Setting Up for Kite Runner Discussions: October 1, 2018

Focus: How do we set ourselves up for successful fishbowl discussions of The Kite Runner?

Please check your leadership and discusser dates; make sure you plan to be here those days.

1. Warming up with three good things and a sample syllabus from my American Lit class

2. Meeting our Kite Runner vocabulary words (and playing a little Scattegories)

Join our Quizlet class with this link: https://quizlet.com/join/pCsTHDU83

Round 1

1. Something you might find in an affluent household.
2. A food you abhor
3. An example of classroom behavior hat would make you feel contrite
4. Something you would say to feign happiness
5. An animal that makes you feel trepidation
6. An object a valiant person might carry

3. Conferencing on your journals/annotations and reading The Kite Runner; Tuesday's leaders may use this time to prepare

HW:
1. For TOMORROW:

• Read and annotate/journal on Chapters 9 and 10 in The Kite Runner.
• Spend five minutes looking at your Kite Runner vocabulary.

2. For FRIDAY: Use Quizlet to study THE FIRST TEN WORDS of your Kite Runner vocabulary ("Affluent" through "Indignation"); we will have a short, fill-in-the blank quiz on Friday. No grammar this week.