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Contents of Student Guide The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis

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Cover page

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Contents of Student Guide page

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The Breadwinner YouTube Guide: Interview with Deborah Ellis

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Introduction to Afghanistan and the Culture: KWL Chart

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The Breadwinner Setting (graphic organizer)

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The Breadwinner Themes (graphic organizer)

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The Breadwinner Vocabulary Words Organizer (Ch 1-15) + Extra Credit

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The Breadwinner Characters (graphic organizer)

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The Breadwinner - Draw the main character Parvana

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The Breadwinner – Draw Parvana’s house

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Chapter 1 questions

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Chapter 2 questions

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Chapter 3 questions

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Chapter 4 and 5 questions

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25-26 The Breadwinner Final Project Description and Rubric

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The Breadwinner Test (print at end of unit)

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The Breadwinner YouTube Guide - Interview with Deborah Ellis Watch the first 5:04 minutes of the interview with Shannon Skinner and answer the following.

1. How many books has Deborah Ellis written? How old was she when she

started writing? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

2. What was her first published book? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

3. What does she write about? What is her message or goal with writing? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

4. What decision does Deborah Ellis say people need to make in their lifetime that all of her books are about? ________________________________________________________________

5. Where did Deborah Ellis grow up? ________________________________________________________________

6. Why did Deborah Ellis choose to write for children? What affected her decision to write books for children? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

The Breadwinner Student Guide Name ___________________________


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The Breadwinner KWL Chart

What do you think you know about Afghanistan? (List any facts you may know about Afghanistan.)

1. ___________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________

5. ___________________________________________________________

What do you want to know about Afghanistan? (List any questions you have about Afghanistan.)

1. ___________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________

5. ___________________________________________________________

What did you learn about Afghanistan? (List at least five things you learned about Afghanistan.)

1. ___________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________

5. ___________________________________________________________


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The Breadwinner - The Setting

Setting

Describe the setting for the story

Time Period: About when does the story take place?

List 3 things that were going on historically during this time period (especially as pertains to Afghanistan and the United States)

1. 2. 3.

Place / Surroundings Describe the two main locations in Ch 1 & 2 -What do they look like? -What details are given about each location?

Market Description - Parvana’s Home Description -

Point of View Who is telling the story?

Tense Past, present, or future?

Locating the

Setting - Circle on the map in red marker where The Breadwinner takes place. Try to be as specific as possible.


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The Breadwinner - Themes

Theme

Describe how the book shows this theme -list specific examples from the book

Love

Tragedy & Death

Violence & War

Hunger

Courage & Strength

Hope for survival

Coming of Age


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The Breadwinner - Vocabulary Page #

Vocabulary Write definition

Chap 1

chador

Kabul (place)

Taliban

Dari

Pashtu

hawked

militia

burqas

rubble

Chap 2

toshak

resentful

looters

intricate

lavatory

nan

hospitable

inheritors


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Page #


illiterate

Chap 3

uncluttered

distinguish

permitted

penmanship

billowing

hobbled

Chap 4

preoccupied

basin

Chap 5

attendant

anxious

circumstances

sensible

obediently

fetched

Chap 6

idle

sulk

fringe


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Page #


brusquely

gingerly

shalwar kameez

fumed

Chap 7

decree

embedded

belongings

bargain

vendors

vibrant

labyrinth

Chap 8

distinctive

dawdling

pneumonia

karachi

relented

latrine

Chap 9

kerosene


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gesturing

embraced

smuggle

Chap 10

objections

intact

stench

uttering

Chap 11

ancestors

intimidated

Chap 12

mending

nomads

undertaking

tempted

snuffling

Chap 13

seldom

merely

kebab

Chap 14

rummaged


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curfew

pakul

heroine

resolved

Chap 15

poultice

refugee

exile

derision

Page # Chapter


If you find additional words in the novel that you do not understand, write them on this sheet & look up their definition. Share with the class for extra credit. (Earn up to 1% E.C. to your overall grade)


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The Breadwinner - Characters Character Physical Description Personality Traits / Actions

-What are they like? -What did they do?

Parvana

Kaseem

Nooria

Maryam

Ali

Hossain

Father

Mother

Malali

Mrs. Weera


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Character Physical Description Personality Traits / Actions

-What are they like? -What did they do?

Taliban

Shauzia

Shafiq

Window Woman

Homa


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The Breadwinner – Draw Parvana

Draw what you imagine the main character Parvana to look like based on the physical descriptions provided by the author. Include the clothing!


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The Breadwinner – Draw Parvana’s House Draw what you imagine Parvana’s one-room house to look like based on the descriptions provided by the author.


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The Breadwinner - Chapter 1 Questions 1. Where is Parvana at the opening of the book? What is she doing? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. How old is Parvana?

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3. Why is Parvana “one of the lucky ones” (9)? What does she mean by that?

______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What was Parvana’s initial reaction to the Taliban coming to Afghanistan? Why?

How has her mind changed since then? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Briefly describe Parvana’s homes before and after the Taliban. What happened? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. What did Parvana’s father end up selling because the offer was too good? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. How does Parvana’s sister remember Kabul? How does Parvana know Kabul?

Describe each and provide examples from the book. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________


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The Breadwinner - Chapter 2 Questions 1. What does Parvana have to do as soon as she gets home? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why does Parvana have to be the one to always do the task mentioned in question 1?

Provide examples from the book with page number(s).

______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Describe in detail Parvana’s family’s one room apartment. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What does Parvana’s mother put in the pile of items to sell that makes Parvana upset?

Describe what this item is (look it up in a dictionary or on Wikipedia). ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Who was Hossain? What happened to him? What was he like? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. What happened to father at the end of the chapter? Why do you think this happened? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________


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The Breadwinner - Chapter 3 Questions 1. Describe where the family sleeps. How is it different from where you sleep? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. What does Parvana miss about her father?

______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. What Taliban rule did Parvana’s family choose to not obey? What was Father’s

reason? Do you think he was right? Why or why not? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why does Parvana tell Nooria to write a note for her mother? How does Mother feel

about this? How does Nooria feel? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Where do Parvana and her mother go? Why? Are they successful? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. Parvana remembers her father saying to her “Hold steady, my little Malali.” Who is

Malali? Why does her father call her his little Malali? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________


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The Breadwinner - Chapter 4 and 5 Questions 1. How long had it been since mother had walked outside of their home? Why? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. What did Parvana dream about the night they visited the prison?

______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is Parvana afraid to do while everyone is being quiet for mother? Why? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What happens on the fourth day? What does Parvana have to do? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Summarize what Parvana does on pages 54-55. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. Describe Mrs. Weera. What is she like? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. What does Mrs. Weera ask Parvana to do to help her family? Does Parvana do it? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________


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The Breadwinner - Chapter 6 and 7 Questions 1. What does Parvana’s family decide will be the solution to their inability to go into the

market, especially now that Father is gone? Why do they decide it’s the “perfect solution?”

______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe Parvana’s “transformation” using quotes from the book. What does Parvana

think about her new appearance? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. What did Parvana buy when she went to the market? ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. In the beginning of Chapter 7, what task does Parvana’s mother ask her to do? Why? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why does Parvana’s family tell people father is ill? ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. Who is Parvana’s first customer? Describe how Parvana feels when he first

approaches. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. After the Talib leaves, Parvana is confused. Why is she confused? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________


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The Breadwinner - Chapter 8 and 9 Questions 1. What does Parvana help Mrs. Weera do? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. What does Maryam get to do that makes mother nervous? Why is mother nervous? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Describe a typical day for Parvana (referring to Chapter 8). ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What two items does Parvana find on her rug while she is out working? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Who is Shauzia? What gift does she give Parvana? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. When Parvana brings Shauzia to her house, Mrs. Weera announces a secret plan.

What is Mrs. Weera’s secret plan? How could it be dangerous? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. How are Mother and Mrs. Weera going to publish their articles? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________


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The Breadwinner - Chapter 10 and 11 Questions 1. What does Shauzia decide that she and Parvana should do for a job? How does

Parvana feel about this idea? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. What does Kabul have more of than flowers? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. How much money did the girls make while bone digging? Was it a profitable venture? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What was Mother’s reaction when Parvana came home from bone-digging? Does

Parvana tell her mother where she really was? Explain (in more than one word). ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. How long did it take Shauzia and Parvana to save up enough money to be the trays?

What did they decide to sell on their trays? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why do Shauzia and Parvana go to the stadium? What do they think is going to

happen there? What do they actually witness at the stadium? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________


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The Breadwinner - Chapter 12 and 13 Questions 1. What is Shauzia’s home life like? Describe what her family is like. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. When is Shauzia planning to leave Afghanistan? Where is she going? How will she get

there? Who is going with her? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. What does Parvana want her life to be like? Explain with quotes from the book. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What surprise does Parvana get when she returns home from the market? ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Who is going to Mazar? Who is staying behind? Why? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. What does Parvana buy Nooria as a gift? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. What happens to Parvana toward the end of August? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________


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The Breadwinner - Chapter 14 and 15 Questions 1. Describe Kabul at night using quotes from the book. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe what happened to Homa’s family. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. How did Homa escape from Mazar? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What does Parvana do when she hears about the killing in Mazar? What explanation

does she give for doing it? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why does Parvana decide to work harder and run after customers with her tray? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. What gift does Parvana leave for the mysterious Window Woman? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. What do Parvana and Shauzia plan to do as they are saying goodbye? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

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The Breadwinner Final Project Rubric

Teacher Name: Mrs. Lindquist

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1

Explanation of Theme Word and Graphics -Explanation is typed & attached to the back of the poster

Student provides a clear explanation for how the word relates to the central concept of the book. All graphics are clearly explained.

Student provides an explanation for how the word relates to the central concept of the book. Most graphics are explained.

Student provides little explanation for how the word relates to the central concept of the book. Some graphics are explained.

Student does not provide explanation for how the word relates to the central concept of the book. Some graphics are explained.

Title & Theme Word -includes at least 3 different images that relate to the theme word

The title is easily read from 6 ft. The poster is designed around a word (title) that represents the meaning of the book. All images relate to this word.

The title is easily read from 5 ft. The poster is designed around a word that represents the meaning of the book. Most images relate to this word.

The title is somewhat easy to read from 5 ft. The poster is designed around a word that mostly represents the meaning of the book. Most or some images relate to this word.

The title is not easy to read. The poster is not designed around a word that represents the meaning of the book. Images do not relate to the book / theme.

Graphics - Relevance -Sources are typed and attached to the back of the poster

All graphics are related to the topic and make it easier to understand. All borrowed graphics have a source citation.

All graphics are related to the topic and most make it easier to understand. All borrowed graphics have a source citation.

All graphics relate to the topic. Most borrowed graphics have a source citation.

Graphics do not relate to the topic OR several borrowed graphics do not have a source citation.

Graphics -Clarity Graphics are all in focus and easily viewed and identified from 6 ft. away.

Most graphics are in focus and easily viewed and identified from 6 ft. away.

Most graphics are in focus and is easily viewed and identified from 4 ft. away.

Many graphics are not clear or are too small.

Graphics - Originality

Several of the graphics used on the poster reflect an exceptional degree of student creativity in their creation and/or display.

One or two of the graphics used on the poster reflect student creativity in their creation and/or display.

The graphics are made by the student, but are based on the designs or ideas of others.

No graphics made by the student are included.

Attractiveness The poster is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, and neatness.

The poster is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness.

The poster is acceptably attractive though it may be a bit messy.

The poster is distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive.

Grammar There are no grammatical mistakes on the poster.

There are 1-2 grammatical mistakes on the poster.

There are 3 grammatical mistakes on the poster.

There are more than 3 grammatical mistakes on the poster.

TOTAL - _______+_______+_______+_______+_______+_______+_______=

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The Breadwinner Quiz Name ____________________________________

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The Breadwinner Quiz Part I - Matching (1 point each) Word Bank Parvana Nooria Father Mother (Fatana) Ali

Maryam Hossain Malali Mrs. Weera Kaseem

Taliban Shauzia Shafiq Window Woman Homa

Directions: Use the word bank above to match a character to his/her description. 1. Leaves gifts for Parvana on the blanket. _____________________

2. Parvana’s younger sister. _____________________

3. Became depressed when her husband was taken. _____________________

4. Parvana’s name as a boy. _____________________

5. Shauzia’s name as a boy. _____________________

6. Parvana’s younger brother. _____________________

7. Takes care of her family after her father is taken. _____________________

8. Girl that inspired Afghan troops to defeat the British. _____________________

9. Killed by a landmine at age 14. _____________________

10. Engaged to be married to a man in Mazar. _____________________

11. A girl from Parvana’s class that pretends to be a boy. _____________________

12. Arrested by soldiers for studying in England. _____________________

13. Parvana finds her in an abandoned building. _____________________

14. Strong-willed woman that helps Mother get better. _____________________

15. Members of the ruling party in Afghanistan. _____________________


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Part II - Multiple Choice (1 point each) 1. How old is Parvana in the beginning of The Breadwinner? A) two B) eleven C) thirteen D) five 2. What did Mother do before the Taliban took over? A) taught at the high school B) painted for a local museum C) sang on national radio D) wrote for a local radio station 3. Who was killed by a land mine? A) Shauzia B) Homa C) Hossain D) Nooria 4. Where does The Breadwinner take place? A) Kabul, Afghanistan B) Paris, France C) Kotli, Pakistan D) Mazar, Afghanistan 5. After Father is taken away, Mother becomes depressed and refuses to move or even speak. Four days later, the family runs out of food. What happens? A) Mother goes to the market B) Nooria goes to the market C) Father returns with supplies D) Parvana goes to the market 6. Who is Shauzia? A) a Talib that hits Parvana B) Parvana’s younger sister C) a former classmate of Parvana’s D) a friend of Nooria’s 7. Which of the following is not a job that Parvana does in The Breadwinner? A) dig up bones B) teach at the secret school C) sell cigarettes D) read and write for others 8. Where does Shauzia tell Parvana she is going when she escapes Afghanistan? A) Paris B) Germany C) Pakistan D) Arabian Sea 9. Parvana comes home to discover her sister, Nooria, is engaged. Where is the wedding going to be held? A) Kabul, Afghanistan B) Paris, France C) Kotli, Pakistan D) Mazar, Afghanistan 10. What is the name of the woman Parvana finds in a bombed out building? A) Ali B) Maryam C) Homa D) Doma 11. Name a Muslim fundamentalist group in Afghanistan. A) Dari B) Pashtu C) Taliban D) militia


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12. Which of the following means “to peddle or offer for sale by calling aloud in public?” A) Nan B) wares C) pakul D) hawk 13. Which of the following means “spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war?” A) looting B) lingering C) relenting D) intimidating 14. An Afghan cushion, mattress, or cot is also known as a ... A) chair B) toshak C) lavatory D) burqa 15. Many people in Afghanistan are illiterate, meaning... A) unable to read B) unable to write C) all of the above D) none of the above Part III - Short Answer (3 points each) Directions: Answer all questions in complete sentences. Use additional paper if needed.

1. Name three things that the Taliban forbid.

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2. Describe Mrs. Weera’s appearance. What is her personality like?

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3. What is the family’s solution to not being able to go to market with Father away? Why do

they decide this is their best option? Describe the “transformation.”

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4. Parvana soon gets into a routine, doing the same tasks everyday to help out with the family.

Describe a typical day for Parvana.

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5. Where is Homa from? What has happened to her? Who takes care of her?

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Part IV - Essay (10 points) Directions: Answer all parts of the question in complete sentences. Use additional paper if needed. 1. Compare and contrast your life with Parvana’s. How is her daily routine different from your own? How is it similar? How is her education and are her surroundings different from your own? How are they similar? ______________________________________________________________________________

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