Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe) Ch. 8-9 - Allusions - Activities + ANSWERS

Things Fall Apart (Achebe) Complete Advanced Teaching BUNDLE + ANSWERS + GUIDE

One of my favorite novels to teach, I've revisited and revised my ***Things Fall Apart*** resources and included a comprehensive range of activities for the entire novel. Each unit included in this comprehensive bundle focuses on different aspects of this African classic worth teaching (and standards-aligned) Examples of the activities included in each unit are: **1. Comprehension & Close Reading Questions** for each chapter of Things Fall Apart **2. Let's Get Quizzical! - Quote Hunt Quiz** for each chapter (a great way to quickly review comprehension and reading with students, these quote hunt quizzes can be used as a springboard for close reading and other activities. **3. The Novel In Context** - These activities focus on various aspects of the novel's context of composition and interpretation, including the history of Nigeria, colonization, the role of women, Igbo culture, traditions, etc. **4. Analyzing Characters / Themes / Setting / Figurative Devices / Symbols / Conflicts etc.** - these are a range of guided close reading activities; each focuses on different literary aspects of the novel, selected as most appropriate for each chapter. A great way to facilitate a closer look at key aspects of this literary masterpiece and to practice key close reading and inference skills. **5. Creative Writing Tasks** - a range of creative writing prompts and tasks for each chapter, allows your students to engage with the story, characters, main ideas, etc. of the story in a more personal, creative, and empathetic manner. **7. Making Connections** - these activities introduce/focus on the various allusions/connections made to other literary works and texts in Things Fall Apart, including Greek tragedy, the concept of the tragic hero, and W. B. Yeats' poem "The Second Coming" (which inspired Achebe's title of the novel - Things Fall Apart). These are crucial activities and materials to teach a more in'de **8. Teacher's Guide (Model Answers + Commentary + Analysis)** - Each unit of work (for each chapter) includes a comprehensive teacher's guide, which itself includes model answers for all the activities as well as a detailed plot summary and analysis of the respective chapter, designed for teachers who are new to the novel, or veterans who wish to gain fresh insights, as well as for students working independently in a home-schooling setting or in a distance learning environment. ***9. I've also included all my pre-reading and post-reading activities and assessments in this bundle!*** ***Happy teaching! Feedback is always welcome!***