Things+Fall+Apart+APC

= //Things Fall Apart// = = by Chinua Achebe =

Reading Guide Part One due date:February 21 Part Two due date:February 28 Part Three due date: March 3rd



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===Extra Credit assignments.  These are worth ten points and can be submitted at any time before we finish the novel. For each: watch or read to the end and then highlight five things you learned, found helpful or interesting. ===



= [|Spend an Evening with Chinua Achebe (extra credit)] =

[[file:The Paris Review Interview.pdf]]


= Required Assignments =

These are assignments that you must do and post to your page by the given time.
 **Write a character analysis on Okonkwo as you see him up to the end of Part Two of the novel.**  **A character analysis is an essay that gives a full description of a character. You describe the personality of Okonkwo and with close reference to the text, explain why he is the way he is. For this essay, please consider who and what the greatest influences in his life are. Write about his relationships with his son, Nwoye and daughter, Enzinma, his wives, don't forget Ikemefuna and Unoka, his father. Think of the conflict within him between the masculine and feminine traits. Think of what makes him happy, sad and uncomfortable**.

This is to be posted on your wiki page by the end of the day on Tuesday, March 22, 2011


 * Some people wanted to do this using the mandala, and that is a great idea. Please post the picture to your page or you can hand it in to me on Tuesday. For each side you are to write detailed explanations for why each symbol is chosen. Do not forget to make reference to the text. Here is the link to the mandala template. You may need to download Adobe Reader to see this. **[[file:MandalaActivity.pdf]]

[|More Information on the Igbo]
In addition to this information, read the handout I gave you and tell me in one page how the information has guided, improved, clarified your reading. This is to be posted on your page by ** Thursday, February 24th 2011 **

= Please print out the study guide. Print double sided to save paper! = = = =**Chapter by Chapter Study Guide **=

= = Click on the link below and explore the virtual world. Look at the pictures and listen to the music and read the brief notes provided. In a well written paragraph tell me your impressions of what you saw. This is to be posted by ** Tuesday, February 22nd 2011 ** =[|Village of Umuofia]=