Your Challenge: Analyze the short story, Adventures of an American Indian Princess by Patricia Rapier to determine the characters

perspectives and the theme. Explain your thinking in writing.

American Identity Unit Part 1: Summative Exam!

Friday Directions! Answer each question by completing the sentence stems. When answering each question, be sure to complete each part of the C.E.R. paragraph.!

1. What is the Rapier familys perspective on what it means to be an American Indian? ! Claim The Rapier familys perspective on what it means to be an American Indian is! In the text, it says!

Evidence 1

! ! ! ! ! !

Interpretation

This means!

Reasoning

This supports ________________________________________ (insert your claim here) because!

Evidence 2

The text also states!

! ! !

Interpretation

This shows that!

Reasoning

This supports ________________________________________ (insert your claim here) because!

2. What is Arlettas perspective on what it means to be an American Indian?! Claim Arlettas perspective on what it means to be an American Indian is!

! ! ! ! !

Evidence 1

In the text, it says!

Interpretation

This means!

Reasoning

This supports ________________________________________ (insert your claim here) because!

Evidence 2

The text also states!

! !

Interpretation

This shows that!

Reasoning

This supports ________________________________________ (insert your claim here) because!

3. How did the di"erence between Arlettas perspective and the Rapiers perspective create conict in the story? Describe two specic conicts in this story, and explain how these conicts developed because of the di!erence between Arlettas perspective and the Rapiers perspective.!

Claim

The difference between Arlettas and the Rapiers perspective created conict in the story because!

!
Evidence 1

One conict between the two perspectives in the story !

! ! ! ! ! !

Interpretation

This conict developed because (what was Arlettas perspective, what was the Rapiers perspective?)!

Reasoning

! ! !

This supports ________________________________________ (insert your claim here) because!

Evidence 2

Another conict between the two perspectives in the story !

! ! ! ! ! ! !

Interpretation

This conict developed because (what was Arlettas perspective, what was the Rapiers perspective?)!

Reasoning

This supports ________________________________________ (insert your claim here) because!

! ! !

4. Based on your analysis of the conicts in this story, write a theme statement that captures the message, truth, or understanding that this story communicates about identity.