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KAFFIR BOY UNIT

Φ Over the next 5 (five, V, funf, cinco) weeks, you will be reading Kaffir Boy. At

first, you will think the book is too long, and perhaps too boring. By the end, you will think the book is fantastic, and you will thank me for making you read it. You may even try to give me money as a thank you gift, but I will not accept. Coffee would be fine though.

Φ This will be a lot of reading… it will mean reading at home, on the bus, during

exploratory, in class, and possibly in the shower (place book in plastic bag).

Reading is good for you, like broccoli, and I think broccoli is delicious.

Φ At the beginning of this unit, you will receive a list of mini-projects. You must

complete a total of 6 projects. Three of these projects (one individual, two as a

group) are required. The rest you may complete in whatever order you want,

picking one a week. You may not do a project more than once. You will turn in one project a week (no late work), and all 6 projects together at the end of the Quarter in a portfolio. You may turn in one extra project for extra credit at any point during the rest of the Quarter.

YOUR READING SCHEDULE SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:

Required Project List:

Specific Due Dates will be Given for EACH of the following:

1. Vocabulary Posters (REQUIRED IN GROUP)

In your group, create a poster that gives a shortened definition of the words assigned to you. These signs will be hung in alphabetical order, so they are easy to find when reading in the classroom. Your poster will be graded on the quality of information, how nice it looks, and how easy it is to read.

DUE DATE: _____________

2. Lead Class Discussion (REQUIRED IN GROUP)

Each group in class will be in charge of one class discussion. You will lead the class in an approximately 20 minute discussion of the sections of the novel we were to have read for that week....