Scholars envision the setting and characters described by Sherman Alexie. They describe Junior’s perspective on poverty and how it affects life on the reservation.
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Scholars understand how Junior’s style of narration develops their understanding of his character, life on the reservation, and his relationship with Rowdy.
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Scholars articulate how Junior’s interactions with other characters reveal powerful truths about life on the reservation. They understand how living on the reservation affects each character differently, and how the power of hope impacts each character’s actions.
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Scholars articulate Alexie’s argument about identity. Scholars understand how the Reardan students’ views of the reservation and Indians affect how Junior sees himself.
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Scholars analyze how the different settings influence Junior’s identity. They begin to understand the significance of the novel’s title, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
Scholars revise their Exit Tickets from the previous seminar based on the feedback you gave them.
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Scholars analyze Junior’s changing relationships with the people around him. They understand how these relationships develop Alexie’s message about identity and coming of age.
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Scholars articulate how poverty contributes to Junior’s perception of himself, and how his honesty about his background deepens his relationship with others.
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Scholars examine Junior’s internal struggle to unite the two seemingly disparate parts of himself. Scholars further develop their understanding of Alexie’s messages about identity and relationships.
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Scholars evaluate the role of Junior’s parents and grandmother in his coming of age. They identify the different ways Junior comes to terms with his family’s behavior.
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Scholars analyze the mood in this chapter. They will be able to articulate how Junior’s grandmother’s death affects Junior’s relationships on the reservation and develops Alexie’s message about home.
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What Does Success Look Like?
Scholars analyze Junior’s relationship with basketball and they understand how Alexie uses basketball to develop the novel’s plot and central theme about identity.
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Scholars analyze how Alexie develops the mood during the basketball game at Reardan. They understand the significance of Junior playing against and beating the Wellpinit team.
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Scholars analyze how Alexie conveys Junior’s grief when Mary dies. They understand how Junior differs from other people at the reservation and comes of age in the face of adversity.
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Scholars analyze the resolution of Junior and Rowdy’s fight and examine the novel’s cyclical structure. Scholars are able to explain Alexie’s messages about friendship, identity, and hope.
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Congratulations! You’ve reached the end of Literature Unit 3: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
As a result of teaching this unit, you as the teacher have:
Your scholars can:
Celebrate your scholars’ successes by acknowledging what they can now do as readers as a result of their work during this unit. Invite scholars to share how much they enjoyed Junior’s coming-of-age story.
Reflect on your successes and stretches, as well as those of your scholars. Have your scholars grown as readers over the last month? Do you have any readers who are not reading at Level Z? If so, create a plan to target those scholars during the independent reading portions of each lesson. Additionally, you must enlist parents to help get scholars over this hump!
Scholars must read at home, as well as in school. Do you have 100% of your kids reading nightly at home? Make sure at-home reading is happening, and meet with families who are falling short to recommit them to this team effort.
Do you have 100% of your scholars reading fluently? Using all of the tools at their disposal to figure out the meaning of what they are reading?
Do you have 100% of your scholars doing their literacy homework? You must insist that 100% of scholars are completing their homework nightly.
Going into the next unit, make specific reading goals for yourself. Set a percentage goal for how many children you will move. Set a goal for children who are not reading at home. Who will you get to consistently read at home? Set a goal for moving any scholars stuck below Level Z. Why are they stuck? Do they read fluently? Do they understand what they’re reading? Do they understand the big idea? How will you partner with parents to support their growth?
If you are having trouble meeting your goals, do not wait until you have NOT succeeded. Consult your colleagues. Consult your leaders. ASK FOR HELP so you can meet your goals!
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