Word Reporter

Name: Aide Corral

Book: Things fall apart
Chapters: 1--6
Your job is to look up definitions to unknon ords and !reate an e"!ellent senten!e using
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During the Lit Circle Meeting, Do the Following:
1. Make sure everyone in your group copies down each word and definition
2. ogether create a new sentence and write this on your voca!ulary sheet
". Make sure the teacher checks the group#s sentence for accuracy
1. Word: Harmattan Page 1 Paragraph 3
Sentence from the book: That was many years ago, twenty years or more and during this time konkwo!s
fame had grown "ike a bush#fire in the Harmattan
The definition is: $ dry dusty easter"y or northeaster"y wind in the West $frican coast, occurring from
%ecember to &ebruary
'y sentence is: The harmattan "ast for ( months e)ery year in the sa)anna
Our team sentence is: During the harmattan all you can see is a gray sky from the dry winds0
*. Word: +o"a Page 1 Paragraph ,
Sentence from the book: -. ha)e ko"a -he announced when he sat down, and passed the disc o)er to his
guests
The definition is: $ sma"" e)ergreen $frican tree that is cu"ti)ated in the tropics for it seeds /ko"a nuts0
'y sentence is: The ko"a is nati)e from the rainforest in $frica with "ong o)oid
Our team sentence is: The kola tree is a really tall tree
3. Word: gene Page * Paragraph 1
Sentence from the book: He cou"d hear in his mind!s ear the b"ood stirring and intricate rhythms of the
ekwe and the udu and the ogene
The definition is: is a sty"e of .gbo music consisting of, and taking its name from the ogene instrument,
which is a "arge meta" be"". .t!s one of the most important meta" instruments for this peop"e and it!s
common"y used as a -master instrument1
'y e2ce""ent sentence is: The ogene, which is made from iron, is a ma3or instrument in a be"" orchestra
Our team sentence is: The igbo peop"e from 4igeria made their most important instrument, the ogene
My co$$ent or %uestion a!out this story is:
& answered this in the passage $aster part