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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
Lesson goals
Improve your grammar, nuance your understanding of cultural appropriation and postcolonialism, and develop your discussing skills
Lesson activities
Lesson activities
Vocabulary exercise
Reading comprehension
Group discussion
Vocabulary exercise
Vocabulary exercise
Time: ~10-15 minutes
Develop your vocabulary and reading comprehension
Connect the vocabulary with the definitions and Swedish translations
For example:
Nauseate (Illamående) ➜ A feeling of sickness➜ A
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:
Perhaps we took the wrong way.
MIGHT
We . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the wrong way.
Correct answer: We might have taken the wrong way.
Answer key
Answer key
Brooding ➜ Appearing darkly menacing ➜ G
Sedate ➜ Quiet and rather dull ➜ L
Interminable ➜ Endless or apparently endless ➜ I
Rake ➜ Draw together with a rake or similar implement ➜ S
Lewd ➜ Crude and offensive in a sexual way ➜ Q
Clammy ➜ Unpleasantly damp and sticky or slimy to touch ➜ A
(To) Gauge ➜ Estimate or determine the amount, level, or volume of ➜ N
Nasal ➜ Relating to the nose ➜ T
Lopsided ➜ With one side lower or smaller than the other. ➜ M
Nestled ➜ Be situated in a half-hidden or sheltered position. ➜ P
Sneering ➜ Smiling, speaking in a contemptuous or mocking manner. ➜ E
Aisle ➜ A passage between rows of seats in a building ➜ K
Dignity ➜ Being worthy of honour or respect. ➜ B
Ethereal ➜ Extremely delicate, light, not to be of this world➜ H
Phlegm ➜ Viscous substance secreted by the mucous membranes ➜ C
Rasping ➜ Harsh-sounding and unpleasant ➜ D
Dredge ➜ Scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish ➜ O
Fatigue ➜ Tiredness, from mental or physical exertion or illness. ➜ F
Bellow ➜ Emit a deep loud roar, typically in pain or anger ➜ J
Ingratitude ➜ A discreditable lack of gratitude ➜ R
The beast let out a horrible scream.
Bellow
Screaming horribly, THE BEAST BELLOWED.
His handshake was damp and sticky.
Clammy
The man’s CLAMMY HANDSHAKE was unpleasant to the touch.
After working long hours, she felt exhausted and drained.
Fatigue
She experienced FATIGUE AFTER WORKING / HAVING WORKED long hours.
Despite his generous gifts, she showed no appreciation and failed to thank him.
Ingratitude
She returned his generous gifts WITH INGRATITUDE.
Reading comprehension
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
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
A summary of your discussion will be your exit ticket
Summarise:
What happened? What - and who - were the most important events and characters?
Question: In the story, where is the line drawn between cultural appropriation and appreciation? Consider for:
The main character
The boyfriend
Secondary characters such as the neighbours
Associate:
What did this story make you think of?
Predict:
What do you think will happen after the story ended? Why?
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