The absolute true Diary of a part-time Indian

Junior a budding cartoonist who is already beaten up regularly for being a skinny kid with glasses, decides to go to the rich all-white high school miles away. He'll be a target there as well, but maybe he will also get a chance to prove everyone wrong.

In this assignment, you will develop your reading, writing and speaking skills.

We will read or listen to the book in class and at home.

You will answer questions on the book while you read and you will discuss different themes of the book in class.

You will do a small research on The Native Americans in the US.

You will watch clips about Native Americans today and discuss what you learned.

You will be assessed on your oral participation in class and your writing and reading abilities will be assessed by a written assignment when you have finished reading the book.

The written assignment will be on the 31 of March.

Week 10	Week 11	Week  12	Week 13	Week 14
Introduction The Absolute True Diary of a Part-time Indian  Pre-reading activities Start reading Chapter 1-5 and work with questions	Continue reading Chapters 1-5 and work with questions Writing assignment on Digiexam	Start reading Chapters 6-10 and work with questions	Continue reading Chapters 6-10   Writing assignment on Digiexam	Easter holiday
Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week        18	Week         19
Read Chapters 11-15 and write a summary	Read Chapters 16-20 and write a summary	Read Chapters 21-25 and write summary Prepare book discussions	Read Chapters 26-30 Prepare book discussions	Tuesday: book discussion in groups  Wednesday and Thursday Final assignment, a written book reflection

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Assignments in class

Study questions Group discussion Research on Native Americans Film clips on Native Americans Phrases for discussion in English