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 women through his 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 women through his 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 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

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 How are women portrayed in the Novel? List the women in the novel and whether they feel they presented in a positive or negative light. EXT: how does the presentation of gender as a whole fit within the social context of the time?

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 • Six groups/pairs, six sections - each group to focus on one. • Work on analyzing the extract. • Using success criteria to guide. • The students should consider: • How the women are presented through Achebe’s use of language and structure • The social role of women juxtaposed with men • Social context and feminist interpretations • EXT: Links to 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 • Six groups/pairs, six sections - each group to focus on one. • Work on analyzing the extract. • Using success criteria to guide. • The students should consider: • How the women are presented through Achebe’s use of language and structure • The social role of women juxtaposed with men • Social context and feminist interpretations • EXT: Links to 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

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 FEEDBACK and PEER ASSESS While listening to each other, the listening group has to either EXTEND, QUESTION or ARGUE with the presentation of the extracts EXT: How is Achebe’s formeffective in presenting the struggle? 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

8. 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 Drawing it together Decide 5 most useful quotations to use in wider reading section of the exam. These should be added to a quotation bank set up by your teacher on the blog EXT: can any of the quotations be used for other struggles as well? 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