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In this pilot episode, we talked about the first 3 chapters we read of Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. We all have our first impressions of the book as well as explained our future predictions on the book and where we think it will go the farther we read. We could all agree on one thing for sure, eventually, this book will go downhill and someone will get hurt in the story.

Quotes: “Later, I would tell myself I hadn’t felt envious of Hassan. Not at all”- I have little knowledge of what this quote by Amir means. This quote is on page 35 after they are woken up by the sound of gunfire and explosions in the middle of the night. Hassan is hugged by his dad, Ali, and Amir is somewhat jealous of this because he always feels distant from his father. But now he says he won’t be feeling this way in the future, this could mean something happens to Hassan. Like maybe he gets killed. Or maybe, he just gets over his jealousy, and it’s not anything remotely violent. - Jackson

“Sanaubar joined the neighborhood kids in taunting Ali” - Page 10 Ali’s face is paralyzed and he has a limp. He also happens to be a Haazar, which people didn’t like. He was taunted by adults and children. But Sanaubar, his wife and cousin also taunted him. She obviously didn’t like Ali so it just made me wonder why she married him and had a kid with him. She ended up running away but it still makes me question why she was in the relationship in the first place. - Tybria

“ After hearing the brother’s account and their father’s plea for mercy, my grandfather ordered the two young men to go to Kandahar at once and enlist in the army for one year- this despite the fact that their family had somehow managed to obtain the exemption from the draft” (pg.24) I chose this quote because I think that this type of punishment would be great for anyone who has committed any murders and is sentenced to execution in prison. We can send them to the army with control over them, so they can fight. If they survive during the time they have been in the army then they can be sentenced to life in jail. -Erec

By Winston, Kara, Elijah, Trinity, and Dinajda

• On todays episode we talked about the first two parts, chapter 1-6 of our book Wild by Cheryl Strayed. We spent a lot of time discussing our thoughts on the book and then moved on to analysis of a few quotes (page numbers below) Then we talked about our predictions about the book and that’s it. We hope you enjoy our 1st episode! We had a lot of fun making it!

• 1st quote we shared (Winston) pg. 111

• 2nd quote we shared (Kara) pg. 97

Todays episode: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rS4hxFKopkZxlJZAaf0CHfuDXmB5T_4u/view?usp=sharing

Group Members: Kyla B, Sage D, Oliver A, and Gina Z In our podcast we discussed The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, a memoir about a dysfunctional family that runs from the law. Each one of us shared our first impressions/ reactions, provided a quote, and discussed the toxicity of the parents relationship, let alone their parenting.

References:

“I was overcome with panic that she’d see me and call out my name and that someone on the way to the same party would spot us together” (pg 3)

“ Fussing over children who only cry encourages them, she told us. That’s positive reinforcement for negative behavior.” - Page 28

“Dad kept telling me that he loved me, that he never would have let me drown, but you can’t cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is ‘If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.’” page 66

“You’d be destroying what makes it special,” she said. “Its the joshua trees struggle that gives it its beauty.” page 38

Our group members are Michelle, Valeria, and Mykai. Our episode was talking about the 50 pages, of the book “the curious incident of the dog in the night-time”, a book written by Mark Haddon. We gave a brief summary of what we know from the book, by what we read so far in the book. We talked about our thoughts on the book and certain quotes we thought were nice and interesting. At the end of our podcast we talked about our predictions what will happen in the future in this book.

Quotes: “I cannot tell jokes because I do not understand them.” (Pg. 8) “ I like dogs, you always know what a dog is thinking.” (Pg. 3) “Mother used to say that Christopher was a nice name because it was a story about being kind and helpful, but i do not want my name to mean a story about being kind and helpful. I want my name to mean me”. (Pg. 16)

Sebina, Jazz, Gabby and Fatima

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nYIftf9kGGrnyai4aBmXJjA2ilwvZc2w/view?usp=sharing

Due to the winter storm, Thursday, 2/18, will have the below half-day schedule:

09:00am - 09:55am C1 Band

10:00am - 10:55am Y1 Band

11:00am - 11:55am A2 Band

12:00pm - 12:30pm Advisory

Due to the SDP half-day, we will run under the below abbreviated schedule on 2/12.

Friday, 2/12

09:00am - 09:55am B2 Band

10:00am - 10:55am X2 Band

11:00am - 11:55am E2 Band

Due to conferences, 2/4 and 2/5 will run under the below abbreviated schedules.

Thursday, 2/4

09:00am - 09:55am C2 Band

10:00am - 10:55am Y1 Band

11:00am - 11:55am A2 Band

Friday, 2/5

09:00am - 09:55am B2 Band

10:00am - 10:55am X2 Band

11:00am - 11:55am E2 Band

Due to the snow, SDP has declared a half-day for students. The modified virtual class schedule is indicated below.

Tuesday, 2/2

09:00am - 09:55am E1 Band

10:00am - 10:55am Y2 Band

11:00am - 11:55am C2 Band

Due to the snow, SDP has declared a half-day for students. The modified virtual class schedule is indicated below.

Monday, 2/1

09:00am - 09:50am A1 Band

09:55am - 10:45am X1 Band

10:50am - 11:40am D1 Band

11:45am - 12:00pm Pre-Conferences Advisory

Members: Hannah, Kavina, Nile, & Gabe

https://www.wevideo.com/view/2019106398

In our final podcast, we discussed our thoughts on the overall book, the author’s intent, and what important messages we took away individually. in our final podcast, we talked about the character development of characters in the book, and the breakdown of power being broken and it’s systems. what happens when power is broken? what character’s stay in role, or change? join us for our final talk, as we explore these final questions.