Family Dynamics: September 24, 2018

Focus: How can making personal connections and asking questions help us understand the family in The Kite Runner?

1. Warming up with three good things and checking in

• Three good things
• One character goal for the next two weeks
• One academic goal for the next two weeks
• Any corrections I need to make in your grades?

2. Creating a symbolic family drawing  for the family in The Kite Runner:

• What does the house/estate look like? Where do the different characters belong?
• Which characters are symbolically small and powerless, and which ones have power?
• Which characters are close to each other, and which maintain an emotional distance?
• Find passages from the text to back up at least THREE of your symbolic choices and write them in your drawing.

Follow-up class discussion: What important choices did you make, and what do they symbolize?  

Can you relate to the family in The Kite Runner?  Anybody here overshadowed by siblings? How does your relationship with your parents compare to Amir's relationship with his dad?

3. Reading and annotating Chapter 3 together; click here if you'd like the three-column notes template

4. Getting set up with your NEW membership groups (you will start class with them tomorrow)


HW:
1. For TOMORROW: Polish and PRINT your essay by 4:00 pm. Make sure you REMOVE ALL EDITING COMMENTS. You will not be permitted to leave class to print, but you do have until the end of the day to leave it on my desk.

2. For WEDNESDAY: Read and annotate Chapters 4, 5, and 6 using sticky notes or a reading journal; remember to use your reading strategies as you annotate (make personal connections, ask questions, make inferences about important little details, build up your background knowledge by looking up things you don't understand).  Make sure you have annotations or reading journal in class each day for checks.

3. For FRIDAY: Complete any two IXL lessons on NOUNS (Level J suggested).

4. Remember that this Friday marks the end of the first 6 weeks; all make-up work, revisions, grade corrections, and re-taken quizzes are due this Friday.