11TH GRADE ENGLISH CLASS LESSON PLAN T: In pairs imagine words or expressions that might be related to the given

topic. Give your reasons.

Polygamy

Activity 1: Pre-questioning 1. Do you think that an African polygamist can migrate with his family in France without problem? 2. According to you, will France forbid African people to practice fully their faith?

Text: In France African women are fighting polygamy

Paris, Jan.25 Khady Keita shifted in her chair in a Paris caf as she described the day she became a stranger in her own home. That was the day in 1985 when her husband suddenly arrived here with a new wife. He hung a curtain in the middle of the cramped bedroom and announced that from now on, the two women would have to share him, the kitchen, the closets, everything. The next four years become a nightmare of pregnancies, babies, nasty fights and long, hostile silences, Mrskeita said, Then, her husband a Muslim went home to his African village, married again and brought wife number.3. Mrs.keita who has divorced a rarity in polygamous marriages-and become a social worker, is an immigrant from Senegal. She is one of the African women in France who are now willing to speak openly about the secrets of polygamy and about the strains, the anger and the humiliations of their marriages. Long overshadowed by other immigrant problems of poverty and discrimination, the widespread practice of polygamy in France is coming to light because African women here fighting the tradition. In the current antiimmigrant mood, the government has also decided to take a stand. After quietly tolerating the Muslim male right of having up to four wives, the government has said France will recognize only one spouse and consider other marriages annulled. The discussion of polygamy has raised anew the question of how a society should deal with immigrant customs that are unacceptable or against the law in a new land. There have already been heated debates about whether girls may wear Muslim headscarves, a religious symbol, in Frances secular schools, and French prosecutors have gone to forbid the tradition of sexually mutilating Muslim girl. Polygamy does not work in France, said Mrs. Keita. Its unbearable because there is no room for two or three wives and 15 children in one small place. The women are rivals, the husband is never fair. He has a favorite, so there are horrible fights. There is lack privacy. You hear everything, your husband and the other wives, she said. You hear how he behaves with his favorite, usually the new one. The women end up hating the man. Everyone feels bad inside

Activity: Prediction checking Information centered-task Activity 2: Questions and answers: T-S interaction Instruction: Teacher: Work in pairs and try to answer the following questions (pair work). When you finish exchange with the group next to you and correct if need be. 1 what are the names of places mentioned in the text? Ss:. 2. What sentence in paragraph 2 illustrates that Khady Keitas husband is not a European? Can you justify your choice? Ss. 3. Identify a sentence that illustrates that Khady Keita has caught a jealous rage Ss Activity 3: Information fill-in: SS interaction Instruction: in pair work and try to fill in the following grid in order to give details on the social status of Khady Keitas husband before 1985, in 1985, and four years later. Social status Before1985 In 1985 Four years later Husband Instruction: work in pairs and give the matrimonial status of Khady Keita before 1985, in 1985, four years later Before 1985 In1985 4 years later Matrimonial status Khady keita Activity 4: Instruction: There are in the text two descriptive paragraphs. Work in small group and try to find them. What do they reveal about Mrs. Keitas spousal conditions? Activity 5: work in team (group: A, B, C) to pick out all the words or expressions in the text related to the following themes: Polygamy (Group B), Immigration (Group A), and Injustice (Group C). Each group will deal with one theme Act 6: Now each group will write on the board what it has found. Dont forget to mention the corresponding lines in the text. Members of the other groups can rectify if there is an odd word; they can also give an additional word from the text that is related to the given theme. Activity 7: MATCHING PARAGRAPH MATCHING Instruction: Read the text and match the following titles with their corresponding paragraphs in the text? Paragraphs Titles L1-8 L9-16 L17-31 Instruction: Having read the paragraphs 2, what does the narrator think about divorce in the polygamous family? - Not very frequent, very frequent, impossible. Justify from the text................. ..

ACTIVITY 8: Read the text and fill in the chart accordingly using the words to justify your choice. Names Position about polygamy Justification (use each word in a sentence to make a meaningful paragraph) that justifies your answer Yes No Neutral Husband Khady France Communicative grammar Act 9: Expressing obligation For English speakers, there is a difference of meaning between must and have to, especially when expressing obligation. Can you find that difference in the following sentences used in their natural context? Husband: Im hungry, and I must get the breakfast ready. Wife: what a pity I have to prepare the breakfast every day! Activity 10: In pair try to compare and find the difference between the two grammatical uses. Compare with the pair next to you. Rule: Remember that must is used to express obligation or compulsion from the view point of the speaker, (so it is better for him) whereas have to is used to express external obligation (i.e., abiding the laws, customs, order, instruction). Activity 11: Work in pairs by using must and have to and give advice to your partner and vice versa. After you report to the class Activity 12: Scales practicing: Situation: T: Two women talking about marriage or conjugal life. Fill in the blank spaces using must, or have to, where appropriate. Remember that must is used to express obligation or compulsion from the view point of the speaker, (so it is better for him) whereas have to is used to express external obligation (i.e., abiding the laws, customs, order, instruction) A: My mother says I .. do all my best to please my husband, but I (not).to take her advice if dont want. B: You do it, or else your man will find a new wife to do it for him. The sooner the better. Activity 13: LISTENING Instruction: Listen to the following dialogue. Two Senegalese women are talking about getting married. Work in pairs and fill in the following chart in order to compare the two texts (A, B) and then conclude. Take notes while listening. A: Are you conscious about how time is flying? Im worrying about my age. B: Of course, we are getting old. A: we are in our thirties, and so far no proposal of marriage. I wont stand living two more years without in this boredom state. B: indeed men are no longer marrying women of our age. So if you want a husband, think of being a second or third wife. A: I dont care. Being first, second or third, is not what is important. Remember, our mothers and grandmothers shared their husbands. We are teachers, its paying but it cannot still fill the gap. We need a man who takes care of us and gives us children. Im eager to see my first baby. All in all, polygamy is not bad at all. B:you are right to say so, the only problem is us, we are Senegalese women. Nowadays, once we get married, we think that our man belongs to us and only to us. This is wrong. We should bear in mind that we are Muslim. Activity: work in group and say your impression about the two persons Act 14: Information transfer: Picture exploitation

Instruction: look at this picture (below).

Work in pairs and describe the picture before answering the following questions: Which part or paragraph of the text does the picture correspond to? What does it imply? Instruction: group work: Khady is campaigning against polygamy in Senegal. Imagine you are Khady. How will you proceed to convince people into refusing polygamy? Homework Activity 15: Decision taking. Instruction: With your partner, you are about to get a register of marriage. The town registrar gives you two alternatives: polygamy (with or without property sharing. Two, three or four wives) or Monogamy. Decide and justify your choice within 10 lines.