CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART

1. TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART LQ: Can I analyse how Achebe presents Okonkwo’sstruggle with alienation and dislocation, through the language choice, structure and form?

2. TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post-colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APART LQ: Can I analyse how Achebe presents Okonkwo’s struggle with alienation and dislocation, through the language choice, structure and form? Use the blog: Justuslearning.com > blog > + search “Achebe”

3. TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post-colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion OUTSTANDING PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive and detailed analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present Okonkwo’s struggle for autonomy in the novel, using my knowledge of social and historical context to illuminate alternative interpretations EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present Okonkwo’sstruggle for autonomy in the novel, using my knowledge of social and historical context GOOD PROGRESS: I can articulate my analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present Okonkwo’sstruggle for autonomy in the novel

4. TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post-colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion Student presentations on their areas While you listen, can you extend,question or argue with the other students’ findings. EXT: Can you make links to other wider reading?

5. TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post-colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion Now attempt to answer the following question: How does Achebe present dislocation/alienation in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart? EXT: Can you extend your answer to draw I wider reading? OUTSTANDING PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive and detailed analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present the gender struggle in the novel, using my knowledge of social and historical context to illuminate alternative interpretations EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present the gender struggle in the novel, using my knowledge of social and historical context GOOD PROGRESS: I can articulate my analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present the gender struggle in the novel

6. TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post-colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion Peer assess responses What progress do the students demonstrate? OUTSTANDING PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive and detailed analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present the gender struggle in the novel, using my knowledge of social and historical context to illuminate alternative interpretations EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present the gender struggle in the novel, using my knowledge of social and historical context GOOD PROGRESS: I can articulate my analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present the gender struggle in the novel

7. TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post-colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion OUTSTANDING PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive and detailed analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present Okonkwo’s struggle for autonomy in the novel, using my knowledge of social and historical context to illuminate alternative interpretations EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present Okonkwo’sstruggle for autonomy in the novel, using my knowledge of social and historical context GOOD PROGRESS: I can articulate my analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present Okonkwo’sstruggle for autonomy in the novel