Code Talker Reading Group - Week 4

Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Week 4: Read Chapters 16-19 (pages 105-140)

Vocabulary:

drawled (105)
reinforcements (107)
evidence (107)
neutralize (107)
sluggish (109)
whetstones (109)
honed (109)
quiver (111)
geyser (115)
ambush (117)
broached (118)
stranded (118)
echelon (118)
wreathed (120)
stealthily (124)
unanimous (136)

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. On the internet, find a map of Bougainville Island. Draw an outline of the island. Locate the area that Ned Begay’s Marine unit landed. Also locate the volcano on the island. Locate this island on the map in your journal.

3. Ned writes of the time on Bougainville Island that “The earth itself seemed displeased at the warfare being waged upon it.” What does he mean by this? (3 to 4 sentences)

4. What was Ned’s friend Smitty’s “other job”? Give an example showing why this was necessary. (3 to 4 sentences)

5. Why did Ned send his dirty clothes back to his parents? (2 to 3 sentences)