The Kite Runner: Assignment Analysis

Even though it's not written in the handbook, us kids made an unsaid rule not to even mention a religious belief in order to not start religious-based arguments. Recently our class has been reading the kite runner and through it, we've learned a lot about the inside view of Afghanistan. But most of us don't know the basic parts of it, geography, religion, economy, history and tribal relationships. Therefore, we have recently done an assignment where we research it as a group. Since you are going to do this assignment, I was wondering if you were interested in my feedback for this assignment, for I think it is a good one but it could use some adjustments here and there.

One of the good parts of this assignment was the timing of it. Since the assignment was placed after a few chapters us readers had a chance to get to know the characters and adjust to the setting. Also because we had already read part of the book, we had made guesses and assumptions of the culture, based on how the characters interacted with each other. For example, when Ali prays, I assumed it was because he was distressed, but through the WebQuest, I learned that

I think that by working in a group lets students see more connections between the story and the new information the gathered. For example when the family had to move to America because of the war. It lets students have a more open mind to the different culture of Islam. Groups can get more work done than singular students, but this assignment expected too much of the groups. I think instead of the group of four working on four big ideas, the groups should work together on one big idea. For example, if the group could come together to learn about the main religion of Islam. That way they can't split up the work and work separately, they have to discuss what they