Day 4

A Grain of Wheat Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Ngũgĩ's Biography

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Work

    Objective:

    Students will be able to understand the influence of the author's life on his fiction

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.E, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.8, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.A

    Structure:

    This activity will help students to understand the influence of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's on his fiction using a range of media and technological tools.

    As homework the night before, ask students to research Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's biography, including both secondary biographies and primary sources. They should collect at least five sources, and write a succinct paragraph describing each source, taking...

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