2.3+Analyse+extended+written+text(s)

AS90377 **2.3 ** Analyse extended written text(s)

3 credits External

NOVEL

 * The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini **

From the book jacket (to give you a wee idea of what the book is about)

“Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, //The Kite Runner// is the unforgettable, beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan nonetheless grow up in different worlds; Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir’s father’s servant, is a Hazara, member of a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When the Soviets invade and Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him. //The Kite Runner// is a novel about friendship, betrayal, and the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sons – their love, their sacrifices, and their lies. Written against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, //The Kite Runner// describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But with the devastation Khaled Hosseini also gives us hope: through the novel’s faith in the power of reading and storytelling, and in the possibilities he shows for redemption.”



- This worksheet is a basic outline of most of the chapters, as well as some close reading of the text: focus on character, theme, language techniques - Would be useful as a starting point for working with this novel

DRAMA SCRIPT
- Macbeth Plot Cloze exercise [|The Story of Macbeth.doc] (source: Taradale High) Short answer questions [|actonetwothree.doc] [|Act iv and v.doc] (source: Taradale High)
 * Macbeth **

- Macbeth Imagery Seven categories discussing good and evil [|Good and evil.doc] (source: Taradale High)

- Macbeth Diagloge Acronym to help Ss remember quotes for essay writing. [|Macbeth key quote acronym.doc] (source: Taradale High)