Monday
• Turn in your Q4 independent Reading project via turn in form some time today! You can also hand me a print version.
• Share your brochure and/or share from one of your responses.
• Please take climate survey HERE! 2nd hour (All students need to take this survey)
• Pick up Kite Runner @ Book Depository
• Kite Runner reading schedule.
• Letter writing campaign - Annex
• Homework:
• No Homework! Make sure you finish your Q4 Independent Reading project today!
Tuesday
• Begin Kite Runner
• Do Friendship Reflection
• Who is your best friend and in what ways are you/him/her the leader of the friendship?
• Read and discuss Kite Runner chapters 1-3
• Places of interest: Golden Gate Park, Spreckels Lake
• Homework:
• Read Kite Runner chapters 1-3
Wednesday - Packard will be out today for a District meeting.
• Write: Parental Approval
• In-class reading time.
• Homework:
• Read Kite Runner chapters 4 and 5
Thursday
• Discuss Kite Runner chapters 1-5
• YouTube video: Buzkashi
Buzkashi (literally "goat dragging" in Persian) or kokpar is the Central Asian sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to drag a goat or calf carcass toward a goal. It is the national sport of Afghanistan, although it was banned under the Taliban regime.
• Kite Fighting in Kabul
• Extreme Tourist Kite Fighting
• Making the glass string
• Explanation of Kite Fighting
• Reading Time
• Homework:
• Read Kite Runner chapters 6 and 7
Friday
• Current Events Around the World
1st Hour 2nd Hour 3rd Hour
• Discuss chapters 6 and 7
• What motivates Amir?
• Homework:
• Read Kite Runner chapters 8 and 9
• Turn in your Q4 independent Reading project via turn in form some time today! You can also hand me a print version.
• Share your brochure and/or share from one of your responses.
• Please take climate survey HERE! 2nd hour (All students need to take this survey)
• Pick up Kite Runner @ Book Depository
• Kite Runner reading schedule.
• Letter writing campaign - Annex
• Homework:
• No Homework! Make sure you finish your Q4 Independent Reading project today!
Tuesday
• Begin Kite Runner
• Do Friendship Reflection
• Who is your best friend and in what ways are you/him/her the leader of the friendship?
• Read and discuss Kite Runner chapters 1-3
• Places of interest: Golden Gate Park, Spreckels Lake
• Homework:
• Read Kite Runner chapters 1-3
Wednesday - Packard will be out today for a District meeting.
• Write: Parental Approval
• In-class reading time.
• Homework:
• Read Kite Runner chapters 4 and 5
Thursday
• Discuss Kite Runner chapters 1-5
• YouTube video: Buzkashi
Buzkashi (literally "goat dragging" in Persian) or kokpar is the Central Asian sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to drag a goat or calf carcass toward a goal. It is the national sport of Afghanistan, although it was banned under the Taliban regime.
• Kite Fighting in Kabul
• Extreme Tourist Kite Fighting
• Making the glass string
• Explanation of Kite Fighting
• Reading Time
• Homework:
• Read Kite Runner chapters 6 and 7
Friday
• Current Events Around the World
1st Hour 2nd Hour 3rd Hour
• Discuss chapters 6 and 7
• What motivates Amir?
• Homework:
• Read Kite Runner chapters 8 and 9