Discussion Director

Name: Jess Guerra

Book: Things Fall Apart
Chapters: 1 at 20
Your job is to develop a list of questions that your group can discuss about
this part of the novel. Your questions should be ones which require thought and get
everyone talking and sharing their opinions and reactions. The best discussion
questions come from your own thoughts, feelings, and concerns as you read. Do
NOT write questions that call for a simple "yes" or "no" answer or a factual detail!
Order for Leading Your Group Discussion

Call on the Summarizer to read the summary.

Pose each one of your questions to your group for discussion

Ask for each member of your group to state their comment/questions about this section of
the novel. Lead your group in response to what each person says.

Call on the Passage Master.

Call on the Vocabulary Reporter.

You fill out the Group Record sheet, with input from your group members

After discussion is completed, assign roles for your next reading and make sure everyone
gets a new role sheet, including absent members.

Call the teacher over. Be ready to discuss items on the Group Record sheet.

Discussion Questions or Topics for Our Lit Circle:

1. Describe the Feast of the New Yam.

2. Who was Okonkwo's favorite child, and what did he often say about the
child?
3. Who was Chielo, and why was she important?

4. What did Okonkwo tell himself about his part in Ikemefuna's death?
5. How did the villagers feel about the coming of the locusts, and what did
they do about it?

6. How did Ikemefuna react to living with Okonkwo's family?

Types of Questions Make sure theyre fat!:
What did you think about......? (name a specific event, action, or character's action)
Why do you think that.......?
What do you think will happen......? (ask for predictions of events and characters' actions)
What is happening at the part where.......?

What do you think ______________ (event/incident) means?

What would you ask the author if you could?
might people of (another background) ___________ think of this story?

What

Daily Group Record Sheet

Book: Things Fall Apart
Chapters: 1 at 20
Following the group meeting, the Discussion Director will complete this form with
the help of the group members.
1. Two topics which generated the most discussion today were:
Okonkwo's family and culture.
What were the most important people in the life of Okonkwo
2. As a group, we agreed one of the most important or intriguing passages in this
section was about: (this may or may not be one that the Passage Master selected)
Something very interesting was "The Feast of
the New Yam" which was held yearlybefore the harvest. It honored the
earth goddess, Ani, and the ancestral spirits of theclan. New in
Original yams Were Offered to powers. The old yams of
the previous yearWere disposed of.
3. Group Participation Today:
(1) means beginning (2) means developing (3) means good (4) means exemplary

Member's
Name

Completed
Reading

Contributes
relevant info

Listens to
group
members
4

Fulfills
duties

Jose
Ramos

Elena
Eguiarte

Michelle
Prez

Teacher input
(for teacher
only)

Remember to put your groups work in your team folder with this sheet on top before
you leave class today.