Assignments

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30	31	1 Personal Essay Self-Editing Checklist 10:30 AM 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? 12:15 PM Personal Essay (FINAL DRAFT) 10:30 AM	2	3 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? 12:15 PM "A Historical Overview of Afghanistan" and Comprehension Questions 10:30 AM	4	5
6	7	8 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? 12:40 PM "Gate A-4" by Naomi Shihab Nye 10:30 AM	9	10 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? 12:15 PM	11	12
13	14 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? 12:15 PM "The Kite Runner" Intro Vocabulary 12:15 PM 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? 12:15 PM	15	16 "The Kite Runner" Chapters 1-5 Reading Quiz 12:15 PM 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? 12:15 PM Fall 2026 Common Writing Assessment 12:15 PM "The Kite Runner" Chapters 1-5 Reading Quiz 12:15 PM	17	18 Do Now 9/18: Write 1-5 original sentences using the following words: -Sovereignty -Terrorism -Fundamentalism -Nation-state -Coup d’etat 12:15 PM Marxist Criticism Introduction 12:15 PM	19
20	21	22 "The Kite Runner" Chapter 7 Discussion 12:40 PM 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? 12:40 PM	23	24 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? 12:15 PM Homework: Introduction to Postcolonialism 10:30 AM	25	26
27	28 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? 12:15 PM "The Kite Runner" Reading and Vocabulary Quiz (Ch. 6-9) 12:15 PM	29	30 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? 12:15 PM	1	2 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? 12:15 PM	3