1. Drill 5/20: Please take out your characterization worksheet from yesterday. • Find quotations (with page numbers!) for each of the remaining methods of characterization for your chosen character • In the space for today’s drill, write a ½ - 1 page “diary” entry following the directions on your worksheet.

2. Topic ideas for discussion questions • Religion in Umuofia vs. religion in our current society (as you see them) • Gender roles in Umuofia vs. gender roles in our current society (as you see them) • Tragic hero criteria: • Someone who is “highly renowned and prosperous” • Must fall from fortune • Has a tragic flaw: a character flaw that causes the hero’s undoing; a weakness (i.e., pride, jealousy) • Somewhat responsible for own downfall • Recognizes flaw after downfall and accepts consequences (may be enlightened by experience) • Suffering arouses sympathy from the audience • Audience can relate to hero being “human”

3. Agenda • Drill and review • Define vocabulary words • Read chapters 5 & 6

4. Learning Targets: • I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence that supports my inferences and analysis of the text. • I can construct a short piece of writing using the first-person perspective of a character from Things Fall Apart. • I can define new words used in chapters five and six of Things Fall Apart using context clues and, if necessary, dictionaries. • I can analyze the development of the theme throughout a text including how it is shaped by specific details and events. • I can analyze a point of view or cultural experience as reflected in a work from outside the US.