Class+Activities


 * Friday, November 11th **

Assignment: Point-of-View Letter Writing
 * Upload the document below to see what your assignment is for today.
 * [[file:Letter Writing.doc]]
 * To get a look at a strong letter, see the example below:
 * [[file:Letter Example.pages]]


 * MEET EXPECTATIONS: 1-2 page typed, submitted letter **


 * Monday, November 14th **
 * Take the time today to catch yourself up on any work for our novel so far.
 * By the end of the period, be sure you have done the following:
 * Submit the letter writing assignment from Friday
 * Respond to the "I'd rather eat dirt" blog
 * Have completed double-entry journals up to chapter 11
 * These will be collected tomorrow!
 * Read ch11 for class tomorrow


 * Monday, November 28th **
 * Today you are going to be making a collage on the front of your double-entry journal.
 * Decorate the journal under one of the following guidelines:
 * Pretend you are Amir, decorating your writers journal. What kind of words and images would Amir reflect?
 * Pretend you are Hassan, decorating your journal with memories of your childhood. What kind of words and images would Hassan reflect?
 * Choose any words and images that YOU associate with the novel this far. Be sure to consider characters, themes, and conflict.
 * The final collage should have roughly 3-4 images AND 6-8 words. Your selections should be substantial and should all connect back to Amir, Hassan, or the novel as a whole.


 * Wednesday, November 30th **
 * Today you are going to test out your acting skills!
 * Amir is off to Kabul and bound to face the Taliban, along with his own internal battles. Working in a group of three, write roughly a one-two page script with Amir and any two other characters that predicts what will happen in the novel moving forward
 * The other characters can be people we've met OR new characters that you think will have some impact on Amir's life
 * Be sure to clarify who each character is AND what predictions you are making (in other words, this shouldn't be a small, insignificant conversation, but one that reveals changes to the story)
 * Be sure to write from the first-person perspective for each character
 * Each group will act out the script for the class :)


 * Wednesday, December 13th **
 * Upload the document below to see today's assignment.
 * This is due by the time you come into class tomorrow
 * [[file:Comic Life Assignment.doc]]