SWBAT predict text content and analyze plot events by reading and discussing.
Vocabulary: Talib, Taliban, Ghazi Stadium
Essential Questions: How has Amir’s childhood home changed? What does Amir see while at Ghazi Stadium? What might happen when Amir meets with the John Lennon Talib?
Jumpstart: Baba once said, “Piss on the beards of all those self-righteous monkeys. They do nothing but thumb their rosaries and recite a book written in a tongue they don’t even understand. God help us all if Afghanistan ever falls into their hands” (17 and 270). Who was Baba talking about? How has his prediction come true?
SWBAT connect plot events to related reading and analyze plot events and characters by reading and discussing.
Vocabulary: Taliban, Talib, Farid
Essential Questions: How has Kabul changed? Who or what is responsible for those changes? How do people react to those changes?
Jumpstart: What does Amir learn about Hassan, Ali, and Baba? Why do you think Baba kept this secret? How does this knowledge change how Baba treated Amir and Hassan?
Due today: April Jumpstarts, KR Theme Essay body paragraph 2
