by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 27, 2026
Ask students to identify what they think are the important themes in Parvana’s Journey and create a collage or a diagram (such as a web or tree) to show those themes. Students might identify these themes: children having to act as adults; missing parents; definitions...
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 27, 2026
Ask students to choose two of the characters and study their relationship (i.e., Parvana and Asif, Parvana and Hassan, Parvana and Leila, or Asif and Hassan). Students can consider how the characters interact; how the relationship benefits the characters; what...
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 27, 2026
Looking back on the chapter, how does the author give hints, or foreshadow, that something bad might happen?
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 27, 2026
How does the author make this chapter feel “lighter” than previous chapters?
by Reina Chaiekh | Feb 27, 2026
How does Parvana manage to get Asif to come to the edge of the cave? What character traits does she show by doing this?
