Assignment task: "Indian Horse" Writing Assignment -
Chapters 20-24 Summary
Instructions:
Using the chapter questions below as a guide, summarize what happens in this part of Indian Horse. There is no set format for this writing activity. Except - you must divide your summary into paragraphs, logically based on topic, plot action, etc. Don't just write one long paragraph!
Following the questions below is an example paragraph to get you started. You may use this example in your work if you wish.
You can use following questions to writ the summery.
1. Briefly describe the hockey game between St. Jerome's School and the Falcons.
2. Provide a quotation from Chapter 21 that shows religious prejudice (note the page and paragraph # of your quote).
3. Describe the type and level of education students at St. Jerome's receive.
4. What is the Iron Sister, in the basement of St. Jerome's school? How and why is it used?
5. Explain what is inferred by the passage about the 9-year-old Indigenous girl, Angelique Lynx Leg. What does she say is happening to her, and what is (probably) really happening to her?
6. What does Saul do over the summer when there's no hockey? Why does he work so hard when he doesn't have to?
7. What was the win-lose record of the White River Falcons with Saul on their team? Why didn't he keep playing with them?
8. Why do you think the author would include a description of Falcon's coach, Levi Deiter, crying near the end of Chapter 23?
9. Explain the opportunity Fred Kelly offers Saul.
10. Why do you think Saul is nervous about leaving St. Jerome's if it's as horrible as he's described?