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What do we know about our main character of the novel so far? Draw your own
character sketch with a written description of why/what you drew:

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Draw and label a picture describing:

An example
from page 12
in the novel

Who You Will Be

When Someone
Pays Attention to
Your Dreams

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What stereotypes come to mind when you think of Native Americans? Where do
these stereotypes come from? Use the cartoon below to spark your thinking:

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Respond to the following quote from page 13. Be sure to make connections to what
we have been reading in class and outside the text as well:
It sucks to be poor, and it sucks to feel that you somehow deserve to be
poor. You start believing that youre poor because youre stupid and ugly. And then
you start believing that youre stupid and ugly because youre Indian. And because
youre Indian you start believing youre destined to be poor. Its an ugly circle and
theres nothing you can do about it.
Poverty doesnt give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance.
No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.
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From Chapter: Rowdy Sings the Blues
Why was Rowdy actually upset that Junior was leaving to go to Reardan? Has there
been a time when a friend has left you? How did you feel? How did your relationship
change? (If not, describe how you think both Rowdy and Junior felt in this part of the
novel).
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From Chapter: How to Fight Monsters (see page 61-62 for example in text)
List several unofficial and unwritten rules of our school or neighborhood:

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Reread the letter from Juniors sister on pages 133-134. Write back a letter to Mary
from the perspective of Junior.

Dear Mary,

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Junior frequently discusses his admiration for his grandmother. What was he
especially proud of in his grandmother?
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Think of someone you admire greatly and pick their best quality. Draw/tell
me about them and that quality below:

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How has Junior changed since we first met him at the beginning of the novel?
(Please provide page numbers for text-based evidence to support your answer!)
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After reading and annotating excerpts from Vine Delorias Indian Humor, discuss
what you learned and connections you can make between the article and the novel
we are reading:
What you learned/noticed in the excerpt:

Connections between the two texts:

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RAFT Pre-writing journal entry #1:
Your assigned role: ____________________________
Answer the following question for tonights journal entry: What part does your
character play in the novel so far and what makes them different from other
characters in the story?

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List important page numbers and brainstorm more ideas here:

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RAFT Pre-writing journal entry #2:
Your assigned audience: ____________________________
Answer the following question for tonights journal entry: What are some things to
keep in mind about your audience as you prepare to write to them?
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RAFT Pre-writing journal entry #3:
Your assigned format: ____________________________
List all the important elements of the format you will be writing in:

Write 2 questions you still have about this format of writing (to receive full credit
you must write 2!)

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RAFT Pre-writing journal entry #4:
Your assigned topic: _______________________________________________________
Brainstorm and research in your novel (and outside sources if you want!) everything
you know about your topic. Be sure to give page numbers/list your source!
Page number
and source:

Notes about assigned topic:

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Free Journal Night Choice A:
Design a comic book page that discusses what happened in the section we read
today in class:

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Free Journal Night Choice B:

Discuss through an illustration and caption (at least 3 sentences) what happened
in the section we read today in class:

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Free Journal Night Choice C:

Free Write Discuss what we read in class today in a journal entry. Build
connections to your life, other texts, the outside world, or previous sections in the
novel:
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