Chapters 11-13

DO NOW: review your 3-2-1- Reading Journal to prepare for discussion (2 min)

Objectives:

• identify literary conventions from different cultures and analyze their influence on the literary work as a whole.

Agenda:

1. Discussion of observations from chapters  11-13. (15 min); -Sharing main topics of interest:
1. What does this tell us about the belief system of the Igbo?:

“Okonkwo’s wives, and perhaps other women as well, might have noticed that the second egwugwu had the springy walk of Okonkwo. And they might have noticed that Okonkwo was not among the titled men and elders who sat . . . But if they thought these things they kept them within themselves.”

b. How might the story about Tortoise and how he got his broken shell be related to the coming of the colonialists?

c. “And at last the locusts did descend. They settled on every tree and on every blade of grass”
2,  Language and Conventions Graphic Organizer

- use examples from the book and from Franklin’s article to fill in the chart with your group.

3. Summarizer: What are some of the benefits and limitations of Achebe’s use of Igbo and western literary conventions in the novel?

HW: Read Part 2 Ch 14-16 + 3-2-1 Discussion Journal ; read/annotate article “Open Letter to King Leopold” in TFA folder