Class-edition pages 133–134. Cite each quotation with the printed page shown beside it—for example, (Alexie 133).
Your aimJunior spends the winter formal pretending he isn't poor. What happens when the truth comes out?
Read and make your own notes. Turn the highlights on when you are ready to compare. Other choices can work when you explain them.
This short chapter builds context for the week’s aim. Its model notes show blue connections.
Printed page 133
Dear Junior,
I am still looking for a job. They keep telling me I don’t have enough experience. But how can I get enough experience if they don’t give me a chance to get experience?1 Oh, well. I have a lot of free time, so I have started to write my life story.2 Really! Isn’t that crazy? I think I’m going to call it HOW TO RUN AWAY FROM YOUR HOUSE AND FIND YOUR HOME.3
Printed page 134
What do you think?
Tell everybody I love them and miss them!
Love, your Big Sis!
P. S. And we moved into a new house. It’s the most gorgeous place in the world!
Illustration on printed page 134
Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian · printed pages 133–134. Parenthetical citations use author and printed page: (Alexie 133).
After reading
What happened?
Mary writes that employers demand experience she cannot gain without being hired. Despite that obstacle, she begins writing her life story and celebrates a new home with her husband.
