Reading Assignment #2B

Comment on this post with your thoughts on the following:

What are Arnold's reasons for leaving the reservation?  Can you understand why he chooses to leave? Which reasons do you think are the best reasons to leave?  If you had reasons for leaving the school in your town, what would they be?  

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Due Friday December 13th

Reading Assignment #2A

Choose one of the following and comment on this post with your ideas:  

1)  How did you react when Junior decided to leave the reservation?  Do you think he made the right decision?  Did it seem like he decided kind of quickly?

2) What do you think about the fight "Arnold" (Junior) gets into with Roger?  Did you think Roger's reaction was weird?  Why did Arnold seem confused?  Are there really "rules" of fighting?  

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Due Friday December 13

Reading Assignment #1

After completing your comparison chart, find a quote from pages 1-31 that goes along with one of your comparisons.  Use a quote from the source you are comparing as well.  Comment on this  post with your comparison, your two quotes, and your explanation of how the two are connected.  Be sure to use an in-text citation with your quotes.  

Due Tuesday Dec. 10

Example:  


"Well I hate to argue with a Russian genius, but Tolstoy didn't know Indians.  And he didn't know that all Indian families are unhappy for the same exact reason:  the fricking booze" (Alexi, p. 200) 
--I read ahead....

"With a suspected genetic predisposition toward alcoholism, their addictions were passed on like heirlooms" (Walter, p. 1)


This quote shows similarities between Arnold in the book and the Spokane Indian Tribe news article.  Both talk about American Indians' struggles with alcohol, even to the point where it is like a common trait every family has or that is passed down from one family member to another.    

Post 3: The book begins!

As you read, consider the following, then comment on this post with your numbered thoughts on two of the following four.  You do not have to answer all four questions. 

Chapter 1

1. What happened to Junior when he was born and what was the result of this occurrence?

2. What other problems did Junior have and what was he called?

3. What does he like to do?

4. What are his dreams?

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REPLIES

If you are at a loss for how to reply to someone's comment, try one of these sentence starters:  

This makes me think...
I agree because...
My opinions differs because...
This is interesting to me because...

ALSO:  You can always ask the author a question and see if they write back :)

Post 2: Thanksgiving Thoughts

Read "Thanksgiving"
Then comment on this post about the following:

(be sure to number your responses)

1.  Write one thing you can share about your Thanksgiving experience.  
2.  Write one sentence about how you feel about Thanksgiving.
3.  Write one thing the narrator of the book shares about his Thanksgiving 
      (a quote with page #)
4.  Write one sentence about how the narrator feels about Thanksgiving.  

Due Thurs. Dec. 4th