TFA TRIPLE

TFA TRIPLE
Do now: Sit with your book group

Objectives:

• Effectively run a book group
• Share quotes, themes, and other insights from ORB
• draw thematic connections between Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and three poems through annotation

Agenda:

1. Do now
2. Book Group- 20 minutes
3. Prepare for the socratic seminar: Download the “Socratic Seminar Poems” document to notability.  For each poem:
1. Annotate
1. Paraphrase each stanza
2. Identify literary devices (similes, imagery, allusions, etc.) - at least 5
3. Identify tone
4. Draft a one sentence summary at the bottom of the poem
2. Notes: make thematic connections between the poems and TFA
4. Summarizer

HW: Prepare for the poetry Socratic Seminar in our next class. Bring your notes to class for the seminar. Please remember to review the Rubric for a Socratic Seminar