(V)
The US – nickname
for the US “the Melting Pot” a place to assimilate
Notes from the
text:
“young” “energetic”-
positive words to describe Micheal Obi (ironic)
physical
description is not positive-
physical description on Micheal – not
impressive
“sat folded up in a chair”
“stoop-shouldered
and frail”
“deep-set eyes”
“only twenty six,
but looked thirty or more”
“he was not unhandsome”
Achebe is using
Nancy as his way of expressing his feeling about Micheal.
Mission – church, Christian church establishment
missionary –
someone who shares information about their religion, often travel to other
countries
Catholic church
sent missionaries to the Philippines 300 years ago.
Many churches offer
free English lessons.
VOCAB proselytize(v)
– teach about religion
The missionaries
proselytized to the local people.
**BREAK**
“narrow views” – judgmental- make judgements
about people without all the information
He is a judgmental person.
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Nancy
Achebe characterizes her as a little bit
shallow
shallow person – not much depth of personality
or beliefs
deep person- deep feeling, many layers to your
personality
children who deep- They are old souls.
-the boys in the Ice Storm
Nancy’s fantasy about her role and position p1
-interest in being high-status “the queen of
the school”
social status- your place in society
disappointed when no other wives- “Nancy was
downcast.”
IDIOM Queen bee
IDIOM “A penny for your thoughts.” say to
someone who is lost in thought
“imitating the woman’s magazines she read”
-changing her language to reflect the social
status that she is striving for
‘backward’ – undeveloped, not modern- negative
meaning, negative-sounding word, impolite , dismissive
lack of respect shown by the Obis
comparison between Nancy’s beautiful garden
and “rank neighborhood bushes” ugly local plants
similar to Micheal’s opinion of the existing
school and teachers
“It amazes me that you people…” insulting way
to address somebody
Micheal does not respect the locals, feels like
he is superior to them, better than them
arrogant!
IDIOM “nose in the air”- you think that you
are better than other people
“big row”- big fight, big problem
The two kids had a row over/about their toys.
Chinua Achebe is an amazing writer, in full
control of word choice.
pagan – religion, but not monotheistic
monotheistic- mono-1 the-god
belief in one god
polytheistic – poly-many
Micheal put up barbed wire- used in farms for
animals, and prisons
comparison between priest and Obi
priest – slight stoop, like Micheal Obi
Micheal Obi – young and misguided, full of
zeal
priest – old and wise
“exchange of cordialities”- greetings,
welcomings, must share cultural understanding
Obi “highway” “thoroughfare” exaggerating for
effect-
LITERARY TERM hyperbole- exaggerating for
effect
Priest “Look here, my son.” establishing his
authority as an elder
-explains how the life of the village is based
on the path
Mr Obi –“satisfied smile on his face”- smug
face
arrogant, self-satisfied
Obi “eradicate” VERY STRONG WORD- kill
completely, destroy, eliminate
Recall’s Canada’s historical policies about
First Nations Peoples
“fantastic”(3)- like a fantasy, like a
childish dream, foolish
“teach your children to laugh at such ideas”
priest make a final conciliatory statement- “let
the hawk perch and let the eagle perch.”
conciliatory – making peace
reconcile(v)- make up
birds of prey- hunting birds
priest trying to talk sense into Mr. Obi
You can see hundreds of eagles in Brackendale
which is close of Squamish.
Priest is asking for tolerance, mutual
respect, and peaceful coexistence.
Obi is unwilling to allow that. He does not
have any respect for the local culture. Will not listen.
Obi was inflexible. He refused to compromise. He
paid a big price.
The villagers tried to negotiate, meet in the
middle, make a deal, give and take, compromise, etc.
young woman dies having a baby
religious/superstitious
villager blame the fence blocking new babies
coming into the village
“Most important, it is the path of children
coming in to be born”
His school was destroyed by the villagers.
They tore out the fence, ripped up Nancy’s gardens, and pulled down a building.
It is not stated explicitly, but we can infer
that the villagers did it.
infer(v)- make a good guess based on evidence
imply(v) – give clear signals or suggestions
wihtout being explicit
I imply. You infer.
He got a bad report from the
supervisor/inspector/superintendant/boss.
Today and tomorrow-
Prepare to use quoted text.
Go through the story and find good words and
phrases that can be used for quoting.
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