APELC Class Notes

Objectives: APELCers 1) processed a novel, and 2) researched their worldviews.

First and third, we did some clean-up work in the second part of Things Fall Apart today, and I asked you to consider Acehebe’s motives for writing the novel. Recall in the podcast “Chinua Achebe: A Hero Returns”, the author is asked why he wrote the novel, and he responds “It was a story that needed to be told”. What does Achebe mean? Why does he decide to paint the picture of Ibo culture that he does? Is it commendable, honorable? Why does he lay the Ibo worldview bare? We’ll complete the novel next week.

We spent the last half of class in the liberry where I conferred with students over their recent timed-writings and everybody had time to complete their worldview research statements.

Attend your homework, and I’ll see you on Monday.

January 21, 2010 | Filed Under AP Language

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