Added new video on Afghanistan

Check on your right under Afghanistan (videos)

Kite Running Tournament

Some pictures related to the kite running tournament, taken from the movie! :)

Big think link

Check the link on the right under debates. It has interviews with experts on several ethical issues.

Debates

In preparation for the debating sessions, please refer to the link on the right (Ethical issues for debating) under debates.

Choose one topic per group (6 students per group). Vote in the poll on the blog.


Thanks!

Assignment nº 3-Creative writing (point of view)

Assignment 3 - point of view (home) due May 27th

ASSIGNMENTS UNTIL THE END OF THE SEMESTER

Our next classes will be dedicated to preparing the following assignments:

• Assignment 3 - descriptive writing - point of view (home). This will be due 27th May.
• Assignment 4 - report on chapter of novel (class) - Thursday 29th May. This is based on an excerpt from The Kite Runner, requiring your interpretation of its relevance and its meanings.
• Debates - 3rd/5th June.
• RESEARCH PROJECT - REPORT based on either on novel or forum contribution, incorporating contributions to blog discussion and research. Book report due Thursday 29th May.
• Assignment 5 - argumentative article (class) - Thursday June 12th
  

Opium abuse in Afghanistan

More Kite Running

Book Report Assignment due May 29th

Kite Running

THE KITE RUNNER-TASK 1.BACKGROUND RESEARCH FOR PRESENTATIONS

TASK 1. BACKGROUND RESEARCH

Presentations (Tuesday 29th April).

In your group blogs, to explore the religions, ethnic groups and cultures, role of men and women, war and politics and immigrants: Prepare a short presentation - 20 minutes maximum per group.

You could include:

1. A quiz to test background understanding of Afghanistan and its peoples.

2. Images/videos /maps of Afghanistan and its peoples.

3. A trip along the paths that the novel The Kite Runner follows.

RESOURCES :

The Outsiders The Hazara People, from The National Geographic – February 2008 :
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/afghanistan-hazara/phil-zabriskie-text.html

Afghanistan facts:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2004/afghanistan/default.stm

Hazaras - London http://208.65.153.251/watch?v=DbHMnVfuqb0
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/geopedia/Hazara_People

maps of the regions - ethnic groups in Afghanistan:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/landincrisis/ethnic.html

Country profiles :
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_afghanistan.html

Pashtuns :
http://java.nationalgeographic.com/studentatlas/clickup/pashtun.html

Change slow for Afghan Women :
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0312_020312_afghanwomen.html

Now read the article about the woman in the photo!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0311_020312_sharbat.html

Photograph by Steve McCurry

Grammar Book (might be useful-I'm not calling you dummies ;) !

A CHANCE TO PUT QUESTIONS TO KHALED HOSSEINI

WORLD BOOK CLUB

A chance to put questions to the author of the Kite Runner,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/world_book_club.shtml.

You need to e-mail your questions well in advance of the programme date.

If you'd like to take part in a future World Book Club, here's your chance.Please send us in questions for Khaled Hosseini discussing The Kite Runner on April 10th.

Go to the link above to find the submission form.

Before you post questions to THE WORLD BOOK CLUB, discuss what you would like to ask the

author in your small group blogs.

ASSIGNMENT Nº 2 CAUSE/EFFECT-DUE 17 APRIL

RECKLESSNESS

For next class, please bring the play by Eugene O'Neill RECKLESSNESS. Just follow the link on the blog and print it out.

Creative Writing Workshop

Cause and effect charts