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What happens to you when your community is destroyed?

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The Other Side of the Sky Student Journal Due Date Discussion Date

Introduction Pages 2–4

Pages 15–40 Pages 5–6






The Exchange

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The Other Side of the Skyby Farah Ahmedi with Tamim Ansary

Student Journal page 2 of 16 © Hampton-Brown

The Other Side of the Sky

Getting Started

What If?A hurricane came during the night and destroyed your community. Everything around you lies in ruins. There is no electricity or running water. Many homes and stores have been destroyed. The remaining stores have nothing but empty shelves and quickly closed down.

The government promises to send help. But meanwhile, your family, like many others, is without food or basic needs. People are in need of medical assistance. But no police or ambulances come to help. No one knows when help will arrive or if it will arrive too late.

Make notes about how this would affect you.• Whatqualitiesdoyouhavethatwouldhelpinthissituation?• Wouldqualitiesdoyouhavethatwouldmakethissituationmoredifficult?• Doyouthinkyouwouldchangebecauseofthistragedy?

Connect to The Exchange Question Discusshowthissituationcouldrelate to The Exchange Question: What happens to you when your community is destroyed? Summarize your discussion.



Introduction

Read the Introduction on pages 9–11 in The Other Side of the Sky. The Introduction will help you understand key concepts in the book. Knowing them will help you discuss and write about the book.

The Introduction includes information about• whyandhowFarahAhmediwrotethisbook• thehistoryofthewarinAfghanistan• howtheTalibanaffectedlifeinAfghanistan• howtheauthorwasinjuredandwhyshesoughtrefugeintheUnitedStates

After you read the Introduction, answer these questions to check your understanding.

1. WhatwaslifeinAfghanistanlikeduringFarahAhmedi’schildhood?

2.WhateffectdidtheTalibanhaveonthepeopleofAfghanistan?

3. InwhatwaydidthewarpersonallyaffectAhmedi?



Introduction: Key Concepts

Personal Experience Chart

Study the Personal Experience Chart for asylum.Writeasentenceusing the word asylum.

Key Concepts

adverseasylumendurancefaithintegrate

On a separate sheet of paper, create a similar Personal Experience Chart for each of the Key Concept words.

Key Concept: _______________________________________________________

Define or rename: ______________________________________________________

Specific Examples

Personal Connection: ___________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

Foster homes offer asylum to abused or unwanted children.

Animal shelters offer asylum to homeless dogs and cats.

Sometimes people seek asylum in the United States when they are in danger in their home country.

Personal Experience Chart

asylum

shelter or safe place



Respond to Pages 15–401. Personal Response Farah,wrote,“Ihaveseenmydreamscrushed,

butnewoneshavesproutedintheirplace.”Describeagoalthatyoucouldnotreach.Whatnewgoalordreamreplacedit?

2. Flashback In“TheGondola,”Farahdescribedsomeofhermemoriesof her life in Kabul. How did the experiences she recalled demonstrate herendurance?Whydoyouthinkso?Usethewordendurance in your response.

3. Conclusions HowdidFarahfeelaboutgoingtoschoolinAfghanistan?Whatweresomeofthereasonsshefeltthatway?

4. Generate Questions Writeaquestionaboutthissectionforsomeoneelsereadingthisbook.Exchangequestionswiththem.Doyouagreewiththeiranswer?



Respond to Chapters 15–40, continued

5. Sequence FarahdescribedthechangingpoliticalclimateinAfghanistanbeforeshewasborn.UsetheSequence Chain to map whathappenedinAfghanistanwhenthemujahideenrebelled

Sequence Chain

HowdidtheseeventsaffectFarah’sfamily?

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Respond to Pages 41–851. Personal Response Farahoftenhadtorelyonthehelpofothers.

Haveyoueverhadtorelyonothers?Describewhathappened.

2. Compare and Contrast HowwasFarah’streatmentintheAfghanhospitaldifferentfromhertreatmentintheGermanhospital?HowdidFarahfeelabouthertreatment?Usethewordadverse in your response.

3. Author’s Point of View WhydidFarahfeelasifshedidnotfitinwhenshereturnedtoAfghanistan?




Respond to Pages 41–85, continued

5. Perspective FarahreturnedfromGermanyachangedperson.Usethe Perspectives MaptotellwhatFarahwaslikeafterreturningfromGermany.

Perspectives Map

How Farah Felt How Her Family Reacted

What This Shows About

Her Family

HowwouldthingshavebeendifferentifFarahwerecomingbackfromahospitalinAfghanistan,ratherthanGermany?



Respond to Pages 86–1201. Personal Response Farahhadtotakechargewhensheandher

mothertraveledtoPakistan.Describeatimewhenyouhadtotakecharge.Whatdidyoudo?Howdiditaffectyou?

2. Problem and Solution FarahandhermotherhadtroublefindingasylumaftertheycrossedtheborderintoPakistan.Why?HowdidFarahsolvetheirproblem?Usethewordasylum in your response.

3. Paraphrase WhatdidFarahmeanwhenshesaidabouttheirhomeinPakistan,“Essentially,webecameslaves”?





5. Compare and Contrast Farah,hermother,andherbrotherswereall forced to flee Kabul to escape the Taliban. List the reasons females feared the Taliban, the reasons males feared the Taliban, and some of the fears they shared.

Venn Diagram

How did life change for the citizens of Kabul after the Taliban took over?HowdiditchangeforFarahandherfamily?

Females MalesBoth



Respond to Chapters 121–1691. Personal Response Farahwastreatedunfairlybyherboss’s

daughter.Tellaboutatimeyouweretreatedunfairly.Howdidyoufeel?

2. Inference HowdidFarah’sfaithhelphersurvive?Usethewordfaith in your response.

3. Inquire HowdidthetragedyofSeptember11affectFarahandhermother?HowdiditaffectpeopleofMiddle-Easterndescentaroundtheworld?





5. Bias FarahdescribedsomeofthebiasessheandothershadaboutAmericans. List some of the extreme positive and negative ideas about AmericaheldbyFarahandothers.UsetheIdea Web to answer the

Idea Web

WhydoyouthinkthatFarahandthepeoplearoundherfeltthisway?Whatwouldpeoplehavetogainbyhavingthesebeliefs?Explainyouranswer.

Biased Ideas about America



Respond to Pages 170-2361. Personal Response WhenFarahandhermotherarrivedintheUnited

States, they did not know any people or even the language. Tell about atimewhenyoufeltoutofplace.Whatdidyoudotoadjust?

2. Opinion FarahbegantolearnEnglishandadjusttoAmericanways.DoyouthinkthatallimmigrantsintheUnitedStatesshoulddothis?Explainyourideas.Usethewordintegrate in your response.

3. Tone HowdoesthetoneofthebookchangewhenFarahdescribesgettingtoknowAlyceLitz?Whydoesitchange?





5. Summarize FarahandhermotherstruggledinAmericauntiltheymetAlyceLitz.ListthewaysinwhichAlycehelpedFarahandhermother.UsetheDetails Web to answer the question.

Details Web

FarahsaysthatAlyceLitz“tookituponherselftosaveourlives.”HowdidAlyceLitz“save”Farahandhermother?

Alyce Litz



Respond to Pages 237–2731. Personal Response FarahthinksthattheUnitedStatesisstrong

becauseitallowsitscitizenstospeakfreely.Whatfreedomdoyouvaluemost?Why?

2. Making Decisions FarahhaddifficultyintegratingwithstudentsinherAmericanhighschool.IfyouwereFarah,wouldyouhavedecidedtoparticipateinthefashionshow?Whyorwhynot?Usethewordintegrate in your response.

3. Compare and Contrast HowhaveFarah’sandhermother’sliveschangedsincetheyfirstarrivedintheUnitedStates?Howhavetheystayedthesame?

What If?4. Connect Look at your notes on Student Journal, page 2. Think about

what might happen if your community was destroyed. Compare this to The Other Side of the Sky.HowdidFarahandhermothergetwhattheyneededwhentheircommunitywasdestroyed?




5. Conclusions Farahfaced3mainchallenges:highschool,learningtodrive, and the fashion show. List what made each of them difficult in the Outlinebelow.UsetheOutline to answer the question.

Outline

WhywasFarahabletoendurethesechallenges?Whatcharacteristicsof her personality helped her to succeed in the face of these challengesandothers?

I. Why Farah had difficulty in high schoolA. B.

II. Why Farah had difficulty learning to driveA. B.

III. Why Farah had difficulty in the fashion showA. B.

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