The Kite Runner Unit Materials

Description

This unit, designed for AP® English Literature or upper level ELA students guides students in an analytical study of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner. The resources in this unit are highly customizable and can be adjusted the meet the needs of your students. It includes the following resources:

⭐ Dialectical Journals

The main formative assessment of this unit is the use of dialectical journals, which encourage students to record thought-provoking quotes and connect them to issues outside the text. Each day’s lesson should begin with sharing dialectical journals, either in small groups or as a whole group.

⭐ Chapter Notes

Each set of chapters includes a slideshow of notes, helping students dig deeper or answer questions they may have. I also use them to teach a lot of historical context or other background information they may not know.

⭐ Skill Practice Mini-Lessons

This resource is aligned to AP® English Literature Unit 6 (Long Fiction 2). Each day’s lesson also includes a short skill practice activity, included in the student handout. Answers and additional guidance for the skill practice can be found in the teacher’s guide.

⭐ Discussion Questions

Throughout the slideshow notes, I offer various discussion questions. The answers to these questions are found in the teacher’s guide, included in this download.

⭐ Quizzes

There are two quizzes included in this download. One is given after Chapter 12 and the other after Chapter 23. Answer keys are included.

 

⭐ Summative Assessments

This unit includes materials for four summative assessments, including a Socratic Seminar, an essay, a unit test, and a literary argument (Q3) timed writing. I recommend choosing only two of these summative assessments. Depending on which ones you choose, they will add between 2-5 days to this unit. There is also a prose (Q2) timed writing prompt in this resource.

Trigger Warnings

The two main scenes that students may find triggering are Hassan’s sexual assault in Chapter 7 and Sohrab’s suicide attempt in Chapter 24. I have included trigger warnings in the slideshow notes for the day before with options for students to skip these scenes.

Trauma

This book deals with issues of trauma in addition to having some triggering scenes. While I believe the benefits of the novel outweigh its difficult portions, please be respectful of students with personal experiences that may make this novel difficult. Students who have experienced a refugee crisis, the suicide of a loved one, or sexual abuse are most likely to be affected negatively by this novel. If concerned, offer a alternative reading.

 

This resource is included in my AP Lit Full Course Resource!