CHINUA ACHEBE’S THINGS FALL APARTLQ: Can I analyse how Achebe presents Okonkwo’s struggle with alienation and dislocation, through the language choice, structure

and form?

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 APARTLQ: Can I analyse how Achebe presents Okonkwo’s struggle with

alienation and dislocation, through the language choice, structure and form?

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CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post-colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom

STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion

TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric

CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy

GOOD PROGRESS: I can articulate my analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present Okonkwo’s struggle for autonomy in

the novel

CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post-colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom

STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion

EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive 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

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

TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric

CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy

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?

CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post-colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom

STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion

TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric

CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy

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?

CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post-colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom

STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion

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

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

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

TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric

CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy

Peer assess responses

What progress do the students demonstrate?

CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post-colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom

STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion

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

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

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

TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric

CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy

GOOD PROGRESS: I can articulate my analysis of the ways the language, structure and form of the novel present Okonkwo’s struggle for autonomy in

the novel

CONTEXTUAL TERMS: colonisation, independence, missionaries, post-colonial, racism, Empire, Victorian, Igbo, traditional custom

STRUGGLES: race, cultural domination, alienation, religion

EXCELLENT PROGRESS: I can articulate perceptive 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

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

TERMINOLOGY: onomatopoeia, repetition, alliteration, sibilance, simile, metaphor, personification, personal pronoun, feminism, rhetoric

CONTEXT TERMS: misogyny, equality, gender equality, segregation, marginalisation, segregation, discrimination, alienation, polygamy