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In Sherman Alexie's novel Indian Education, the protagonist describes his life at school. In the Second Grade, the protagonist discusses the problems he encounters with his mean teacher who tells him that her God will never forgive him for his bad behavior. The text states, "Once, she gave the class a spelling test but set me aside and gave me a test designed for junior high students." Overall, Alexie illustrates the main character's struggle with his mean teacher of Indian education by showing how she is mean to him by giving him harder tests than everyone else.

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In Sherman Alexie's novel Indian Education, the protagonist describes his life through elementary school through a series of vignettes. Each vignette describes a different grade level. In the First Grade, the protagonist discusses the problems he encounters with bullies; someone bullies him and eventually he fights back and compares himself to a Native American warrior. The text states, "And I chanted It's a good day to die, it's a good day to die, all the way down to the principal's office (Alexie 1). Overall, Alexie illustrates the two worlds of a Native American of Indian education by describing his personal struggles with bullying in comparison to the Western structure of education.

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Some American Indians prefer the term American Indian over Native American for specific reasons. Lakota activist Russell Means has noted that “the American Indian is the only ethnic group in the United States with the American before our ethnicity” and prefers to use that term because he knows its origins.

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An Indian reservation is a legal designation for an area of land managed by a federally recognized Native American tribe under the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs rather than the state governments of the United States in which they are physically located.

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a voucher issued by the government to those on low income, exchangeable for food.

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After reading your assigned vignette (grade-level), write a small paragraph of 3-4 sentences about what you learned about the protagonist's life in Indian education.

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In Sherman Alexie's novel Indian Education, the protagonist describes ________________.

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In the _____ grade, the protagonist discusses the problems he encounters with ____________.

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the main character

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a brief description, account, or episode - a description that is like a snapshot

Memorization tip: think of the vignette filter on Instagram - it is like a snapshot

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a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.

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a comparison NOT using "like," "as," or "than"

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a comparison NOT using "like," "as," or "than"

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describing something in detail so that the reader can visualize it

Memorization tip - it is like describing an IMAGE

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Sherman Alexie is the Native American author of the novel Indian Education. In this novel, he primarily utilizes the style of vignettes, which is a style of writing that utilizes imagery, metaphors, and similes to evoke various snapshots of the protagonist's  life.

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Here is a video by Washington post about school systems on Reservations

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the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.

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a severe headache or other after effects caused by drinking an excess of alcohol.

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a student, typically having the highest academic achievements of the class, who delivers the valedictory at a graduation ceremony.

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a brave or experienced soldier or fighter.

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The text states, "_____________," which tells the reader _______________ (Alexie pg#).

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Overall, Alexie illustrates the _________________ of Indian education by _______________.