Tasks: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Comprehension

1. What is a cartoonist?
2. Why does Junior wish that he was magical?
3. Who is Oscar?
4. What has happened to him?
5. Why is Oscar so important to Junior?
6. How does Junior know that his mother is lying?
7. Why do you think she was lying?
8. What impression do you get of Junior? Is he a good story  teller? Explain why/why not.
9. Why do you think the novel is written as a diary?
10. Why do you think Junior calls himself a part-time Indian?

Writing

1. What do you think will happen to Oscar and Junior? Continue the story.
2. Write a story called “Why…....... means so much to me.”
3. Write an article/story called “Hunger is not the worst thing about being poor”
4. “We Indians really should be better liars, considering how often we’ve been lied to.” What does Junior mean? Write an article or make a presentation using PowerPoint or Photo Story.

Discuss/Analyze

Watch the book trailer on The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian. Does the book trailer convince you to read the book? Why/why not?