Wednesday, September 30, 2015

September 30th, 2015 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!

Questions based on the text: The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by: Sherman Alexie


Level#1


A) Why does Junior say he belongs to the "Black-Eye-of-the-Month-Club?







B) A rectangular piece of paper is 11 inches long and 8.5 inches wide. Find the perimeter of the piece of paper. (Hint: draw a diagram of the piece of paper with the measurements)








Level#2

A) Junior say he belongs to the "Black-Eye-of-the-Month-Club". Try to explain what you think he means by this. (Hint: How do people usually get a black eye?)








B) An equilateral triangle has sides that measure 8 inches in length. What is the perimeter of this triangle?








Level#3

A) Junior says he belongs to the "Black-Eye-of-the-Month-Club". How do you think Junior gets a black eye every month?







B) A triangle has three sides that are all 3 inches long. What is the perimeter of this triangle? (Hint: remember that perimeter means to add all the numbers together!)









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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

September 29th The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!

Questions based on the text: The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by: Sherman Alexie


Level#1


A) Name the two speech problems that Junior has as a result of his brain damage when he was an infant.








B) When we find the perimeter of a shape we are measuring what part of the shape and how do we calculate our answer?








Level#2


A) Junior has two speech problems as a result of his brain damage when he was an infant. Try to name both of them if you can.








B) Perimeter is the measure of what part of a shape?








Level#3


A) Junior has two speech problems as a result of his brain damage when he was an infant. Try to remember one or both and list them below.







B) What tool do we use to measure the perimeter of a shape?








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Monday, September 28, 2015

September 28th, 2015 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian


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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!

Questions based on the text: The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by: Sherman Alexie


Level#1

A) Junior has brain damage when he is a child caused by having too much cerebral spinal fluid inside his skull. As a result of this damage, what did it cause him to have twice a week or more, that he says further damaged his brain?







B) What do we call the measurement of the outside distance around a shape, what do we use to measure it, and how is this measurement calculated or found?





Level#2

A) Junior has brain damage when he is a child caused by having too much cerebral spinal fluid inside his skull. What problem does he have that causes him to further damage his brain?
(Hint: He was having them twice a week or more)




B) What do we call the measurement of the outside distance around a shape?





Level#3

A) Because of Junior having brain damage he has problems. List as many of these problems that you can remember from the reading.





B) What do we use to measure the outside of rectangles and triangles?





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Thursday, September 24, 2015

September 25th, 2015 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!

Questions based on the text: The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by: Sherman Alexie


Level#1


A) We have been learning about different types of triangles. Name the type of triangle where all sides are of equal length and all angles are of the same amount of degrees.





B) Junior has a number of physical problems as a result of having been born with too much cerebral spinal fluid inside his skull. This also causes his head to be misshapen. How does Junior describe what his head looked like as a result?





Level#2


A) We have been learning about different types of triangles. What is the name of the triangle whose sides are all the same length?






B) Junior has some physical problems that were caused by having been born with too much cerebral spinal fluid inside his skull. He also in some ways looks weird. how does he describe the size of his head when he is little?






Level#3

A) Junior says that he was born with too much water inside his head. Because of this does he say that his head is too small or too big?



B) We learned about a triangle that has all three sides that are the same length. If a triangle has two sides that are 3 inches long, how long will the other side be?







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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

September 22nd, 2015 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!

Questions based on the text: The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by: Sherman Alexie


Level#1


A) Junior talks about how he looked when he was younger. He says, "I'd turn sideways and disappear." Why does he describe himself in such a way?







B) What type of triangle has three different length sides and three angles that are all different degrees?






Level#2 

A) Junior describes himself when he is younger as being very skinny. He says, "with my big feet and pencil body, I looked like a capital ------ walking down the road." What capital letter does he say he looked like?






B) Name the triangle that has three different length sides.






Level#3

A) Junior says that when he was younger, when he would walk down the road he looked like a capital letter "L". Is he saying that he was fat or skinny when he was younger?





B) Name the triangle that has a right angle.





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Monday, September 21, 2015

September 21st, 2015 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!

Questions based on the text: The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by: Sherman Alexie


Level#1


      A) As a result of his brain damage Junior has problems with his eyesight. Explain what is going on with each of his eyes with regard to his vision and why he needs to wear glasses.




      B) We are learning about triangles. What type of triangle has 2 sides that are the same length and the other side a different length?

(Hint: it may be helpful to draw this type of triangle so you can identify it!)





Level#2

 A) As a result of his brain damage Junior has problems with his eyesight. Explain why he needs to wear glasses.




     B) What type of triangle has an angle that measures 90 degrees?


         

        

     Level#3

        A)  Junior’s eyes are not very good. What does he wear to help him see better?




      B) Triangles have 3 sides. How many angles do they have?




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Friday, September 18, 2015

September 18th, 2015 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!

Questions based on the text: The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by: Sherman Alexie


Level#1

A) As a result of his brain damage Junior has problems with his eyesight. Explain what is going on with each of his eyes with regard to his vision and why he needs to wear glasses.







B) We are learning about triangles. What kind of triangle has a 90 degree angle? What kind of triangle has sides that are all equal in length? What kind of triangle has two sides that are equal in length and one side that is of a different length?







Level#2

A) As a result of his brain damage Junior has problems with his eyesight. Explain why he needs to wear glasses.




B) We are learning about triangles. What kind of triangle has a 90 degree angle? What kind of triangle has sides that are all equal in length?





Level#3

A) Junior has brain damage and his eyes are not very good. What does he need to help him see?




B) We are learning about triangles. How many angles does a triangle have?





Parent Signature: __________________________________

Thursday, September 17, 2015

September 17th, 2015 The Absolutely True Dairy of a Part-Time Indian

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!

Questions based on the text: The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by: Sherman Alexie

Level#1


        A) As a result of Junior’s brain damage he has a problem with his mouth. What is the problem and what does he have done to correct it?





          B) We learned about equilateral triangles. Explain and or define what is necessary for a triangle to be labeled as being equilateral.
(Hint: you may choose to give or use the definition to help with your answer).







Level#2

 A)   As a result of his brain damage Junior ends up with a problem with his mouth. What is his problem?









   
     B)   How many sides and angles does an equilateral triangle have?






Level#3

 A)   Junior ends up with too many teeth in his mouth. What does the dentist do to fix his mouth?




B) How many sides does a triangle have?





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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

September 16th, 2015 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!

Questions based on the text: The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by: Sherman Alexie

Level#1


A) Junior describes the operation he needs to have when he is 6 months old to save his life. Based on his explanation, what exactly did the doctors do to remove the “water” on his brain?



B) Most rectangles have two sets of equal length sides. How is a square different?




Level#2


      A) When Junior is 6 months old he has surgery to remove the extra water he says he has on his brain. He explains that the doctors cut open his little skull to do this. What does he say the doctors used to remove the extra water?






     B) How many sets of equal sides does a rectangle have?
         


      



     Level#3

      A)   When Junior is 6 months old he has surgery on his head. What do the doctors suck out to try to save Junior’s life?



     B)   How many sides does a square have?


     



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Friday, September 11, 2015

September 11th, 2015 The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!

Questions based on the text: The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by: Sherman Alexie

Level#1

A) How old was Junior when he had the surgery on his skull and what did the doctors do to try to make him better?





B) What is the difference between parallel lines and perpendicular lines?





Level#2

A) When Junior was six months old he had surgery to take extra water out of his head. What does he say that should have happened to him from the surgery?






B) Explain what parallel lines are. (Hint: you can use the definition to help with your explanation).






Level#3

A) When Junior is 6 months old what does he have done to him to make him better?





B) How many sides does a triangle have?






Parent Signature: ______________________________________