Saturday, April 7, 2012

Chapter One

Chapter One:

Vocabulary: These words are important in chapter one. Be sure that you can define them before you read the chapter. The number following the word is the page on which the word is found.

Kabul, p.7 chador, p. 7 decreed, p.16. burqas, p. 17.

In most books, the first chapter introduces important facts and information needed for the story to turn out the way it does. The background facts and information is called the EXPOSITION.

1. Identify and briefly describe Parvana, her father, Nooria, Maryam, Ali and the Taliban.

2. Why does Parvana accompany her father to his job? What is his job? Why is she allowed to go with him?

3. What are Dari and Pashtu? What are some supporting facts that show that Parvana’s parents were well-educated?

4. What changes did Parvana, Nooria, Maryam, and Parvana’s mother, and Parvana’s father undergo after the Taliban came to power?

5. Why does Parvana’s father sell his artificial leg? Do you agree or disagree with his explanation? Explain your viewpoint.

6. “Afghans cover the earth like stars cover the sky.” What does this quote on page 9 imply about conditions in Afghanistan? Why are people scattered?

7. War can affect a person’s style of living. How did warfare change Parvana's family?

8. The dangerous trip up Parvana’s stairwell into her apartment reflects the dangerous existence
that her family encounters each day. Try to explain this imagery.

2 comments:

  1. 1.A)Parvana she can be describe as a young girl
    Who is very helpful.
    B)Nooria she can be describe as a very emotional girl.
    C)Parvana's father is a go getter he is really active when it comes to helping his family.
    D)the taliban are bad people that are restricting to do stuff like work and go to school too.
    2.Parvana accompanies her dad because he needs her to help him to work and back home from work.
    Her dads work is to sale family belongings and to read letters and to write letters for people that can't.
    She allowed to go because she small for age and she can get away with it because she so small.
    3.dari and pashtu are the two major things people speak.Well parvana's dad went to a school in Engaland and her mom went to a school in another country.
    4.They became poorer after every bombing.
    5.Her dad sold it because a customer demanded to buy it& gave a really good offer that he no choice.I disagree with him because it's and he needs it.
    6.It means that afghanistan is being distored so much that people are scattering around the world.
    7.It change by her not being able to go to school.
    8. They can get hurt.

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