10th Lit & Comp1/28 & 1/29 ‘20

1. WNB #6

2. Word boxes #’s 11-15

3. Finish up notes / meet characters

4. Check out books and listen to chapters

1-2

WNB #6

How are the friendships you had when you were in elementary school different from the friendships that you have now? Are they different at all? Describe those friendships in detail and explain how they relate to each other.

OR…

Describe one act of kindness you’ve observed or done in the past week or two. What was it for? If you were the one who did it, why did you do it?

REVIEW

▧If a country is experiencing a dearth, what

does that mean?

▧What is something that a person could

embark upon?

▧Give me an example of a discrepancy.

▧If a person in your class is diffident, how

are they acting?

▧If something is facile for you, what does

that mean?

VOCAB WORDS #’S 11-15

▧11. indomitable (adj) – unconquerable, refusing

to yield

{IN dom it uh bel}

synonyms: unbeatable, invincible

▧12. infallible (adj) free from error; absolutely

dependable

{in FAL uh bel}

synonyms: certain, unerring

VOCAB WORDS #’S 11-15

▧13. plod (verb) to walk heavily or slowly; to

work slowly

{PLAD}

synonyms: lumber, trudge

▧14. pungent (adj) causing a sharp sensation;

stinging, biting

{PUN gent}

synonym: sharp, spicy, racy

VOCAB WORDS #’S 11-15

▧15. remiss (adj) neglectful in performance

of one’s duty, careless

▧{RUH miss}

▧synonyms: negligent, lax, slack

Finish up notes from last class…

• In your drive, you should have a doc

called Kite Runner Notes.

• Add the following terms to that doc. (See

the agenda from last class 1/24 & 1/27 for

the notes.)

Characters in The Kite Runner

1.In the novel, our main character will be

a boy called Amir.

2.He is growing up in the capital city of

Kabul, Afghanistan.

3.You’ll notice right away that Amir comes

from a privileged background.

▧Amir is Pashtun

▧His father, Baba, is a

successful

businessman, who also

came from a privileged

background.

▧Amir’s mother died

when he was born.

▧Amir’s father has

plenty of money.

▧Hassan is a year younger

than Amir.

▧He is a Hazara.

▧His father is Ali.

▧Ali and Hassan work for

Baba.

▧Hassan will be subjected

to a lot of cruelty from

Pashtuns.

▧Hassan’s mother left

when he was a week old.

Pashtun vs. Hazara

The Kite Runner chapters 1-2

This is an intense and mature book, and I'm expecting

you to be extremely mature.

Chapter 1 is going to open much later AFTER the

main story has already taken place. Our main

character, Amir, is struggling with something that

happened many years earlier but still haunts him as an

adult.

In chapter 2, he will flashback to his childhood in the

early 1970s.

The Kite Runner chapters 1-2

•Remember that the Hazara people are cruelly

discriminated against by many of the Pashtun

people.

•What happens to Amir and Hassan when they are

out walking is evidence of this.

•Our author, Khaled Hosseini, is purposely crude in

this chapter because he wants his readers to see how

horribly the Pashtuns treat the Hazaras.

Let’s read chapters 1-2 together.

Please follow along in your book as we

listen.

You will need to write down three questions

you have as we listen. These can be

things you wonder or need clarity on,

etc.