Quarter 3: Hope & Injustice

Anchor Texts

Nervous Conditions

Supplementary Texts

Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood, bell hooks

How to Tame a Wild Tongue, Gloria Anzaldua

Selected shorts stories, Jhumpa Llahari

Marriage Is A Private Affair, Chinua Achebe

Two Kinds, Amy Tan

Outliers (Kipp school), Malcolm Gladwell

Summative Assessment:

Comparative Response to Literature Paper: Analyze two texts' messages and what techniques the respective authors use to present that message.

Formative Assessments:

Writing For Comprehension & Interpretation: Prompt #1

Writing For Interpretation: Prompt #2

Writing For Interpretation: Prompt #3

Writing For Interpretation: Prompt #4

Summative Assessments:

Topic Tuesdays Presentations & Shared Inquiry Discussions

Websites/Articles:

"Debunking Patriarchy: The Liberational Quality of Voicing in Tsitsi Dangaremba's Nervous Conditions"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14113249: Overview of Zimbabwe's history, media, leaders, etc.

http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/nervousconditions.html: Information about Nervous Conditions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/02/2008_13_fri.shtml: Article on women's roles in Zimbabwe

Podcasts:

Role of the writer, Tsitsi Dangaremba: http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2124/prmID/1638

Weekly Overview: