ATDPTI Homework for August 18 (Tuesday)

The LAST one!!! I've really enjoyed reading this with you all and hope you too have enjoyed it. For the last homework assignment, go to the Discussion Guide beginning on page 230. Answer ONE of the following questions: 1, 2, 3, 4, or 9.

Visit to SAM Thursday, August 6

http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/visitSAM.asp

We'll join Kris and Karen's CB4 classes for a visit to the Seattle Art Museum on Thursday to view the Pacific Northwest Native American art exhibit. I'll be catching the bus leaving Broadway and Pine at about 11:15. You may meet be there OR at the museum (for directions, go to the link above), where I'll wait in the entrance lobby to give you the worksheet. You will complete the worksheet and give it to me before we leave the museum. The bus ride takes about 15 minutes and I'll plan to leave the museum at 12:25.

REMINDER TO HELEN, TESS & NICOLE: Don't forget to email your questions to me for Monday!

Homework for Monday, August 10

Read pages 179 - 213.

Choose one of the two following sections: pages 186 - 196 or pages 200 - 213.

1. Summarize the section in two paragraphs.


2. Write a two paragraph response/reaction to what you've read. This is your personal opinion about the important things that you read in this passage. Your reaction may include what you think about the characters, why they did what they did, and/or how you feel about what happened.

Homework Revision + Answers to Practice Tests

Check out the homework posting below for a small change in the assignment. You still only need to explain 3 cartoons, but you have some choices.

See last week's blog for answers to Combined Skills Tests 1 and 2. See below for tests 3, 4 and 5.

Combined Skills: Test 3 (p. 532)
1. A 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. B

Combined Skills: Test 4 (p. 534)
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. B

Combined Skills: Test 5 (p. 536)
1. D 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. B 8. C

ATDPTI Homework for August 3

Read pages 135 - 178.

1. Explain THREE of the following cartoons. Who is in the drawings? What does each drawing mean? What does it tell the reader?

pages: 137, 142, 160, 168, 170, 174 (remember you only need to do 3!)

2. Choose any event from these pages and draw a cartoon of that event.

MASCOT WINNERS

The Fighting Salmon!!!

Congratulations to Bum Soo, Min Woo, Julius and Jay J for their first place design. They got five votes so it wasn't just them voting for themselves. :-) Nice work everyone!

Practice Test Answers

HOMEWORK: Review Test 4: page 199 Bring your book to class to discuss.

1. b 2. b 3. d 4. d 5. a 6. a 7. d 8. b 9. a 10. d

OPTIONAL: Combined Skill Tests 1: page 528 These are for practice. Do them if you want.

1. d 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. b 7. b 8. a

Combined Skills Test 2: page 530

1. a 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. d 6. a 7. a 8. d

ATDPTI Homework for July 27

Read pages 99 - 134. Explain the following FIVE quotes, answering: Who said it? What does it mean?



"We should give thanks they didn't kill all of us." (102)

"SHE SOUNDS JUST LIKE MY DAD!" (107)

"Because I want to build something beautiful. Because I want to be remembered." (112)

"Hey, Asshole, I'm sick of Indian guys who treat white women like bowling trophies. get a live." (115)

"If you let people into your life, they can be pretty damn amazing." (129)

ATDPTI Homework for July 20

Read pages 67 - 98

• Introduce three new characters we meet in these chapters. Give a brief description of the following seven characters: Grandmother, Gordy, Eugene. Include answers to the following questions in your descriptions.Who are they? What do you learn about them in the first 31 pages? Why are they important?
  
• Explain the following quotes. Tell WHO says it, WHAT it means, and WHY it's important.
  

"I love my grandmother. She’s the smartest person on the planet." (72)

"Well, buddy,” he would have said, “the first thing you have to do is change the way you look, the way you talk, and the way you walk. And then she’ll think you’re her fricking regular Prince Charming." (81)

“Indian families stick together like Gorilla Glue, the strongest adhesive in the world.” (89)

Powwow at Daybreak Star: July 17 - 19

Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow July 17 - 19
(Grand entry @ 7 PM July 17, hours 4 – 10 PM; Grand entry @ 1 and 7 PM July 18, hours 10 AM – 10 PM; Grand entry @ 1 PM July 19, hours 10 AM – 8 PM)
Competitive dancing and singing, salmon bake, food, arts and crafts vendors
Daybreak Star Cultural Center
3801 W. Government Way, Discovery Park, Seattle, WA 98199
Price: $1.00 - $5.00
Purchase tickets: http://seafair.com, 206-728-0123; http://unitedindians.org

Directions to Daybreak Star Cultural Center
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=s&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-bk-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=goggle%20maps

Bring back a picture of yourself at the Powwow and get 20 points added to your total quiz scores!

ATDPTI* Homework for July 13

*Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

Read pages 32 - 66

1. Summarize ONE chapter, either "Hope Against Hope" or "How to Fight Monsters".
2. Explain the cartoon on page 53. Who is it? Who's he talking to? Why is he saying those things?
3. Explain the following quotes. Tell WHO says it, WHAT it means, and WHY it's important.

• "Yeah, Dad is a drunk and Mom is an ex-drunk, but they don't want their kids to be drunk." (46)
• "The Indians around here are going to be angry with you." (47)

Links for Thursday, July 2 homework

Everyone:
1. Write three interesting things about the Spokane tribe pictures.

http://www.wellpinit.wednet.edu/sal-pictures/pictures.php

2. Go to Google Maps and search for Reardan, Washington. Check out the street views of Reardan. Write a short paragraph about your impressions. (What kind of place is it? What do people do there? Do you want to go there?)

Group 1: Answer 7 questions about Reardan and Wellpinit. (see handout)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Washington
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reardan,_Washington
http://www.spokanetribe.com/page.php?code=reservation

Group 2: Answer 5 questions about Sherman Alexie. (see handout)

http://www.fallsapart.com/

Welcome to CB!

Welcome to CB4!

This blog will have your weekly assignments for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and any links to other assignments. Turn this in on Monday and be prepared to discuss what you read in class.

For Monday, July 6: pages 1 - 31

You will be introduced to many of the most important characters in the book. Give a brief description of the following seven characters: Junior, Rowdy, Junior's mom, Junior's dad, Mary, Mr. P, Oscar.

Include answers to the following questions in your descriptions.
Who are they? What do you learn about them in the first 31 pages? Why are they important?