9.13 “Do Now” – Pick up and read Costa’s Levels of Questioning.

1. 9.13 “Do Now” – Pick up and read Costa’s Levels of Questioning. Write one Level 2 or Level 3 question on “An Image of Africa” for the class. If you need help coming up with a question think about what you would ask Chinua Achebe, now that you have read his lecture called “An Image of Africa”, if he stopped by our classroom.

2. Goals & Announcements • Learn how to have a student facilitated discussion. • Practice inference skills If you have your Summer Reading Journal please put them in the IN box. Absentee Binder: Alejandra (Period 2) Jeffrey (Period 4)

3. What is a Socratic Seminar and how do I participate appropriately?

4. Elements of a Socratic Seminar The Question: A Socratic Seminar opens with a question. The question leads participates back to the text as they speculate, evaluate, define, and clarify the issues involved. Participants: Participants share the responsibility for the quality of the seminar. Good seminars occur when participants study the text closely in advance, listen actively, share their ideas and questions in response to the ideas and questions of others, and search for evidence in the text to support their ideas.

5. Rule of 3: SS Group Guidelines LISTEN: No one can speak while someone else is speaking. BUILD: Speakers must try to build on what others say, not debate their views. REFER TO THE TEXT: Speakers must refer directly to the section of the text from which their ideas come rather than making general comments or observations.

6. On the Outside - One student needs to record the groups discussion - questions, ideas, connections, insights made – on Poster Paper. Everyone else should be following along and taking notes on the chart that was assigned for homework. It is expected that the second group builds on the ideas of the first group. After your group goes, please score yourself on the provided rubric and attach your “Image of Africa” charted notes to the rubric.

7. Socratic Seminar Focus Chinua Achebe’s “An Image of Africa” Must speak two times – Please do not speak a third time until everyone has spoken. Let’s start with a question: You may ask the question that you wrote down or a question that someone else shared at the beginning of our “Do Now”.

8. Motif Tracking • To conclude this unit you will be asked to write an essay which presents a motif significant to one of the theme(s) in Things Fall Apart. • Motif: a recurring object, concept, or structure in a text • Different than a symbol in that it relates to many or multiple ideas, and doesn’t represent one specific idea

9. Motifs to follow in Things Fall Apart: What is taboo/evil: Will, Sara B., Octavio, Stella Mothers & daughters: Essah, Shonda, Nicole, Sophie Fathers & sons: Victoria, Jonathan, Caleb, Sara G. People dissatisfied with their culture: Christina, Marissa, Alex, Kimberly Crimes & punishments: Anna, Alejandra, Ashley, Kerri

10. Motifs to follow in Things Fall Apart: What is taboo/evil: Mia G., Alex A., Ahad, Louisa, Nils Mothers & daughters: Shaniece, Aviva, Mitchell, Carter Fathers & sons: Alex K., Deepeksha, Sam R., Ryan People dissatisfied with their culture: Jeffrey, Hana, Daphne, Kevin Crimes & punishments: Francois, Mia R., Kelvin, Chris Weapons: Shubam, Ivan,, Shameen, Carlos

11. Example of Tracking a Motif

12. TFA Vocabulary Paragraphs Due: Tuesdays Quizzes on: Fridays *On the first quiz you get to use your paragraphs!

13. Homework • Using your TFA Vocabulary words and definitions, write a creative paragraph that uses ALL TEN words. • Find examples of your motif in the last four chapters of Things Fall Apart.