Lesson CAA-5
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Lesson goals
Improve your grammar, nuance your understanding of postcolonialism by reading the short story Arrangers of Marriage and develop your discussing skills by discussing the text and cultural appropriation
Lesson activities
Vocabulary exercise
Reading comprehension
Group discussion
Vocabulary exercise
Reading comprehension
Time for the activity: ~20-30 minutes
During this exercise, you will develop your reading and discussion skills
Take turns reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Arrangers of Marriage
Group discussion
Time for the activity: ~20-30 minutes
During this activity, you will develop strategies to overview and structure what you have read
In a group of 3-5 students, answer the questions and take notes on your whiteboard
Summarise:
What happened?
What - and who - were the most important events and characters?
How can cultural appropriation, mimickry and adaptation be seen in the short story?
Question:
What was unclear while reading?
How important is cultural identity to the characters in the short stories?
In what ways do the characters suppress their cultures in order to belong?
In what ways does gender make it easier for men or women to adapt to new contexts and cultures?
Clarify:
Answer your own questions from the previous step. E.g., events or words that you do not understand
Clarify events or words that you think your classmates might not have understood
Predict:
What do you think will happen after the story ended?
How did you come to that conclusion?
Homework
Study the Quizlet flashcards
Exit ticket
Present your group's discussion