Section 4: Overview

Culminating Task

We will plan, write, review, and revise a character analysis essay on the protagonist of the novel, Okonkwo.

• Lesson 1:

  We will prepare for the Culminating Task by brainstorming and then reviewing and organizing our notes for our essays.

• Lesson 2:

  We will begin organizing and drafting our character analyses.

• Lesson 3:

  We will use our outlines to complete our character analysis drafts.

• Lesson 4:

  We will read each other’s essays in order to improve the writing and analysis in our essays.

• Lesson 5:

  We will work with partners to proofread and revise our character analysis essays.

• Lesson 6:

  We will submit our essays and reflect on the Culminating Task, concluding the unit by engaging in a whole-class discussion about the unit’s Central Question. We also discuss Culminating Task topics that relate to the unit and identify possible pathways to explore for the Application Unit.

• Lesson 7:

  In a culminating activity, we share the knowledge we have gained and the connections we have made by reading our independent reading texts.