Message to the Graduates

Today is a very special day for our Lindsay graduates and you too will be standing up on the stage someday soon receiving your diploma. This short assignment is two part: 1) write a short message to one or all of the graduates 2) how do you think you will feel when your special day arrives?

Analyzing a Novel: The Kite Runner

Please choose 4 of the following questions about the novel and answer them on your blog - make sure to give support/evidence for each of your answers:

1. Which characters change as the story proceeds? Do they change for the better or the worse, and how do they change specifically?

2. Who was your favorite character and why? Which character did you dislike most throughout the story and why?

3. List at least two major conflicts in the story and talk about what type of conflicts they are (ex: person vs. person, person vs. society, etc).

4. What is the historic time, place and social background of the novel? How does it affect what happens in the story?

5. Which is your most favorite scene in the book? In the movie?

6. Which did you enjoy better, the novel or the movie? Please give specific reasons why.

7. What is the theme of the novel? What do you think was the message the author was trying to convey by writing this book?

8. Who is the protagonist in this story? Who is the antagonist? Give an example of a scene from the story that would support your label for each character.

Resolutions for the New Year!

Research shows that broad, non-specific resolutions are often not achieved. People who make specific resolutions with plans to achieve them are 10 times more likely to achieve those goals than those people who just make general statements like, "I'm going to lose weight". When writing your resolutions for the new year, make sure that they are very specific, for example:

1. Improve my math grade

VS.

2. Finish the last three chapters in my Algebra book and get make up work from Connie before report cards are due

The second resolution is much more specific and thus, easier to achieve! Please make sure that for each of your 3 resolutions you also provide 2 steps you will take to achieve each goals set forth. Also, make sure that at least one of your resolutions is academic in nature (like the example provided above).