Welcome!

1. Welcome! • Warm-Up: Remember this line from Tuesday’s reading: ‘Every white person on this rez should get smashed in the face. But, let me tell you this. All the Indians should get smashed in the face, too.’ (p. 40). What do you think this means? Do you agree with it? Why or why not? Describe the situation for life on the rez. • Discuss learning targets and 4 corners from yesterday. • Continue reading Part-Time Indian • Discuss as we go. Answer questions in your composition notebook after each chapter. • Wrap-up: Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

2. Go Means Go • How do Junior’s parents react to his decision to change schools? What does this show about them?

3. Rowdy Sings the Blues • How are sporting results used to compare the two schools? Why is it significant that Rowdy performed well at most competitions? • How does Rowdy react to Junior’s decision to move schools? Why does he react in this way? • How does Rowdy disguise his pain?

4. How to Fight Monsters • Why is Junior deemed to have betrayed his tribe? • Describe the cartoon on page 57. What does this symbolise about Junior’s insecurities? • How does the confusion over Junior’s names demonstrate his change in culture? • How do the students react to Junior at Reardan? • How could Junior have reacted to being called names? • How does the fight illustrate the differences in social codes? • ‘Maybe I was telling the world I was no longer a moving target.’ How is this a significant moment for Junior?

5. Grandmother Gives Me Some Advice • ‘I realized how much of my self-worth, my sense of safety, was based on Rowdy’s fists.’ How does Junior learn to stand up for himself? • What is Junior’s grandmother’s advice?

6. Tears of a Clown • What does Junior’s story about Dawn illustrate to the reader?