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 -...
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...
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...
The school that banned TATDoaPI is exceptional Some (few) schools are that ultra-conservative. There aren't hoards of book terrorists running rampant...
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 ...
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...
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...
Hey Chris- These look great. Being the English teacher I knew there were some juicy math activities to be had with True Diary--but needed someone like you to...
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Thanks for the questions. They look great. Susan A. Garr Chicago Teachers' Center 773-370-0725 "Let us put our minds together, and see what life we will make...
I am a high school librarian, but I also teach the young adult literature for librarians course at our local university. My high school's modern lit. class...
Hi all, I am student teaching at an urban school in Connecticut, and am in the process of creating a unit for The True Diary. This post is regarding ideas on...
... process of creating a unit for The True Diary. ... using Google Earth to give the kids a street view of their own school here in CT, then zoom off and away...
I was lucky enough to have this book bought for my students (thank you donor's choose!) and am about to start teaching it. Does anyone have any experience,...
Will, Have you heard of the site Donorschoose.org ? It is amazing. I work at a NYC public school and have now gotten two class sets of books donated. It may...
Sasha I'm teaching it right now to one gen ed class and one 50/50 inclusion class. The text is amazing, funny, exciting, and relevant for my kids. I will...
Nick, You may just be a lifesaver. The history portion is what intimidates me the most! I'm teaching a self-contained class at a public art HS in NYC, so...
Sasha I posted the stuff... make sure if you use that worksheet exactly that your kids don't limit themselves to only the resources provided but also use...
I got confused about which story you were teaching. I am teaching TATDofPTI. You should still be able to use a lot of stuff with that worksheet. I've read...
What about The Absolutely True Diary? Is anyone using it in class? I couldn't put it down. Life on the rez is world away from life here in Iceland, but then...
I am working with three teachers who are using it with their kids. One is doing a read aloud for 8th graders and doing a lot of journal writing. Kids are...
I am currently teaching it to 9th graders. We've done a lot of quickwrites (students pretend to be one of the characters and respond to a situation in the...
Hi Anna,  My name is Teresa and I am also teaching the novel to 9th graders. I like you methods, can you give me a little more detail on their writing...
Hi I'm still only at the planning stage, but I'm thinking in terms of looking at differences and similarities. How so so different Arnold's background is from...
I have assigned portions of the novel to my students as homework + vacation take-home packets, etc. One thing I did was to have students : -Draw connections...
make sure to check out the files we have all uploaded to our yahoo group.  There are many good writing assignments in the mix. Susan A. Garr Chicago...
I am using it in small group tutoring. My students are Indian students living on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and so they really love the book and can...
Our entire 9th grade class is going to read the book during advisory. A small committee is gathering to plan the thinking work for students which will be...
I used a text that I ordered from ncte. In a chapter about this novel, I found 2 or 3 good assignments that I adapted. Email me and I'll send them by...
be sure to check out the files included in this group. Â there are some great lessons and ideas to use. Susan A. Garr Chicago Teachers' Center 773-370-0725...
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