1. Characterization: The Kite Runner
September 26

2. Warm – Up Grab Your Notebooks Grab a textbook 3. Answer the following:
Describe a time in your life when you were teased. How did you feel? Or
Describe a time in your life when you teased others.
How did the other person feel?

3. E-Book Set-Up How to Set-Up Your E-Book:
1. Go to the website:  2. Click Login : Bottom Right Corner
3. Enter your Username: firstname.lastname.nnps
Example: John.Smith.nnps
4. Enter your Password as your student ID Number

4. Discuss
1. What’s the difference between teasing in a friendly way and teasing in a cruel way? 2. Why do friends sometimes tease each other? 3. How can doing so harm a friendship?

5. Today’s Text
Title: The Kite Runner Pages: Author: Khaled Hosseni Citation: Author’s Last Name and Page No. Example: (Hosseini 151)

6. Our Purpose
To examine how an author develops a character using their actions, words, and the words of others.

7. Unit 2 Reading Guide Title and Pages Characters Setting Point of View
Plot
Main Idea
 Cranes p
 Songsam
Tokchae
38th parallel 
3rd Person Omniscient 
Two Friends are on opposite sides of the war.
Songsam takes his friend into custody
Thinks back to their experiences
Sets Friend Free 
True friendship is stronger than our political allegiances 
The Kite Runner 
Khaled Hosseini 
Kabul, Afghanistan 

8. Fiction Checklist: Pick One from Each
As I Start: From whose perspective is this story told? Who are the characters? What do I know about them? Where is the story set? As I read: What is the mood of the story? What do the characters or setting look like? What do I predict will happen to the characters at the end? What is the central conflict? When I finish: What happens in the story? What message or point is the author trying to make? What am I supposed to understand after reading this?

9. Character Analysis: Hassan
What does he say: What does he do: What does Amir say about him:

10. Open the Book
“From the Kite Runner” Page 151 Let’s examine the text

11. Do Your Job You Will: Read “The Kite Runner” p. 151-154
As you read: Write down page and paragraph numbers that describe Hassan
Answer your chosen fiction questions
Complete a character analysis chart for Hassan and cite your examples

12. Character Analysis: Hassan
What does he say: What does he do: What does Amir say about him:

13. Making an Inference
Look over your characterization chart and your peers’ Discuss what you found Based on what details we have about Hasaan, what can we infer about Amir’s feelings towards Hasaan?

14. Question
What’s the difference between a fact and an opinion?

15. Non-Fiction Selection
Text: The Kite Runner: a Servant’s Son Review P
Author: Edward Hower
Answer the following:
Provide 2 examples of fact from the selection
Provide 2 examples of opinion from the selection
How well does the writer support his opinions with evidence from the text?

16. Exit
Based on what you’ve read today: Does having valuable relationships enable a person to handle difficulties or challenges? Use one example from the text to support your view.