Code Talker Reading Group - Week 2

Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Week 2: Read Chapters 7-11 (pages 38-75)


Vocabulary:

livestock (38)
reduction (38)
enlist (39)
sanction (40)
fluent (40)
influential (46)
recruits (47)
crag (47)
platoon (48)
dismissive (48)
calisthenics (61)
floundered (63)
reputation (69)
furloughs (69)

Questions:

1. Choose 2 vocabulary words and look up their definitions in a dictionary. Find the definition that most closely matches how each word is used in the book. Copy the definitions into your journal, and underline the word. Identify which dictionary you used. Write sentences for each word that shows you know what it means. Underline the vocabulary word in each sentence.

2. Briefly describe the Blessingway ceremony. Why was it performed for Ned Begay? (3 to 4 sentences)

3. Describe the experience at boot camp. Why did the Navajos seem to have an easier time than many of the whites at boot camp? (3 to 4 sentences)

4. Why was the Navajo language chosen for creating a new kind of code? (2 to 3 sentences)