08.10.10
Today we read through Chapter Two of The Kite Runner, and we were set a homework about hoe Hassan's character was represented in Chapter Two. I found this lesson really helpful because without going through Chapter Two and analysing it in class I would have missed loads of the important bits about Hassan that you sort of skim over and dismiss when you're reading it, like how when Amir is thinking of the memory of him and Hassan and Hassan is up the tree, and Amir is looking up at him, it shows that Hassan is admired by present day Amir and is seen as important in his early life.
13.10.10
Today we split into groups and analysed Chapter 3, looking for how Baba's character is represented. We made spider diagrams with points about Baba and then evidence to back them up, and then Mr Francis made a competition (TEAM A RULES! even though we don't rule that much because we lost but oh well) between the two groups by asking for evidence that Baba was, for example, powerful, and then whichever group said the quote first got a point. I found this a useful exercise because it gave me more ideas for the essay about Baba, and also helped me to think of quotes to back my points up with, because sometimes I think of a point and then don't have any evidence to back it up with because its either too obscure or I can't think of the right piece of text.
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