Readers of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner select 100 words from chapters five and six of the novel, use these words to create a found poem, and then attach their poem to a kite that they construct.

Concepts

reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, found poems

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a gallery of the kites and poems 

Classroom Considerations

• As part of the assignment, provide class members with a rubric that identifies how the project will be evaluated

Pros

• The activity affords readers an opportunity to connect to the kite flying tournament

Cons

• Neither a model found poem nor a rubric are included in the resource