Sherman Alexie Webquest

Sherman Alexie Webquest

Your Name: Jack Clark

1. Using online resources, research Sherman Alexie.

Find at least 3 sites that are about Alexie, or that reference Alexie’s works.

1. Cite Name: Wikipedia Web Address:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Ranger_and_Tonto_Fistfight_in_Heaven

2. Cite Name: Fallspart Web Address: http://www.fallsapart.com/biography.html

3. Cite Name: Blogcritics Web Address: http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-flight-by-sherman-alexie/page-2/

2. In your own words, describe at least three characteristics of Sherman Alexie:

a. Determined

b. Inspired

c. Funny

3. List at least 3 books/articles written by Alexie, and provide a 1-2 sentence summary of what each is about:

1.  “Flight” by Sherman Alexie

Zits is a fifteen-year-old half-Irish half-Indian on his twentieth foster home. He has been living in foster homes ever since his dad left him and his mom died of breast cancer, and ever since he has been going back and forth between juvenile hall and foster homes.

2.  “Poverty of Mirrors” By Sherman Alexie

This poem is about his struggle of having nothing and the only thing you can rely on is alcohol.

3.  “Names” by Sherman Alexie

This poem is about how Sherman Alexie never got a name because his mother never received one from the “wind”. I think she never thought of one because the anxiety she had over her husband leaving.

Based on what you’ve learned about Sherman Alexie, create a Wordle of what you think his book The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian will be about (in other words, type all of the words that come to mind when you think about what his book could contain - what kinds of themes, characters, etc). Embed the wordle in your wiki page.

Funny

Sad

Stereotypes

Anger

Drinking