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Materials and Handouts
Materials and Handouts
Materials and Handouts
Day One
1.1 Tea Party Excerpts from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Day Three
3.1 White/Indian comparison, p. 57 of Part-Time Indian, projected on board and available
in students books.
Day Four
4.1 Unwritten Rules, p. 61 of Part-Time Indian, projected on board and available in
students books.
Unwritten Rules
Junior gives us a depiction of some of the Unwritten Rules that he finds on his Spokane
Indian Reservation. These are the rules that all residents inherently follow to help keep
the society in peace (as peaceful as fisticuffs can be). Think about a part of your life
where there are Unwritten Rules - rules that everybody knows to follow, even though
they are not explicitly said or written. For example: The Unwritten Rules of Dinner at
Grandmas, of Surviving Middle School, of Playing Soccer, etc.
Your assignment: Create a list of at least five unwritten rules for your topic, and create a
poster where you list these rules. These will be hung in the class, so make sure your
writing is neat and your poster is decorated!
Day Six
6.1 Comic Handout
Comic Strips
Junior illustrates his daily walk to school on pg. 88 of The Absolutely True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian. This is a seemingly mundane and routine procedure - but it is also a
very important part of his day.
Your task: think about your life, and choose a daily routine, or a special event, that means
a lot to you. Create a comic strip depicting this. You can use an online comic generator
such as Storyboard That, or you may draw this by hand. We will be sharing these in a
Gallery Walk near the end of the unit, so be sure to put in your best effort.
You will also need to write a 1-2 page, typed, self-reflection about this comic. This will
need to include an explanation of how you chose the event you did, and why it is
important enough to document in a comic. Also answer the following: Why did you
choose the dialogue you did, and why was the dialogue important to the story? How do
comics tell stories differently than books? Why do you think Alexie includes both comics
and prose in his novel?
Day Eight
8.1 Hierarchy of Questions (from Pam Coke)