Our class has moved over to Google Classroom.
Please see all assignments and turn-ins on Google Classroom!
Join Google Classroom using the codes below:
- 1st hour – ni3gzdl
- 2nd hour – 34ac3wt
- 3rd hour – aktmem7
Monday
• StoryTelling
• Pick-up Kite Runner - 10 Min.
• Read Ch. 1 Out Loud
• Golden Gate Park
• Spreckels Lake
• Afghanistan and surrounding countries map.
• Write 5 Observations
Homework: Read Ch 1-3 in Kiter Runner
Tuesday
• Storytelling
• Read 10 Min - Kiter Runner or another text. No homework!
• Chapter 2: Juxtaposition
• Focus on Pairs -
Hassan/Amir, Ali/Sanuabar, Absent Mothers, Tormentors/Target, Soldiers/Hassan, Pashtun/Hazara, Sanuabar/ Ali, Sunni/ Shi’ia, Teacher/ Shi’a, First Words: Amir:Baba, Hassan: Amir
• Chapter 3: Characterizing Baba
Homework: Read Ch. 4-5 in Kiter Runner
Wednesday
• Storytelling
• Read 10 Min - Kiter Runner or another text. No homework! • Discuss Kiter Runner Ch. 4-5
• Do Friendship Reflection
• Who is your best friend and in what ways are you/him/her the leader of the friendship? How has your friendship tested/observed someone’s friendship being tested.
• Share at table
• Discuss scene where approached by Asef. Friendship tested
• Predict what will happen in the future with Amir/Hassan friendship, Asef, Walid, Kamal.
• Review character/plot ch. 1-5 in chart form.
Homework: Read Ch. 6-7 in Kiter Runner
Thursday
• Storytelling
• Read 10 Min - Kiter Runner or another text. No homework!
• Discuss chapters 6 and 7 - Kite Runner
• “I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975”
• Discuss rape scene in chapter 7
• What should Amir have done to save Hassan? Why did he do nothing?
• Self Preservation
• Not wanting to spoil the day where his father is proud
• Hassan is Hazara
• Evidence of Amir’s guilt
• Write: Parental Approval
Homework: Read Ch. 8-9 in Kiter Runner
Friday
• Storytelling
• Read 10 Min - Kiter Runner or another text. No homework!
• Current Event: 1st hour: 2nd Hour: 3rd Hour:
• Chain of Events - In-Class activity. If you are absent, please complete independently.
Homework: Read Ch. 10 in Kiter Runner
