1. Research draft is due Thursday, 09/08.
Tuesday, September 6
Weekly EQ
How do the literary devices setting, characterization, and conflict help to develop a theme?
How does a motif develop into a theme?
Objectives:
Review PP on Hosseini and Afghanistan
Identify the difference between theme and motif
Review MLA quiz
Continue to work on research
Homework & Reminders:
Research draft is due Thursday, 09/08.
Research final is due Friday, 09/09.
Chapters 1-3 read and prepared to discuss

2. Day One: Tuesday, September 6 (chapters 1-3)
Warm Up:
Think of a time when you have felt profoundly let down. Perhaps you had great expectations of someone or something and found those expectations disappointed. Disappointment is an expected response, but how deep did the disappointment run? Were you able to “snap back” or do you still carry that disappointment with you?

3. Review PP on Hosseini and Afghanistan
Identify the difference between theme and motif
Review MLA quiz
Continue to work on research
Objectives: September 6, 2016

4. Background on Hosseini
With a partner review the PP on Hosseini (found in Google Classroom
Complete guided notes / questions in Google Classroom

5. Motif vs. Theme
Motif is a large universal idea (something everyone can understand)
Love, death, lust, greed, bulling, growing up, etc.
It can be located by reoccurring, images, words, conflicts, etc
Each characters eyes are described in detail
The word lust is continually repeated
All of the conflict surround feuding couples.
A theme is the author message about the motif that he/she develops through the course of their writing.
Love is an unbreakable bond.
Love is dangerous and should be avoided
Love makes all things possible

6. Think music…Think about songs that deal with love! (Too many to name)
“Thinking Out Loud” Ed Sheeran
“Stay with Me” Sam Smith
“I hate you, I love you, I hate that I love you” Gnash
All these songs are about love (the motif), but do they all have the same message (the theme)?
Really depends on the day with this one….
“Love Story”
“We are Never Ever Getting Back Together” Taylor Swift

7. Connections! Setting (time and place)
This setting impacts the way that you act
Characterization (Because you are
What types of conflicts you’ll get into and how you’ll get out of them
Conflict
The resolution to the conflicts develop the
theme. Different resolutions = different themes
Themes
The author’s message

8. Reading Time
Decide in your groups who will mark which motifs as you read the novel.
As we read, highlight instances in which your motif appears. Make any notes you decide are appropriate.
Be prepared to share your conclusions, with evidence, in your discussion groups on Friday.

9. Research Work Time
Using your Chromebook, take this time (about 30 minutes) to work on your research project.
Reminders:
Much of what you are working on today is independent.
You may ask for help from your group or from me--use this time to get help and clear up any confusion!
If I hear a lot of socializing, I will assume that you do not need this time and simply move up the due date.

10. Day Two: Wednesday, September 7 (chapters 1-3)
Weekly EQ
How do the literary devices setting, characterization, and conflict help to develop a theme?
How does a motif develop into a theme?
Warm-up:
Video Journal
Vocabulary Unit 1: Choosing the Right Word 1-10
Homework & Reminders:
Research draft is due Thursday, 09/08.
Research final is due Friday, 09/09.
Chapters 4 read and prepared to discuss
Vocab Quiz 9/15
Can you make a theme from this?

11. Respond to Video Journal Identify literary devices
Objectives: September 7, 2016
Respond to Video Journal
Identify literary devices
Recognize theme vs. motif in novel
Continue to work on research

12. Is it a positive or a negative to be different? Explain your answer.
Click on the image to see the video.
VIDEO JOURNAL
Is it a positive or a negative to be different? Explain your answer.
© Presto Plans

13. Suns chapters 1-4
The novel opens with a curse word, uttered in frustration by Mariam’s mother, when Mariam breaks a treasured heirloom. What does Mariam’s memory of this suggest about her sense of herself and her relationship with her mother? How does this opening set the tone for the novel?
Based on Nana’s and Mariam’s experiences, what can you infer about the lives of women in Afghanistan in the sixties? Why does Nana forbid Mariam to go to school? What does Nana want for her and Mariam? Is the goal realistic?
What are Nana’s feelings about Jalil? What does she feel is his penance? What did she have happen to her to make her feel this way?
Jalil, Mariam’s father is a complex character. Does he love his daughter? How does he show his love? How does he show that he does not fully recognize her as his daughter? Why does he treat her as he does?

14. Vocabulary Review (1-10)
If you do not have the book yet, go to my Weebly!
There are links to the word list.
There are links for practice games.
There are links for practice tests.
There are study Power Points that use Mnemonic Devices.
Let’s review the first 10 words. Questions?
The best way to study is to try and use them DAILY!

15. Gathering quotes and what you should be doing with them besides highlighting:
Note Taking
Note Making
“I was always learning things about Baba from other people” (Hosseini 18).
This shows how Amir has a strained relationship with his father and that he lacks a personal connection with him.
“ I worshipped Baba with intensity approaching the religious. But Right then, I wished I could open my veins and drain his cursed blood from my body” ( Hosseini 32).
Because of that strained relationship that Amir and Baba share, Amir is internally conflicted with his love and admirations for his father. This could prove to be a major factor in the choices Amir makes.

16. Research Work Time
Using your Chromebook, take this time (about 30 minutes) to work on your research project.
Reminders:
Much of what you are working on today is independent.
You may ask for help from your group or from me--use this time to get help and clear up any confusion!
If I hear a lot of socializing, I will assume that you do not need this time and simply move up the due date.

17. Day Day 4: Thursday, September 8 (chapter 4)
Daily EQ
How do the literary devices setting, characterization, and conflict help to develop a theme?
How does a motif develop into a theme?
Warm-up:
Vocabulary synonyms & Vocab.com
Homework & Reminders:
Research final is due Friday, 09/09.
Chapters 5 read and preapred to discuss
Vocab Quiz 9/15
Kind of like that when I say “good morning” in class….

18. Analyze characterization in a novel.
Objectives: September 8, 2016
Analyze characterization in a novel.
Identify conflict and make predictions.
Examine cultural point-of-view.
Continue to work on research

19. Chapter 4 of The Kite Runner
As we read, locate quotes that connect to the motif you are tracking. You must walk away from today with at least one GREAT quotes that you can analyze and share.
Discussion Questions:
Compare and contrast the back story of Baba and Ali to that of Amir and Hassan. What does this tell you about the culture?
2. How does this chapters support the idea of a loss of innocence.
3.Discuss the importance of the tree.
4. Discuss the continuation of Amir’s guilt and his attempts to rid himself of it? What do
these attempts say about him as a character?
5. Discuss Amir’s continual internal struggle with his father? How might this impact the plot?

20. Chapter Suns chapters 5-6
As we read, locate quotes that connect to the motif you are tracking. You must walk away from today with at least one GREAT quote that you can analyze and share.
Discussion Questions:
Why does Mariam ask her father to take her to the cinema for her fifteenth birthday present? What does she want?
Is Mariam right to feel guilt about the suicide death of her mother?
Discuss the significance of Mullah Faiz Mulla and Bibi Jo?
What is interesting about the children’s reactions to Mariam versus the adults? What does this tell you about the nature of children? How do you think this nature hurt Mariam?
How has Mariam changed as a character? How has he perspective of her father changed? What inferences can you make based on the changes?

21. Vocabulary Review (11-20) Go to my weebly for: Links to the word list.
Links for practice games.
Links for practice tests.
There are study Power Points that use Mnemonic Devices.
Finally, you may review all of them in vocabulary.com
Let’s review the first 10 words. Questions?
The best way to study is to try and use them DAILY!

22. Research Project Finalization
Today is the day you should be editing your entire presentation. Everyone should be finished with all their own slides and ready to evaluate and revise all slides. Keep the following in mind:
Consistent background and font
20 slides of information plus title slide and Works Cited slides
Accurate MLA in-text citations
Accurate MLA Works cited page/slides
Effective visual aids and credits
Mechanics: grammar, phrasing, spelling, etc.
Make sure you have a printing person and a backup printing person! This is due at the start of class tomorrow!

23. Day Three: Friday, September 9 (chapter 5)
Daily EQ
How do the literary devices setting, characterization, and conflict help to develop a theme?
How does a motif develop into a theme?
Warm-up:
Creative Writing
Warm-up: Vocabulary Unit 1, “Synonyms and Antonyms”
Chapters 1-5, fill out the motif chat chart with the quotes that you feel best support your motif.
Homework & Reminders:
Chapters 6-7 read and prepared to discuss)
Vocab Quiz 9/15

24. Write in a variety of forms Identify literary devices
Objectives: September 9, 2016
Write in a variety of forms
Identify literary devices
Recognize theme vs. motif in novel
Continue to work on research

25. Creative Writing
Continue one of the following or continue the one from last week:
She took a furtive step backward, instinctively realizing that this was the way to get into the safe room.
He at first descended rapidly toward the group, but stopped and reverently touched the newly planted field. All that he had could be lost if not for . . .

26. Follow-up questions for ch. 5-6
Go back to chapter 5 and consider the following:
1. What is the significance of Hosseini choosing Pinocchio as the film Mariam desires to see in Jalil’s cinema?
2. In chapter 5, identify at least THREE archetypes and explain their significance.
3 How has guilt played a major role in the first six chapters? Is Mariam right to place blame on herself for Nana’s decision?
Discuss the contrasting nature in children vs. adults in Mariam’s situation. How might “a child’s nature” been influential in the development of the chapters’ conflicts?

27. Chapter Suns chapters 7-9
As we read, locate quotes that connect to the motif you are tracking. You must walk away from today with at least one GREAT quotes that you can analyze and share.
Discussion Questions:
What is the motive of Jalil’s wives in finding a suitor for Mariam? Why does Jalil go along with them in this plan?
Why does Mariam finally say “yes” in the marriage ceremony to Rasheed? What does Mariam realize about her father? How does that make her feel? Does this explain why she goes along with the marriage? .

28. Vocabulary Practice
You will use the twenty vocab words to tell a story
This story should have a clear exposition, plot, theme, and conclusion
You may tell this story with images using google slides or in google docs
You must select a genre: horror, realistic fiction, science fiction, fantasy, dystopian, or romance (or pick one that I have forgotten
No more than two words may be used in a sentence and the word choices must be seamless and not awkward
Turn it in in GC

29. FOR MONDAY - Motif Group practice:
Form a group with students who are tracking the same motif as you. In your group discuss the following:
Which situations are most vital in the development of your motif?
How do literary elements (setting, characterization, conflict) aid in helping your motif to evolve?
How does the development of the situation impact the motif?
Which quotes best support the motif development?
What inferences can you make about the continued development of this motif?

30. Literature group discussion: Chapters 1-9
In your groups, each member needs to discuss the development of their motif. Choose very specific quotes that show the connection between setting, characterization, and conflict that help to develop your motif “working” theme. This is a discussion, so feel free to contribute.
Fill out the charts and annotate your novel based on your partners and your discussion.
After your discussion, begin reading chapters Continue to looks for quotes that help to develop your theme. As a group discuss the following while reading:
The beginning of Mariam’s marriage to Rasheed seems to promise happiness. What are signs that this might be short lived?
How does Rasheed feel about the westernization of Afghanistan? What shows his ambivalence?
What are Rasheed’s reasons for making Mariam wear a burqa and what do they tell us about his ideas about his role as a husband and man and his expectations for Mariam?