Honors English 10 (Fall 2026)-Period 1 Assignments
- Instructor
- Katya Cantey
- Term
- 2026-2027 School Year
- Department
- English
- Description
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October 2026
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Do Now 10/2: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What’s ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend?
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Do Now 9/30: Who has colonized Afghanistan in the past 100 years? How do characters in The Kite Runner demonstrate a colonial mindset? What seems to be Hosseini’s commentary on colonialism in The Kite Runner?
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Do Now 9/28: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: What would you like the class to STOP doing? What would you like the class to START doing? What would you like the class to SUSTAIN?
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"The Kite Runner" Reading and Vocabulary Quiz (Ch. 6-9)
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Do Now 9/24: “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever” (George Orwell). What is your interpretation of this quote? Do you think this is an accurate representation of the future? Why or why not?
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Homework: Introduction to Postcolonialism
Read over the attached article and answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. What is post-colonialism and what are some key traits of postcolonial literature?
2. How is “Otherness” defined in the text?
3. What are at least three of the problems (there are more than 3 in the text) within postcolonial literature?
1. What is post-colonialism and what are some key traits of postcolonial literature?
2. How is “Otherness” defined in the text?
3. What are at least three of the problems (there are more than 3 in the text) within postcolonial literature?
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Do Now 9/22: “Marxism alone can explain why and how a given tendency in art has originated in a given period of history; in other words, who it was who made a demand for such an artistic form and not for another, and why” (Leon Trotsky). What does this quote mean? Why do you think The Kite Runner was created in the 2000’s? Why was there “demand” for this story?
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"The Kite Runner" Chapter 7 Discussion
You must answer at least ONE question.
After answering your question, you must also RESPOND to at least two of your classmates answers.
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1. What happens in the kite fighting competition? What are two pieces of figurative language that Hosseini uses to describe the kites?
2. When Amir tells Hassan to run after the kite, what does Hassan yell back at him? Where was this phrase used earlier in the text? Why would the author use repetition here?
3. In chapter 7 Amir states, "then he smiled his Hassan smile and disappeared around the corner. The next time I saw that smile unabashedly like that was twenty six years later, in a faded polaroid photograph." What are the implications of this quote? What might this foreshadow?
4. Describe the place where the three boys have trapped Hassan. How does Hosseini use symbolism in this scene?
5. What memories flood Amir's mind as he witnesses the assault on Hassan? How does Hassan behave during and after the assault?
6. In chapter 7 Amir states, "I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan--the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past--and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run...In the end, I ran." What does Amir mean here? Why does Amir run away?
After answering your question, you must also RESPOND to at least two of your classmates answers.
Questions:
1. What happens in the kite fighting competition? What are two pieces of figurative language that Hosseini uses to describe the kites?
2. When Amir tells Hassan to run after the kite, what does Hassan yell back at him? Where was this phrase used earlier in the text? Why would the author use repetition here?
3. In chapter 7 Amir states, "then he smiled his Hassan smile and disappeared around the corner. The next time I saw that smile unabashedly like that was twenty six years later, in a faded polaroid photograph." What are the implications of this quote? What might this foreshadow?
4. Describe the place where the three boys have trapped Hassan. How does Hosseini use symbolism in this scene?
5. What memories flood Amir's mind as he witnesses the assault on Hassan? How does Hassan behave during and after the assault?
6. In chapter 7 Amir states, "I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan--the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past--and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run...In the end, I ran." What does Amir mean here? Why does Amir run away?
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Marxist Criticism Introduction
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Do Now 9/18: Write 1-5 original sentences using the following words: -Sovereignty -Terrorism -Fundamentalism -Nation-state -Coup d’etat
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"The Kite Runner" Chapters 1-5 Reading Quiz
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Do Now 9/16: What happens between Assef/Wali/Kamal and Amir/Hassan? What does Assef threaten them? Hassan has plastic surgery to be able to smile “normally” by the following winter. Why does Amir think that is ironic?
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Fall 2026 Common Writing Assessment
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"The Kite Runner" Intro Vocabulary
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Do Now 9/14: What was Hassan’s first word? Why is that important? How did Hassan come into Amir’s life? What contrast is made between Amir and Hassan? What concerns about Amir does Baba express to Rahim Khan? How does Amir feel overhearing this discussion?
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Do Now 9/10: Do you see any patterns of influence upon Afghanistan? if so, what are they? Based on what you have read, do you feel as though Afghanistan’s independence was threatened by external players? How?
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"Gate A-4" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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Do Now 9/8: What is the name of your independent reading book? Who wrote this book? Why did you select this book? What are two predictions you can make about this book?
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Do Now 9/3: In the poem “Gate A-4,” Naomi Shihab Nye states that “Not a single person in that gate…seemed apprehensive about any other person.” Why is it that no one in the airport was apprehensive about the other people? Are people in the world today apprehensive about one another? Why or why not?
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"A Historical Overview of Afghanistan" and Comprehension Questions
Please read the article attached and answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. What kinds of conflicts plagued Afghanistan in the 1970's?
2. Who are the Mujahidin? What is jihad? What is their role in Afghanistan's history?
3. What kinds of changes did the Taliban make in Afghanistan in the 1990's?
4. What caused conflict between the United States and the Taliban?
1. What kinds of conflicts plagued Afghanistan in the 1970's?
2. Who are the Mujahidin? What is jihad? What is their role in Afghanistan's history?
3. What kinds of changes did the Taliban make in Afghanistan in the 1990's?
4. What caused conflict between the United States and the Taliban?
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Do Now 9/1: What do you like best about your personal narrative? If you had a chance to revise, what would you decide to focus on? What was easy about this assignment? What was challenging about this assignment?
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Personal Essay Self-Editing Checklist
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Personal Essay (FINAL DRAFT)
Please attach the document with your final draft to this assignment. Don't forget to upload your final draft to Turnitin.com as well.
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Personal Narrative (ROUGH DRAFT)
Please attach the document with your rough draft here.
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Do Now 8/28: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What’s ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend?
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Personal Essay Prompt and Brainstorm
Please read the prompt and complete the attached handout to begin brainstorming. You do NOT need to write your rough draft at this time!
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Do Now 8/24: In Jon Krakauer’s essay, he details his experience with hubris (overconfidence) while climbing “The Thumb.” When is a time when you were hubristic as well? Were you humbled by this experience? What did this experience teach you about your own abilities?
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Photo Journal
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Personal Essay Example (Student)
Please highlight the author's response in yellow.
Please highlight the author's reflection in blue.
Please highlight the author's reflection in blue.
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"Crying in H Mart" Reading Quiz
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Excerpt from "Into the Wild"
Open this PDF using Kami:
With one color, highlight sentences that reveal Krakauer’s responses at the time of the incident.
With a different color, highlight sentences that reveal Krakauer’s reflections after the incident.
Underline unknown words and phrases.
With one color, highlight sentences that reveal Krakauer’s responses at the time of the incident.
With a different color, highlight sentences that reveal Krakauer’s reflections after the incident.
Underline unknown words and phrases.
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Do Now 8/20: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: In this excerpt from "Crying in H Mart," Michelle Zauner describes some of the Korean dishes she grew up eating. What are some of the dishes that your family made while you were growing up? Are these dishes important to you and your identity? Will you continue to make these dishes when you’re living on your own?
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Do Now 8/18: “Several have defined man as ‘an animal which laughs.’ They might equally as well have defined him as an animal which is laughed at; for if any other animal, or some lifeless object, produces the same effect, it is always because of some resemblance to man, or the stamp he gives it of the use he puts it to” (Henri Bergson in Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic). Does the essay “Me Talk Pretty One Day” more effectively present man as a creature “which laughs” or “which is laughed at.” Please make sure to cite an example from the essay in your response.
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"Me Talk Pretty One Day" Reading Quiz
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Beginning of the Year Survey
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