SIGNATURE By Crystal

Zavala
ASSIGNMENT
Grade 10 English Advanced
 JOURNAL ENTRY

 “Which is better: doing the right thing for the wrong reason or
doing the wrong thing for the right reason? Create an
argument in which you provide clear examples for your
stance.”
 REVIEW OF THINGS FALL APART

Characters
 Okonkwo  Enoch
 Nwoye  Oqbuefi Ezeudu
 Ezinma  Chielo
 Ikemefuna  Akunna
 Nwakibie
 Mr.Brown
 Mr. Kiaga
 Reverend James Smith  Okagbue Uyanwa
 Uchendu  Maduka
 The District  Obiageli
Commissioner  Ojiugo
 Unoka
 REVIEW OF THINGS FALL APART
Events
 At age 1 8, Okonkwo beats a
champion wrestler named the
Cat.
 Okonkwo goes to Nwakibie to
borrow seed yams & star t his own
farm
 Okonkwo is given charge of
Ikemefuna for three year s.
 Okonkwo commits the crime of
beating his wife.
 Okonkwo threatens his second
wife Ekwefi with a gun.
 The clan leader s inform Okonkwo
that they are going to kill
Ikemefuna, his adopted son .
Okonkwo par ticipates.
 His daughter Ezinma falls sick &
Okonkwo frantically makes
medicine
 At Ezedu’s funeral, Okonkwo
accidentally shoots & kills a boy.
For his crime, he is sentenced to
seven year s exile .
 Okonkwo is chastised by Uchendu
for dishonoring his motherland.
 Okonkwo gets news about the
coming of the white men.
 Okonkwo learns about Nwoye
conver ting to Christianity.
 Okonkwo attacks his son &
disowns his son.
 TODAY’S OBJECTIVE

By the end of this lesson students should be

able to demonstrate their ability to collaborate
with peers to create a short story and
presenting it through digital media effectively .
 THE IMPORTANCE OF STORY TELLING

 We get the opportunity to step into another person’s shoes

and see what they see.
 We get to learn about all the fascinating things going on right
under our noses that we never knew were there.
 We need to tell stories to understand the world .
 They asserting our fundamental human instinct to engage
with the world.
 It’s a way to learn something, to feel something, to connect
with strangers.
 They help make sense of things that otherwise wouldn’t make
much sense.
POURQUOI TALES
 WHAT IS A POURQUOI TALE?

 Pourquoi means “why” in French.

 also known as an origin story or etiological tales
 Fictional narrative
 They are passed on orally, through story telling.
 It explains why something is the way that it is.
 The “why” of certain customs, physical events, or animal
behavior
 Why a snake has no legs or why a tiger has strips
 EXAMPLES

Comic Book Hero Origin

Stories Tinga Tinga Tales
 https://www.youtube.co  https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=BBxLDFIgF m/watch?v=p8HDpCUi1
CY&feature=youtu.be po&feature=youtu.be
 THE FORM OF A POURQUOI TALE

 It is a short story.
 Since is passed on orally, it is easier to tell the shorter it is.
 The setting emphasizing a culture or country.
 Characters are either people, animals, or nature.
 The conflict is centered on change.
 THE FEATURES

 Patterned beginnings emphasize time of the story.

 Setting emphasizing culture or country.
 Characters are flat or not developed.
 Main characters will change by the end of the story.
 Conflict is one-dimensional and centers on how
something has changed to the way it is now.
 Plot is not developed but linear, revolving around the
character’s actions to solve the questions of why or
how.
CREATING YOUR OWN Things Fall
Apart
POURQUOI
 WHAT THE PROJECT ENTAILS

 You will work with your fellow classmates to join two worlds –
the ancient world of pourquoi storytelling with the modern
technological 21 st Century in relation to the novel Things Fall
Apar t.
 With your group you will write a pourquoi story of your own.
 Then you will bring the story to life digitally.
 You will choose from the tools I have listed or you may select
another tool (as long as you approve it with me first).

This is a group assignment, but you will NOT necessarily receive

the same grade as your groupmates. Your score will be
determined through self, student, and teacher evaluations.
 GROUP PROJECT

 You will choose your groups, three students per group.

 Once you have your group please inform Ms. Zavala
 As a group you all will:
 Decide what character from Things Fall Apart you will create a
Pourquoi Tale (Origin Story).
 Write that characters story.
 Choose what Digital Storytelling tool to use from the list I provide.

You will have the rest of the class to work on this in your groups. Next
class you will all be presenting.
Presentation should be at least 5-10 minutes long.
Students NOT presenting will be critiquing the presentations. This is for
a grade so make sure to listen to presenters with respect!
 GRADING

 Each student will be graded on:

 their collaboration skills with their group,
 Showing that you can work together efficiently and fairly splitting up the
work.
 their ability to understand the assignment
 Which is to write a back story and create a digital presentation of the
story.
 presenting it to the class
 Creating a video that clearly explains the characters back story
 critique other students work
 Giving constructive feedback to each groups work through the feedback
form
 TOOLS TO CREATE

 Digital Stor ytelling Tools:

 http://www.powtoon.com/edu -home/
 a PowerPoint in video form
 http://www.knovio.com /
 Can upload PowerPoints, images and video. You can also record narration to play
over the presentation.
 http://animoto.com /
 A digital platform where you can upload images and video plus audio to create a
bigger video. It has pre-made templets that can be worked on.
 http://plasq.com /
 This can bring comic books to life through video.
 http://stor ybird.com /
 A digital platform to brings books to life through illustrations and narration.

 Comic Book Origin Stor y Examples:

 https://screenrant.com/best -comic-book-superhero-origin-stories-ever/
 EXIT TICKET
What is the
importance of
story telling?
How does
storytelling
impact society?
Give examples
as for your
stance.
References:

(n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/things/characters/

Shmoop Editorial Team. (2008, November 11). Okonkwo Timeline in Things

Fall Apart. Retrieved from https://www.shmoop.com/things-fall-
apart/okonkwo-timeline.html

Why is storytelling important. (2017, July 01). Retrieved from

https://www.thepowerofstorytelling.org/why-is-storytelling-important/