English 10 – Monday
Week Thirteen
In Class
• FOCUS: Friendship and Family in the Kite Runner
• Friendship and Sacrifice Writing
• Turn in Animoto Links
• Group Character Map
• Questions about Chapters 1-3
• Fishbowl Reminders
Homework
•Kite Runner Chapters 4-5 due Tomorrow
 Make sure that you are ready for Fishbowl #1
 Remember to keep in mind our active reading discussion ?s
• Vocabulary Unit Nine Quiz on Friday
English 10 – Monday
Week Thirteen
Friendship and Sacrifice Writing – Page 1
• PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people
mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard.
English 10 – Monday
Week Thirteen
Friendship and Sacrifice Writing – Page 2
• One person wrote the following on a PostSecret card: “I always
reassure my friend that she’s thin because I don’t want her to
lose weight and look better than I do.”
English 10 – Monday
Week Thirteen
Friendship and Sacrifice Writing – Page 3
• Do you think that most people feel the need to be a little better
than their friends? Is this a necessary part of friendship? Can
you be friends with someone who you think is superior to you?
• How do you see this play into Amir and Hassan’s friendship? Are
they truly friends? Please cite at least one passage in your
response.
• Respond on the class blog (Link)
Animoto Link
• Please put your Animoto link up on the class blog or send me the
link via e-mail so that I can give you credit
• My e-mail: randon.ruggles@gmail.com
English 10 – Monday
Week Thirteen
Group Character Map
1. With your group, pick out the five central characters in KR 1-3.
2. Map them out in a way that makes sense. (Social hierarchy?
Father-son? Equals? . . . Anything that makes sense to you).
3. For each character, draw a symbol that represents this character
and write his name inside. Be creative, but pick a symbol that fits
what you know about this character.
4. For each character, include a quote that reveals something
significant about this character. Write this quote inside the
symbol or along the borders—you could even make it a part of
the drawing!
5. Draw lines between the characters, and explain on the lines the
nature of the relationships between these characters (go beyond
the obvious, why are the characters important to one another?)
English 10 – Monday
Week Thirteen
Fishbowl Reminders
1. Group Syllabus (Link)
 Form together
 Each person has a copy
 One copy to the teacher
 12-20 questions
o What makes a good question?
2. Leaders / Presenters:
• Nile, Allie, Jason, and Nowlan
3. Discussers
• George, Meghan, Jake, and Nicole
English 10 – Tuesday
Week Thirteen
In Class
• FOCUS: Friendship and Family in the Kite Runner
• Finish and Discuss the Group Character Map
• Texting the Events in Chapters 1-3
• Fishbowl #1 Chapters 4-5
• Debrief Fishbowl
Homework
•Kite Runner Chapters 6-7 due Tomorrow
Remember to keep in mind our active reading discussion ?s
• Vocabulary Unit Nine Quiz on Friday
English 10 – Tuesday
Week Thirteen
Active Reading Guidelines
• For each chapter, please find the following:
• One passage you have a question about; form a discussion question
for this passage.
• One passage that contains a possible symbol; analyze what you see
as the deeper significance of this symbol.
• One passage that relates back to our unit questions; explain what it
reveals about “family.”
• You can either annotate directly in your book, or you may TYPE
your responses.
• All annotations will be collected at the end, and they may collected
at any time without prior announcement.
English 10 – Tuesday
Week Thirteen
Texting the Events in Chapters 1-3
• FOCUS: Friendship and Family in the Kite Runner
• Based on that, with your group decide what has happened to the
friendships and family relationships in chapters 1-3
• How have they grown? What has changed? What has happened?
• Create a timeline using texting language to explain the events that
are directly related to the friends and family relationships
English 10 – Wednesday
Week Thirteen
In Class
• FOCUS: Friendship and Family in the Kite Runner
• Vocabulary Review - Unit Nine
• Debrief Fishbowl
• Reading Time
• The Greatest Tragedy Discussion
• The Monster in Chapter 7
Homework
•Kite Runner Chapter 8 due Tomorrow
 Fishbowl #2 Tomorrow
 Remember to keep in mind our active reading discussion ?s
• Vocabulary Unit Nine Quiz on Friday
English 10 – Wednesday
Week Thirteen
Debrief Fishbowl - 1
• What went well?
 Inner circle
 Outer circle
• What could be improved?
• What was learned?
English 10 – Wednesday
Week Thirteen
Debrief Fishbowl - 2
• “ I agree with George because Amir talks about how he only
considers Haasan as servant. He also talks about how he likes to
tease Haasan about how he can't read. And also when ever he is
playing with other rich kids he never includes Haasan. I feel like he
is embarassed of Haasan even though Haasan is his true friend.”
• “baba also donsent like how he acts amir would rather read a
poem that go hunting”
• “I agree with George and that it is an alagory for his father and
that is a way to express his love”
English 10 – Wednesday
Week Thirteen
The Greatest Tragedy Discussion
• Spend some time looking back at Chapter 7
 Look specifically at the rape scene
Questions:
• What is the greatest tragedy of this scene?
• What is Amir most upset about?
• Which scenes have lead up to this one?
English 10 – Wednesday
Week Thirteen
The Monster
• Pick an idea (not a character) that you think serves as the
“monster” in Chapter 7.
• Create a “Wanted Sign” for this monster in which
you include the following:
 A symbolic picture of your monster
 Description of your monster and its alleged crime
 What this monster is armed with
 What to do if you catch this monster
 Somewhere in your descriptions, you must
include a passage from the text.
•Please be respectful of the nature of this tragedy and
please do not turn this into a joke.
English 10 – Thursday
Week Thirteen
In Class
• FOCUS: Friendship and Family in the Kite Runner
• Finishing The Greatest Tragedy Discussion
• The Monster in Chapter 7
• Fishbowl #2 Chapter 8 (Link)
• Debrief Fishbowl
Homework
•Kite Runner Chapters 9-10 due Tomorrow
 Fishbowl #3 Chapter 12 Monday
 Remember to keep in mind our active reading discussion ?s
• Vocabulary Unit Nine Quiz on Friday
English 10 – Thursday
Week Thirteen
The Greatest Tragedy Discussion
• Spend some time looking back at Chapter 7
 Look specifically at the rape scene
Questions:
• What is the greatest tragedy of this scene?
• What is Amir most upset about?
• Which scenes have lead up to this one?
English 10 – Thursday
Week Thirteen
The Monster
• Pick an idea (not a character) that you think serves as the
“monster” in Chapter 7.
• Create a “Wanted Sign” for this monster in which
you include the following:
 A symbolic picture of your monster
 Description of your monster and its alleged crime
 What this monster is armed with
 What to do if you catch this monster
 Somewhere in your descriptions, you must
include a passage from the text.
•Please be respectful of the nature of this tragedy and
please do not turn this into a joke.
English 10 – Friday
Week Thirteen
In Class
• FOCUS: Friendship and Family in the Kite Runner
• Vocabulary Unit Nine Quiz & Exercise/Flash Card Check
• Kite Runner reading time
• Debrief Fishbowl #2
• The Kite Runner…Too Late to Apologize?
• Finishing The Monster in Chapter 7 Activity
Homework
•Kite Runner Chapters 11-12 due Monday
 Fishbowl #3 Chapter 12 Monday
 Remember to keep in mind our active reading discussion ?s
English 10 – Friday
Week Thirteen
Debrief Fishbowl #2
• What went well?
 Inner circle
 Outer circle
• What could be improved?
• What was learned?
English 10 – Friday
Week Thirteen
The Kite Runner…Too Late to Apologize – Page 1
• This book is full of images and symbols of and for characters:
• Kite Runner…Amir, Hassan, others running from issues
• Broken relationships
• What does the kite symbolize
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Either way…the relationship is currently broken
Is there a symbol of the kites cutting each other down?
Especially cutting down one another to win?
Does that relate to the characters in the novel very well?
Does winning always involve sacrifice?
English 10 – Friday
Week Thirteen
The Kite Runner…Too Late to Apologize – Page 2
• One Republic “Apologize” (Link)
“You tell me that you need me / Then you go and cut me down”
1. Make 2-3 connections to The Kite Runner.
2. Do you think that Amir can redeem his friendship
or brotherhood with Hassan, or is it too late?
English 10 – Friday
Week Thirteen
One Republic “Apologize” – Page 3
I'm holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground
I'm hearin what you say but I just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but wait
You tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around, and say...
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
English 10 – Friday
Week Thirteen
One Republic “Apologize” – Page 4
I'd take another chance, take a fall
Take a shot for you
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
But it's nothin new
I loved you with a fire redNow it's turning blue, and you say...
"Sorry" like the angel heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid...
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
English 10 – Friday
Week Thirteen
One Republic “Apologize” – Page 5
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
It's too late to apologize, yeah
I said it's too late to apologize, yeahI'm holdin on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground...
English 10 – Friday
Week Thirteen
The Monster
• Pick an idea (not a character) that you think serves as the
“monster” in Chapter 7.
• Create a “Wanted Sign” for this monster in which
you include the following:
 A symbolic picture of your monster
 Description of your monster and its alleged crime
 What this monster is armed with
 What to do if you catch this monster
 Somewhere in your descriptions, you must
include a passage from the text.
•Please be respectful of the nature of this tragedy and
please do not turn this into a joke.