1. Objective: The student will analyze the text for diction and plot. Standards: RL.11-12.4 Today’s Agenda:  Do Now  Discussion  Read  RJ #5  Wrap Up Unit 2 Day: 18 Do Now We have reached the middle of the book, so possibly a turning point. Amir has traveled back to his home country. In Your Do Now section, write a three-sentence prediction of what you think the rest of the book will be about.

2. Discuss What do you think will happen in the rest of the book? Is there anything that is not resolved? If so, what? Do you think it will get resolved by the end? Objective: The student will analyze the text for diction and plot. Standards: RL.11-12.4 Today’s Agenda:  Do Now  Discussion  Read  RJ #5  Wrap Up Unit 2 Day: 18

3. Read  You have read chapter 15.  Remember to post quotes/page number/context next to thematic ideas for this class on the board if you see any in today’s reading.  Also remember to note the page number on a quote card of any quote that could be useful in proving your topic for your essay. You will do your fifth quote card for HW #1 tonight – 5 are due tomorrow! Objective: The student will analyze the text for diction and plot. Standards: RL.11-12.4 Today’s Agenda:  Do Now  Discussion  Read  RJ #5  Wrap Up Unit 2 Day: 18

4. RJ #5: Diction vs Plot Criteria for Success Step 1: Choose one of the following descriptions of setting from Chapter 15 (people in the same group may not all do the same one): A. The drive in the taxi (page 195-196) B. Rahim Khan’s apartment (page 197) C. Rahim Khan’s description of Kabul (last big paragraph on page 199-200) Objective: The student will analyze the text for diction and plot. Standards: RL.11-12.4 Today’s Agenda:  Do Now  Discussion  Read  RJ #5  Wrap Up Unit 2 Day: 18

5. RJ #5: Diction vs. Plot Criteria for Success Step 2: Copy down the format below. I have explained what I would like you to do in each section of your Journal: Quote: three examples of Quote: diction from the passage you read Quote: Context: Write the context of all three quotes here (which scene, chapter, page #) Inference: What mood does the diction in your passage set for the conversation at the end of this chapter? Commentary: Explain the effect you think the diction leading up to Rahim Khan’s news on page 201-202 has. How do the two go hand in hand? Do you think the author did this on purpose? Explain. Objective: The student will analyze the text for diction and plot. Standards: RL.11-12.4 Today’s Agenda:  Do Now  Discussion  Read  RJ #5  Wrap Up Unit 2 Day: 18

6. Wrap Up  How does the diction used in the three descriptions leading up to Rahim Khan’s conversation with Amir set the mood? (taxi ride, the apartment, and Kabul)  Make a prediction – what do you think will happen?  HW #3 – 3 rd quote card – from Chapter 15. Objective: The student will analyze the text for diction and plot. Standards: RL.11-12.4 Today’s Agenda:  Do Now  Discussion  Read  RJ #5  Wrap Up Unit 2 Day: 18