1. You Are the Author: Creating Chapter Titles
Name: Riley Peters 8-73
When an author creates chapter divisions, they must make several choices. Sometimes they
choose to simply number the chapters. This might be because they want readers to think for
themselves. Other times they use chapter titles to set the scene, create curiosity or foreshadow
upcoming events.
In this activity, you will take on the role of the author and create a title for each of the 15
chapters in Iqbal. Your titles should be what you think Fatima would have chosen as an
appropriate title to reflect and represent her experiences. Then you need to make 2-3 point form
notes which explain the events which made you think of this title.
Chapter Title Point Form Notes
1 • Fatima describes where she lives and why
The Invisible Child Slaves
she is at the carpet factory
• Describe the daily working conditions
• Fatima works with numbskulls
2 • Iqbal comes
Iqbal Arrives • Tells the kids about his life
• Tells the kids they will never get out
3 • Iqbal`s father had a debt
The Plan • Iqbal has seen the city
• Iqbal asks Fatima to run away with him
4 • Iqbal is making a expensive carpet
The Expensive Carpet • Iqbal goes through his memories
• Fatima is afraid of what is in the city
5 • Foreign buyers are arriving
Destroying the Blue Bukhara • Iqbal cuts the carpet
• Iqbal is dragged to the Tomb
6 • The children are saying what the Tomb is like
The Tomb
inside
• Old cistern, no light
• Iqbal will suffer
7 • Iqbal comes out 3 days later
Iqbal Runs Away • Iqbal promises Fatima they will fly a kite
together
3. 8 • Iqbal gets back and is sent to the Tomb
Iqbal comes back • Maria wreaks the carpet and gets sent to
the Tomb
• The children all want to get sent to the Tomb
• Iqbal and Maria get out of the Tomb
9 • Talks about his escape
Iqbal`s Journey • Hearing the speaker, getting the paper
• Maria can read
10 • Maria teaches the kids to read
Iqbal Runs Away Again! • They read the poster
• Iqbal runs away again
11 • They all get free
Freedom • Iqbal, Maria, and Fatima all fly a kite
• Iqbal decides to stay with Eshan Khan
12 • Iqbal says he wants to free all the child
They
slaves
• Iqbal finds a carpet factory then frees them
• They send a warning by throwing bombs at
the headquarters
13 • Found an illegal brick factory
The Brick Factory • Owner comes out shooting at them
• Iqbal admits he was scared
14 • Iqbal is winning an award and gets a
Iqbal`s Goodbye
scholarship
• Fatima goes home and brothers plan a trip
• The mail carrier brings a letter for Fatima to
Maria
15 • Iqbal went to village to visit family/ friends
The Letter • Riding bicycle when shot by person in black
car
• Thunderstorm broke out
Epilogu
e
• Iqbal was murdered on Easter Sunday, 1995
Easter Sunday, 1995 • About 13 when killed by carpet mafia
• Iqbal`s name become symbol of child
slavery
