F        Focus:       Select your topic!

• Should Okonkwo be considered one of the "heroes" in African literature?
• Were the Umuofians as a group better off before the British came or after their arrival?
• Should the works of Chinua Achebe be required reading for high school students? 

L             Link:         Connect to the information you need.

• Alabama Virtual Library:      Literature Resources from Gale
• eBook:     Bloom's Critical Interpretations: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
• Things Fall Apart @ btwikilmc

I              Input:       Use the Persuasion Map to organize your thoughts. 

• Five  paragraphs
• MLA format
• Rough draft
• Final draft (Typed) 

P             Payoff:     Write your essay. Don't forget .... Cite your sources!

• Use an introductory technique.
• Mention the author and work.
• Bridge sentence.
• Thesis statement. 

IT!      Intelligent Thinking!  Reflect!  Evaluate! What did you learn?

Use your gaggle.net email to answer the following questions. Email your answers to bbowling@gaggle.net.

1.  Describe three things you learned about Africa.

- Write about things you did not know prior to reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. 

- Write your description as if you were teaching a friend who knows nothing about this topic.

2.  What aspect of Africa would you like to learn more about if you had the chance? 

3.  Did the Persuasion Map help you complete this assignment? Why or why not?

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