https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya en-us 2021-04-08 14:24:43 UTC 2021-05-20 17:19:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396467551  "He grows into a man who often speaks of his childhood in the third-person, as if it will somehow dull the pain and make him sound more modest about his talents." ]]> 2021-04-08 15:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396467551 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396474710  We were Indian children who were expected to be stupid. Most lived up to those expectations inside the classroom but subverted them on the outside. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396474710 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396477354 2021-04-08 15:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396477354 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396479229 Meah ]]> 2021-04-08 15:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396479229 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396480523 The author is trying to make people understand how difficult it was to be an Indian. The author is also trying to make people realize that just because they are expected to act a different way they can be their own person and be just as successful. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396480523 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396480999 the purpose of the story was how an indian became a really smart man and broke the steryotype of indians being stupid.]]> 2021-04-08 15:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396480999 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396482893 As a kid he was alot smarted than the other indian children]]> 2021-04-08 15:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396482893 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396483484 the purpose of the piece is too explain how one specific Indian child refused to comply to societies standards and wanted everyone to know that he wasn't dumb, and spent his entire childhood reading as much as he could in order to prove everyone wrong. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396483484 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396484058 2021-04-08 15:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396484058 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396484458 He tells his background and what he has accomplished to gain the readers respect.]]> 2021-04-08 15:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396484458 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396484989 The purpose of this piece is to tell how one Indian boy had taught himself to read at a very young age and it shows that he doesn't always follow that common standards of the stereotype, that everyone including, non Indians and Indians alike, wanted him to follow. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396484989 chulafichm https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396485356 "I learned to read with a Superman comic book." This is pathos b/c it wants you to to think that a comic started his reading. To make the reader more interested ]]> 2021-04-08 15:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396485356 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396485462 2021-04-08 15:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396485462 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396485549 Connor N.]]> 2021-04-08 15:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396485549 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396485841 2021-04-08 15:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396485841 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396486104  "I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky. I read books late into the night, until I could barely keep my eyes open. I read books at recess, then during lunch, and in the few minutes left after I had finished my classroom assignments." This shows people reading that he is so devoted to reading and learning and getting better in ways normal kids have a hard time doing. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396486104 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396488699 He tells how many are defeated before they even try and I think that many people can relate to that.]]> 2021-04-08 15:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396488699 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396488863 the man is teaching kids how to write poetry and stories because he is a writter.]]> 2021-04-08 15:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396488863 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396490001 He is a very good reader and understands ready and he shows this by talking about how he reads all the time and about how he is a writer now ]]> 2021-04-08 15:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396490001 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396490121 The authors purpose of this essay is to inform the reader how important literature is in life and he informs the readers on his view of inequality ]]> 2021-04-08 15:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396490121 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396490124 Connor N.]]> 2021-04-08 15:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396490124 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396490165 KAsey]]> 2021-04-08 15:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396490165 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396492807 the man saying how when he was first learning to read, he was acting it out and having fun with it.]]> 2021-04-08 15:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396492807 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396493366 A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and
non-Indians alike.]]> 2021-04-08 15:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396493366 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396494242 They refuse and resist. "Books," I say to them. "Books," I say. I throw
my weight against their locked doors. The door holds. I am smart. I am arrogant. I am
lucky. I am trying to save our lives. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396494242 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396495468 The author wants kids to become more involved in reading and he shares about he got himself to that point]]> 2021-04-08 15:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396495468 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396496064 2021-04-08 15:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396496064 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396496818 Connor N.]]> 2021-04-08 15:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396496818 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396497646 to tell people how he got to love books and how he gets to help others find their love of books. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396497646 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396497755 To show that the other could read and enjoyed reading. Unlike most Indians that were considered dumb and illiterate the author enjoyed reading. Every chance they got they read. It didn't matter if it was a book a owners Manuel or a cereal box they would read it.]]> 2021-04-08 15:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396497755 chulafichm https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396498856 "What I can remember is this: I was 3 years old, a Spokane
Indian boy living with his family on the Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern Washington state." It has what age and where he is living and make the reader trust him.]]> 2021-04-08 15:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396498856 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396499825 Connor N.]]> 2021-04-08 15:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396499825 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396501136 The author wants to help younger kids and teach them more about reading.]]> 2021-04-08 15:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396501136 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396502228 Despite all the books I read, I am still surprised I became a writer. I was going to
be a pediatrician. These days, I write novels, short stories, and poems. I visit schools
and teach creative writing to Indian kids.]]> 2021-04-08 15:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396502228 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396502440 They look at me with bright eyes and arrogant
wonder. They are trying to save their lives. Then there are the sullen and already
defeated Indian kids who sit in the back rows and ignore me with theatrical precision.
The pages of their notebooks are empty. They carry neither pencil nor pen. They stare
out the window. They refuse and resist. "Books," I say to them. "Books," I say. I throw
my weight against their locked doors. The door holds. I am smart. I am arrogant. I am
lucky. I am trying to save our lives. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396502440 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396505886 "I read with equal parts joy and
desperation." This is pathos because he is trying to persuade him self that this is the reason for living.]]> 2021-04-08 15:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396505886 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396505923 "I still remember the exact moment when I first understood, with a sudden clarity, the purpose of a paragraph." ]]> 2021-04-08 15:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396505923 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396506793 He talks about how many people are shut down before they even read and that happens to a lot of people throughout there life with different things.]]> 2021-04-08 15:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396506793 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396506832 We were
Indian children who were expected to be stupid.]]> 2021-04-08 15:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396506832 chulafichm https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396507691 A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike.]]> 2021-04-08 15:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396507691 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396508065 I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396508065 chulafichm https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396509975 It to show that the Indian is shown that people think that Indians are not smart and when they are, that they are dangerous. The writer is reading book of all of his life]]> 2021-04-08 15:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396509975 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396511687 "Now, using this logic, I can see my changed family as an essay of seven paragraphs: mother, father,
older brother, the deceased sister, my younger twin sisters and our adopted little brother"]]> 2021-04-08 15:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396511687 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396513248 2021-04-08 15:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396513248 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396513827 Meah ]]> 2021-04-08 15:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396513827 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396514573 "This might be an interesting story all by itself. A little Indian boy teaches himself to read at an early age and advances quickly" The author realizes he himself is a story unheard by most.]]> 2021-04-08 15:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396514573 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396515334 The purpose of this piece is to show how important education is to children.]]> 2021-04-08 15:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396515334 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396515396 "These days, I write novels, short stories, and poems. I visit schools and teach creative writing to Indian kids."
This quote shows that he knows what he is talking about as he has been all over teaching children, and has been a writer for many years. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396515396 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396516448 "I loved those books, but I also knew that love had only one purpose. I was trying to save my life." ]]> 2021-04-08 15:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396516448 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396517748 kasey]]> 2021-04-08 15:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396517748 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396519607 When he talks about how in school "They wanted me to stay
quiet when the non-Indian teacher asked for answers, for volunteers, for help. We were
Indian children who were expected to be stupid."]]> 2021-04-08 15:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396519607 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396524363 A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and
non-Indians alike. I fought with my classmates on a daily basis. They wanted me to stay
quiet when the non-Indian teacher asked for answers, for volunteers, for help. We were
Indian children who were expected to be stupid.]]> 2021-04-08 15:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396524363 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396524577 Meah ]]> 2021-04-08 15:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396524577 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396526191 2021-04-08 15:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396526191 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396527802 2021-04-08 15:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396527802 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396528581 . As
Indian children, we were expected to fail in the non-Indian world. Those who failed were
ceremonially accepted by other Indians and appropriately pitied by non-Indians. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396528581 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396529957 Meah ]]> 2021-04-08 15:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396529957 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396533724 "Despite all the books I read, I am still surprised I became a writer." This is ethos because he became a writer and novelist so he knows the importance of education for children. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396533724 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396543889 "I am trying to save our lives." This is the most impactful line in the piece because he is trying to make every Native Americans' lives better. ]]> 2021-04-08 15:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396543889 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396893166 To talk about the father and the boys love for books.]]> 2021-04-08 17:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396893166 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396912020 I had a brother and three sisters. We lived on a combination of
irregular paychecks, hope, fear and government surplus food. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396912020 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396917270 My father loved books, and since I loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well.]]> 2021-04-08 17:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396917270 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396922686 A little Indian boy teaches himself
to read at an early age and advances quickly. He reads "Grapes of Wrath" in
kindergarten when other children are struggling through "🤬 and Jane." ]]> 2021-04-08 17:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396922686 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396928655 The purpose is for the author to explain his love of books and why he loves books so much. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396928655 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396930656 "I'm trying to save our lives"]]> 2021-04-08 17:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396930656 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396930971 the purpose of the piece is to show that even tho you are "expected" to do something you dont have to]]> 2021-04-08 17:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396930971 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396931784 In all my years in the reservation school system, I was never taught how to write poetry, short stories or novels.]]> 2021-04-08 17:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396931784 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396931871 Because it talks about how the father reads a lot and buys his books by the pound.]]> 2021-04-08 17:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396931871 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396932061 This piece is to describe what growing up was like for Sherman Alexie, being in a poor household, and learning to read from it. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396932061 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396932075 How they we poor but living on the reservation they were considered middle class. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396932075 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396932096 2021-04-08 17:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396932096 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396932532 The purpose of this piece is to show how he became a writer and all the struggles that he went through at a young age. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396932532 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396932651 When the boy learns to read from the superman book.]]> 2021-04-08 17:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396932651 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396933320 My father loved books, and since I
loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well.]]> 2021-04-08 17:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396933320 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396934555  mary kate ]]> 2021-04-08 17:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396934555 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396935022 "I learned to read with a Superman comic book." ]]> 2021-04-08 17:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396935022 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396936889 Help the readers understand that no matter what people say, tell you, or expect you to do, you can do what you want, one can be as grand, brave, smart as one wants to be, just with a lot of extra work. Anyone can do anything if they put their mind and heart to it. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396936889 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396937015 "I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky."]]> 2021-04-08 17:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396937015 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396937332 I can remember picking up my father's books before I could read. The words
themselves were mostly foreign, but I still remember the exact moment when I first
understood, with a sudden clarity, the purpose of a paragraph. I didn't have the
vocabulary to say "paragraph,"]]> 2021-04-08 17:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396937332 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396938664 The purpose of this piece is to show how he faced his life and loving to read. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396938664 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396938914 The purpose of this piece is to show that the writer gets to tell his story and teach other kids just like him his story.]]> 2021-04-08 17:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396938914 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396939231 To talk about how a kid and his father loves reading book. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396939231 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396939587 It shows credentials by talking about his dad and how he buys a lot of books. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396939587 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396939684 2021-04-08 17:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396939684 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396939856 When they were talking about how poor they were. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396939856 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396939905 The purpose of this piece is to tell how Sherman Alexie got involved in the book and writing world when all of his peers were trying to steer clear of being smart in a non-indian school. He explains how he is trying to help the younger generation of himself at non-indian schools and teaching the indian students to not be afraid to show their smarts to their surroundings because they can be succesfull in life with their smarts. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396939905 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396940109 The last 5 sentences about saying how he is smart and lucky and "trying to save our lives" ]]> 2021-04-08 17:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396940109 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396940173 2021-04-08 17:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396940173 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396940422 Brianna H
Create an emotional reaction for the reader. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396940422 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396940730 mary kate ]]> 2021-04-08 17:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396940730 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396941423 the purpose of this piece is him explaining how much he loves reading]]> 2021-04-08 17:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396941423 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396942907 Despite all the books I read, I am still surprised I became a writer. I was going to
be a pediatrician. These days, I write novels, short stories, and poems. I visit schools
and teach creative writing to Indian kids. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396942907 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396943001 Despite all the books I read, I am still surprised I became a writer. I was going to be a pediatrician]]> 2021-04-08 17:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396943001 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396943142 The purpose is to show that anyone can do anything at anytime of their life. It shows to always try your hardest and never give up.]]> 2021-04-08 17:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396943142 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396943579 2021-04-08 17:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396943579 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396944084 They submissively ducked their heads when confronted by a non-Indian adult but would slug it out with the Indian bully who was 10 years older. As Indian children, we were expected to fail in the non-Indian world. Those who failed were ceremonially accepted by other Indians and appropriately pitied by non-Indians.]]> 2021-04-08 17:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396944084 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396944333 We lived on a combination of
irregular paychecks, hope, fear and government surplus food]]> 2021-04-08 17:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396944333 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396944563 I didn't have the
vocabulary to say "paragraph," but I realized that a paragraph was a fence that held
words]]> 2021-04-08 17:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396944563 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396944813 The Purpose of this piece is inform people that you can take something that is your fathers, that he loved doing and you can turn it into something for yourself. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396944813 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396945164 "These days, I write novels, short stories, and poems."]]> 2021-04-08 17:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396945164 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396945308 i think that the most impactful line from the piece is that even though meny told him to give up he still continued with his dream]]> 2021-04-08 17:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396945308 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396945392 "My father loved books, and since I
loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well."]]> 2021-04-08 17:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396945392 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396946437 2021-04-08 17:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396946437 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396946525 "I read with equal parts joy and desperation. I loved those books, but I also knew that love had only one purpose. I was trying to save my life. "]]> 2021-04-08 17:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396946525 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396946693 "I loved those books, but I also knew that love had only one purpose. I was trying to save my life. "]]> 2021-04-08 17:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396946693 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396947134 He
grows into a man who often speaks of his childhood in the third-person, as if it will somehow dull the pain and make him sound more modest about his talents. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396947134 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396947137 i refused to fail. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396947137 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396947746 And when he talks about how his dad had to buy books by the pound because he read so much.]]> 2021-04-08 17:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396947746 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396947870 We lived on a combination of
irregular paychecks, hope, fear and government surplus food. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396947870 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396950149 2021-04-08 17:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396950149 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396950194 mary kate ]]> 2021-04-08 17:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396950194 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396951519 2021-04-08 17:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396951519 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396951818 "I didn't have the
vocabulary to say "paragraph," but I realized that a paragraph was a fence that held
words. The words inside a paragraph worked together for a common purpose. They had
some specific reason for being inside the same fence. This knowledge delighted me."]]> 2021-04-08 17:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396951818 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396952140 a Spokane
Indian boy living with his family on the Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern
Washington state. We were poor by most standards, but one of my parents usually
managed to find some minimum-wage job or another, which made us middle-class by
reservation standards]]> 2021-04-08 17:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396952140 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396953211 he is a writer ]]> 2021-04-08 17:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396953211 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396954294 The purpose of this piece is to teach people to never give up and you can do anything if you put your mind to it.]]> 2021-04-08 17:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396954294 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396954440 We were
Indian children who were expected to be stupid. Most lived up to those expectations
inside the classroom but subverted them on the outside. They struggled with basic
reading in school but could remember how to sing a few dozen powwow songs. They
were monosyllabic in front of their non-Indian teachers but could tell complicated s]]> 2021-04-08 17:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396954440 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396955086 Brianna H
"Books," I say to them. "Books," I say. I throw my weight against their locked doors. The door holds. I am smart. I am arrogant. I am lucky. I am trying to save our lives. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396955086 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396955405 2021-04-08 17:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396955405 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396956267 im a smart indian ]]> 2021-04-08 17:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396956267 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396960267 ? I visit the schools as often as possible. The Indian kids crowd the classroom.
Many are writing their own poems, short stories and novels. They have read my books.
They have read many other books. They look at me with bright eyes and arrogant
wonder. They are trying to save their lives]]> 2021-04-08 17:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396960267 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396962918 I am smart. I am arrogant. I am lucky. I am trying to save our lives]]> 2021-04-08 17:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396962918 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396964320 Brianna H
These days, I write novels, short stories, and poems. I visit schools and teach creative writing to Indian kids. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396964320 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396965891 Brianna H 
I loved those books, but I also knew that love had only one purpose. I was
trying to save my life. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396965891 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396968853 mary kate ]]> 2021-04-08 17:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396968853 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396971967 2021-04-08 17:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396971967 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396974541 2021-04-08 17:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396974541 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396982728 We were poor by most standards, but one of my parents usually
managed to find some minimum-wage job or another, which made us middle-class by
reservation standards.]]> 2021-04-08 17:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396982728 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396982813 But he is an Indian boy living on the reservation and is simply an oddity.]]> 2021-04-08 17:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396982813 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396983360 If he'd been anything but an Indian boy living on the reservation, he might have been called a prodigy.]]> 2021-04-08 17:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396983360 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396983718 We lived on a combination of
irregular paychecks, hope, fear and government surplus food. ]]> 2021-04-08 17:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396983718 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396985810 "I am trying to save our lives."]]> 2021-04-08 17:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396985810 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396987773 "A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and
non-Indians alike."]]> 2021-04-08 17:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1396987773 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1397007322 My family's house was a paragraph, distinct from the
other paragraphs of the LeBrets to the north, the Fords to our south and the Tribal
School to the west.]]> 2021-04-08 17:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1397007322 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1400233631 "I loved those books, but I also knew that love had only one purpose. I was
trying to save my life."

]]> 2021-04-09 14:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1400233631 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1407633996 . "I read books late into
the night, until I could barely keep my eyes open"]]> 2021-04-12 14:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1407633996 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1407654203 As
Indian children, we were expected to fail in the non-Indian world. Those who failed were
ceremonially accepted by other Indians and appropriately pitied by non-Indians.]]> 2021-04-12 14:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1407654203 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1407661348 Despite all the books I read, I am still surprised I became a writer. I was going to
be a pediatrician. These days, I write novels, short stories, and poems. I visit schools
and teach creative writing to Indian kids]]> 2021-04-12 14:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1407661348 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1407876120 This articles purpose was to tell the people that not just one person can have some struggles and that people can have many different struggles. ]]> 2021-04-12 15:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1407876120 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1408066157 "My father loved books, and since I
loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well." The author loves there father and decided to read books also. this probably helped them bond better and could talk about books together.]]> 2021-04-12 15:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1408066157 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1408079086 "I loved those books, but I also knew that love had only one purpose. I was trying to save my life." The author was trying to save his life from being like the rest of the Indians live on the reservation and make very little money.]]> 2021-04-12 16:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1408079086 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1411954818 The purpose of this piece is to influence others on how he started and that even if other people are judging you don't give up. He shows that through the tough times of people saying things to him he wanted to be the best he could be. ]]> 2021-04-13 13:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1411954818 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1411964686 If you read a couple pages a day you will become smarter which can lead to more opportunities for you in the feature. This will open up your option's in life. ]]> 2021-04-13 13:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1411964686 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1411972311 If you don't start now it will be too late when you finally realize that it will help. ]]> 2021-04-13 13:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1411972311 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1411975708 "We were poor by most standards, but one of my parents managed to find some minimum-wage job or another..." this is very impacting because it is spoken at the beginning of the passage and he talks about how they struggled and didn't have a lot. By the end of this passage he is helping others and doing things for schools that he didn't get. This is inspiring because he started by not having much of anything but he didn't let that get to him so he could influence others some day. ]]> 2021-04-13 13:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1411975708 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413557800 "My father loved books, and since I
loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well."
This is an example of Pathos because it tells us a heart warming reason a boy learned to read. ]]> 2021-04-13 18:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413557800 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413560934 '' We lived on a combination of
irregular paychecks, hope, fear and government surplus food. "]]> 2021-04-13 18:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413560934 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413567442 ''These days, I write novels, short stories, and poems. I visit schools
and teach creative writing to Indian kids.'']]> 2021-04-13 18:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413567442 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413567816 These days, I wright novels, short stories, and poems. I visit schools and teach creative writing to Indian kids.]]> 2021-04-13 18:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413567816 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413580886 The main purpose of this piece is to break the convention of Indian people being dumb and unable to succeed in a modern world, and how you can become whatever you want to be, regardless of what people consider you to be.]]> 2021-04-13 19:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413580886 koestlern https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413581328 The purpose of this piece is to inform others on Sherman Alexie's childhood, and the importance of reading.]]> 2021-04-13 19:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413581328 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413582274 The purpose of this piece is to simply explain his life story, and why he decided to write. He wanted to save his and other little Indians lives, and he wrote what made him ultimately do such a thing, reading.]]> 2021-04-13 19:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413582274 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413583310 - Maximos]]> 2021-04-13 19:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413583310 wolfc10 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413586098 He is telling us about the steps he took to learn how to read at a young age and how learning that made him a lot brighter for his age. ]]> 2021-04-13 19:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413586098 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413586301 "I am smart. I am arrogant. I am lucky. I am trying to save our lives."

]]> 2021-04-13 19:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413586301 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413587969 "I read books at recess, then during
lunch, and in the few minutes left after I had finished my classroom assignments" - He reads a lot]]> 2021-04-13 19:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413587969 koestlern https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413588000 "These days, I write novels, short stories, and poems. I visit schools
and teach creative writing to Indian kids."]]> 2021-04-13 19:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413588000 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413588054 2021-04-13 19:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413588054 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413588659 We were poor by most standards, but one of my parents usually managed to find some minimum-wage job or another.]]> 2021-04-13 19:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413588659 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413590252 Despite all the books I read, I am still surprised I became a writer. I was going to
be a pediatrician. These days, I write novels, short stories, and poems. I visit schools
and teach creative writing to Indian kids.]]> 2021-04-13 19:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413590252 koestlern https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413592193 "I fought with my classmates on a daily basis. They wanted me to stay quiet when the non-Indian teacher asked for answers, for volunteers, for help"]]> 2021-04-13 19:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413592193 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413592829 "These days, I write novels, short stories, and poems. I visit schools and teach creative writing to Indian kids. "
This is an example of Ethos because the author is telling us his credentials. ]]> 2021-04-13 19:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413592829 koestlern https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413594525 "If he'd been anything but an Indian boy living on the reservation, he might have been called a prodigy. But he is an Indian boy living on the reservation and is simply an oddity."]]> 2021-04-13 19:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413594525 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413596740 "They refuse and resist. "Books," I say to them. "Books," I say. I throw
my weight against their locked doors. The door holds. I am smart. I am arrogant. I am
lucky. I am trying to save our lives. " - It may be the last line, but it is supposed to grab the reader's attention with emotion.]]> 2021-04-13 19:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413596740 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413597411 The purpose is to show that no matter where you come from, what ethnicity you are or how much money you have that you can find something that you love and cherish and you can grow that thing you love by all the things around you. ]]> 2021-04-13 19:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413597411 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413599375 As Indian children, we were expected to fail in the non-Indian world. Those who failed were
ceremonially accepted by other Indians and appropriately pitied by non-Indians. ]]> 2021-04-13 19:05:05 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413599375 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413600380 "A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and
non-Indians alike." - This line doesn't seem like much, but it explains that he wasn't afraid to go away from what is counted as "normal" because he wanted to be smart, and he loved reading and no one was going to stop him.]]> 2021-04-13 19:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413600380 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413600740 They refuse and resist. "Books," I say to them. "Books," I say. I throw
my weight against their locked doors. The door holds. I am smart. I am arrogant. I am lucky. I am trying to save our lives. ]]> 2021-04-13 19:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413600740 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413602256 The purpose of this piece is to show readers that no matter where you come from, he can stand up for yourself, and do anything you put your mind to. ]]> 2021-04-13 19:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413602256 wolfc10 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413603970 Despite all the books I read, I am still surprised I became a writer. I was going to
be a pediatrician. These days, I write novels, short stories, and poems. I visit schools
and teach creative writing to Indian kids]]> 2021-04-13 19:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413603970 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413604690 ''I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky.'']]> 2021-04-13 19:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413604690 wolfc10 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413608757 He reads "Grapes of Wrath" in kindergarten when other children are struggling through "🤬 and Jane." If he'd been anything but an Indian boy living on the reservation, he might have been called a prodigy. But he is an Indian boy living on the reservation and is simply an oddity]]> 2021-04-13 19:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413608757 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413614916 2021-04-13 19:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413614916 wolfc10 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413618366 "I read with equal parts joy and desperation. I loved those books, but I also knew that love had only one purpose. I was trying to save my life. "]]> 2021-04-13 19:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413618366 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413619776 As Indian children, we were expected to fail in the non-Indian world. Those who failed were ceremonially accepted by other Indians and appropriately pitied by non-Indians. I refused to fail. ]]> 2021-04-13 19:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413619776 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413658222 - Maximos]]> 2021-04-13 19:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413658222 https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413687426 - Maximos]]> 2021-04-13 19:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/chiefaria/55b1e0o8bf6zbuya/wish/1413687426