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Does anyone have any fun discussion questions for the chapter "Every little Hurricane" from Alexie's "Lone Ranger"?...
e.watterson
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Sep 15, 2008
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I do not, but am working on reading questions for Part Time Indian which I will be offering to my students for the first time this fall. I'm happy to share...
kathleen white
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Sep 16, 2008
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Kathleen,   I have not taught that particular story from Lone Ranger, but I think I have some discussion questions from another story from that book. I'll...
Carmen Watson
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Sep 17, 2008
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Have any of you read this novel yet, and perhaps considered teaching it? elh....
cacalouise
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Sep 17, 2008
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I teach 9th grade on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. I taught Absolutely True Diary to my classes last year and they LOVED it. I have some...
annieswims05
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Sep 17, 2008
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Hello! I saw your email on the Alexie lyserv and would love to collaborate. I teach in Bemidji, Minnesota. I don't teach all Native students, but 30 percent of...
erica harmsen
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Sep 17, 2008
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Anne, I would LOVE to collaborate with you. I work in Hudson, Ohio. We are whiter than Wonder bread and the kids need some more experiences. I am planning...
kathleen white
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Sep 17, 2008
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I'm an English teacher in Montana currently teaching the above mentioned Alexie novel, and my students are loving it. I have plenty of discussion questions...
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Sep 24, 2008
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I had my students draw some of their own cartoons-- cartoons of teachers, best friends, reasons they miss school, how they get to school, etc. They liked it...
Anne Schwalbe
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Sep 24, 2008
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Hi, I"m about to start a unit on This is what it means to say Phoenix, AZ and Smoke Signals in a junior/senior lit into film class. I was wondering if anyone...
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Oct 6, 2008
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... and would love to share (swap) files with you. I developed a unit and shared it with my teachers---and now they are all out there working to develop their...
Susan A. Garr
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Oct 27, 2008
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... a pretty awesome collection of stuff to use with students. Journal prompts, discussion questions, List ideas, drawing, Sketch to stretch ideas, essay...
Susan A. Garr
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Oct 27, 2008
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I have just started teaching this book in a high school classroom and would love if anyone would be willing to share their files. I don't have a lot to offer,...
Amy Lynn
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Nov 8, 2008
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I will start on Monday and would love any suggestions/files. I teach high school reading. Renee Thompson **************AOL Search: Your one stop for...
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Nov 8, 2008
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I have some stuff I will try and organize.  If we upload them to a file at this yahoo group we will have them at our finger tips forever.  What a great...
Susan A. Garr
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Nov 8, 2008
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the teaching_alexie group. File : /PTI...
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In a message dated 11/7/2008 11:58:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, areskasusana@... writes: have some stuff I will try and organize. If we upload them to...
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Thank you! ... about main characters - we filled it in after page 44 and left the chracters we didn't get to blank. ... 20Chart.doc ... ...
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Nov 9, 2008
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This looks great.   Susan A. Garr Chicago Teachers' Center 773-370-0725 "Let us put our minds together, and see what life we will make for our...
Susan A. Garr
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Nov 9, 2008
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... I just uploaded files that I used for a journal/book of lists the kids created while reading the novel-Absolutely True Diary. They are basically fun...
Susan A. Garr
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Nov 9, 2008
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Thanks for sharing your files. I uploaded a reading guide and a final writing project. I only assigned the writing project on Friday, but none of the kids...
kathleen white
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Nov 10, 2008
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Thank you to everyone who uploaded files! This is a great resource and many of the ideas I can already see how I can also use them with other books!! Amy...
Amy Lynn
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Nov 10, 2008
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Kathleen- Your ideas are fabulous. I did think about the family tree thing and the scrapbook--but didn't go anywhere with it. Love the CD/album idea very...
Susan A. Garr
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Nov 10, 2008
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Hi, all, I'm the "group owner," on Sherman's behalf, of the Teaching Alexie group I will check in occasionally to see how things are going - ask for feedback -...
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Dec 13, 2008
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I read the article about the Part-Time Indian being banned from the school in Oregon and while I am not surprised, I am really annoyed that such fascist-type...
Carmen Watson
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Dec 14, 2008
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Again--out there in the northwest--the banned book terrorists have struck again claiming the graphic details in Alexie's novel, Absolutely True Diary are too...
Susan A. Garr
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Dec 15, 2008
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The school that banned TATDoaPI is exceptional  Some (few) schools are that ultra-conservative.  There aren't hoards of book terrorists running rampant...
Patricia Edmondson
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Dec 15, 2008
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I read the article.  Mr. Moss broke copyright law when he took an author's work to a photocopier.  Moss photocopied some of the more graphic pages and took ...
Patricia Edmondson
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Dec 15, 2008
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Josh Westbrook said this on another list: "Kids are living stories every day that we would not let them read."   Isn't it sad that a book that is rather...
T. Seidel
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Dec 16, 2008
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Hey All, I just uploaded some of the essay questions, journal prompts and activities I created 5 years ago for my High School Lit class in college. I didn't...
Christopher Morth
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