What happens when Amir meets with the man who has Sohrab? How did you react?
p. 302 - why is this scene so important?
Ch. 23/24 - the hospital... Farid is still there... Sohrab is okay... looking for orphanage... letter from Rahim...visiting the mosque... asks Sohrab if he would like to come back to America with him.
"I think he was ashamed of himself."
The embassy. Trying to get Sohrab papers to go to the US. The promise. The disappointment. The heart-break.
25 - He is alive. But, he is silent. The silence that lasts a year.
The ending - p.387 -
- Given this ending, why is the book called The Kite Runner?
- Is the ending apt?
- Would you recommend this book to others?
2) Group Activity - Develop a theme statement. See handout. Write it on the board.
We all make mistakes, sometimes even terrible mistakes that deeply hurt the people we love; to move forward from dark times, we must face our wicked actions, and make peace with what we have done.
OR
Suffering is a universal experience; once we know this we must do what we can to help the people that we can.
3) Unit Review Notes - use these notes to prep for tomorrow's test.
20 marks of Multiple Choice
30 marks - Choice of Written Response topics - multi-paragraph. You can use the book for this part of the test, if you want.
4) Journals - take them home! There is no more time to work on them in class. Make it beautiful and engaging.
