Lesson CAA-2

Welcome! Please consider how your attitude affects your and other students' experiences of the lesson. 

Be respectful, come prepared, and show interest to have the best possible educational experience. 

Lesson goals


Improve your vocabulary, understand postcolonialism by reading the short story Things around your neck and develop your discussing skills by discussing the text and cultural appropriation

Lesson activities


Vocabulary exercise

Reading comprehension

Group discussion

Vocabulary


Connect the vocabulary with the definitions and Swedish translations

For example:


Use the word in bold (and 2-4 additional words) to change the sentences so that the meaning in the new sentence becomes as close as possible to the original one. For example:

Answer key


Word transformation

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 Thing Around Your Neck

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 or computer.

Summarise:

Question: In the story, where is the line drawn between cultural appropriation and appreciation? Consider for:

Associate:

Predict:

Homework


Study the Quizlet flashcards 

Exit ticket


Present one of the questions that your group discussed