Curriculum / ELA / 7th Grade / Unit 8: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2020) / Lesson 8
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Write a persuasive essay on the debate over Indian mascots by focusing on the American Indian community’s objections to their use and the defense of mascot use within the world of sports.
Website: Indian Mascots, Symbols, and Names in Sports: A Brief History of the Controversy
Article: “Fighting Sioux vs. Fighting Irish”
Website: Ending the Era of Harmful "Indian" Mascots by National Congress of American Indians
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After watching a short video and reading an article, write a persuasive argument demonstrating whether or not schools should be able to use Indian mascots.
Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
After viewing the six different sports mascots, ask:
Suggestions for teachers to help them teach this lesson
For this lesson, compile images of the professional sports team mascots that reference Native Americans to provide to your students.
W.7.1 — Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Lesson 7
Lesson 9
Explain how alcoholism and poverty affect the Native American community according to a nonfiction article.
RI.7.3
Identify the humorous, matter-of-fact tone in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and what it reveals about Junior’s identity.
Annotate a narrative text looking for character, setting and tension while also using abbreviations and summaries in the margins.
RL.7.10 RL.7.4
Identify and analyze Junior’s tone when he finds his mother’s name in his textbook.
RL.7.4
Identify and analyze the theme of hope.
Identify the meaning of text features (italics and dashes).
L.7.3 RL.7.2
Analyze how the author contrasts Rowdy’s and Junior’s perspectives to develop the theme of hope in the text.
Practice the habits of discussion in class.
RL.7.2 RL.7.6 SL.7.1
Writing
Compare and contrast how Rowdy and Junior cope with the theme of hopelessness.
W.7.2
Explain how the author uses internal conflict to reveal Junior’s emotions.
Explain how Sherman Alexie uses juxtaposition to characterize Junior.
RL.7.3
Writing – 2 days
W.7.1
Analyze how other characters influence Junior’s perception of himself.
RL.7.3 RL.7.6
Analyze Gordy’s influence on Junior’s perspective.
RL.7.6
Analyze how Junior’s point of view changes in this passage.
Explain why first person point of view is an effective storytelling device.
Explain how the author develops Junior’s character when he pretends to be middle class.
Determine the central idea of the article, “Does Class Still Matter?”
RI.7.2
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.
Explain the tension that Gordy describes between being an individual and being a part of a community.
L.7.4 RL.7.1
Determine how the author builds the mood.
Analyze how the game shows Junior's negotiation between his old and new identity.
RL.7.4 RL.7.6
Compare and contrast the challenges Junior faces as a Native American with those of Jeremy Lin as an Asian American.
Analyze Junior’s tone as he remembers his grandmother.
Analyze how the author develops the mood through sentence structure and diction (word choice).
Explain how the author captures the rising tension at the basketball game.
RL.7.5
Analyze how the author builds suspense at the basketball game.
Identify and analyze hyperboles.
Debate whether it is possible to be yourself and part of a group—even if you don’t identify with parts of that group.
RL.7.4 SL.7.1
Explain why Junior’s reconciliation with Rowdy is the resolution of the novel and what this reveals about the text’s theme.
RL.7.2 RL.7.5
Review
Review literary devices and vocabulary from the unit.
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