Readers of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner assume the voice of one of the characters from the novel and draft eight reflective journal entries and a one-page collage that depicts the character's interests, personal beliefs, etc.

Concepts

characterization, reading comprehension strategies

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Review the methods writers use to create their characters before beginning the activity

Classroom Considerations

• Due to grammar and usage errors, the assignment sheet would need to be revised
• The 11th in a series of 17 resources designed to be used with a reading of The Kite Runner

Pros

• The project encourages an in-depth study of a character

Cons

• The assignment sheet would need to be revised