A Refugee Story Reader Assignment

The assignment should have a minimum length of 250 words. Choose ONE of the options below. In the assignment, you must show that you have read and understood the story and the vocabulary. I will value your creativity and your ability for reaching conclusions about the story. You should try not to copy directly from the book. 

Alternatively, you can choose TWO options and write two shorter texts. The total length of the two writings should be 250 words.  

Drama Activities:

1. Write a television interview with Tariq after he has settled in Germany but still doesn’t know what has happened to the rest of his family. Suggestion: act out the interview in front of the class.  One of you is Tariq and the other is a reporter. 
2. Write a conversation between Tarip and Salah when they are first reunited. You can act out the conversation for the class.  
3. After several years in Germany, the Ahmadi family is faced with the choice of remaining there or going back to their homeland. Write the conversation in which the family members discuss the advantages of both options. Act out the conversation for the class.

Writing suggestions:

1. Imagine you are Salah. Write the entry in your diary on the day you arrive in Italy. Describe the journey and your feelings now that you are out of danger. 

Challenge to think:

1. The Ahmadis went through a lot of suffering in order to survive and to remain together as a family. Do you think that the writer of the story wishes to give a positive of a negative message about human nature in general? Give examples from the story. 
2. Rima decided that her family had to run away. She didn’t want to try and change the situation in her country. Do you agree with her decision? Explain your answer. 
3. Compare how Tariq and Salah dealt with being forced to leave their country and start a new life. Do you think one of them managed better than the other? Explain your answer.  (How did being a good footballer help Tariq? How did Salah’s Writing skills help him?

Reader Assignment (The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole)

The assignment should have a minimum length of 250 words.

Choose ONE of the options below.

In the assignment, you should show that you have read and understood the story and the vocabulary. Creativity and your ability for reaching conclusions about the story will be highly valued. You are strongly recommended not to copy directly from the book. (Plagiarism will be strongly penalised: The plagiarism checker). Remember to meet the dead-line set by the teacher please. 

• Interview a character from the book. Make a list of 10 questions that will reveal the character’s thoughts and feelings about his/her role in the story. Then answer them as if you were the character.

• Write a diary that one of the main characters might have kept before, during or after the book’s events. Remember that the character’s thoughts and feelings are very important in a diary.

• Write about what you have learned from the story.

• Write a different ending for the story.

• Write a different beginning for the story. 

• Alternatively, you can write about all 4 of these topics:

1. What were Adrian's main objectives in life and what did he do to achieve them?
2. What do you admire and respect about Adrian? What weaknesses do you think he's got?
3. Do you think Adrian was loved by his family? Give reasons for your answer. 
4. What kind of adult do you think Adrian will end up being?