Code Talker Reading Group - Week 5

Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Week 5: Read Chapters 20-25 (pages 141-182)


Vocabulary:

scythe (144)
propaganda (144)
shrapnel (145)
pulverized (147)
reef (149)
unsettling (150)
bluffs (150)
skirmishing (154)
devouring (161)
insubordination (171)
pillbox (174)
harass (174)


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 map from our week 1 assignment, locate and neatly label the Marianas Islands, Guam, and Iwo Jima.

3. Who were the Chamorros, and why had Ned “wanted to weep for them? (paragraph)

4. Explain what the kamikazes were, and where the name came from. (paragraph)

Homestudy - Week of 1/10

Reading:
Week 4 assignment, due Thursday 1/13

Spelling:
Study Suffragist words, quiz Friday 1/14

Math 4 & 5:
Study Math Facts daily, 4th grade quiz Wed & Fri, 5th grade quiz daily

Math 4:
Head's Up, Week 14, due Tues 1/18

Math 5:
Finish Daily Work
chapter review, pp. 196-197 odd, due Thurs 1/13


**Drivers needed for field trip, Friday, January 28.

Spelling Words - Women's Suffrage

4th & 5th Grades:

suffrage
amendment
petition
enfranchise
ratification
abolish
Constitution (U.S.)
delegate
ballot
picket


Challenge Words:

signature
suffragist
expedient
civilization
attempt
controversial
democracy
triumphant
procession
citizen

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)

Homestudy - Week of 1/3

Reading:
Week 3 assignment, due Thursday 1/6
Make corrections for week 2, due Friday 1/7

Spelling:
Study Week 11 words, quiz Friday 1/7

Math 4 & 5:
Study Math Facts daily, 4th grade quiz Wed, 5th grade quiz daily

Math 4:
Head's Up, Week 14, due Mon 1/10

Math 5:
Finish Daily Work, Math's Mate

Spelling Words - Week 11

Fourth Grade:

servant
adverb
expert
serpent
versus
discard
informal
endorse
absorb
orphan


Fifth Grade:

respect
delight
decrease
submerge
predict
perspire
inspect
indirect
exhaust
explain


Challenge Words:

acquittal
bachelor
basilica
distraught
confetti
paprika
monotonous
suspiciously
valedictorian
miscellaneous

Code Talker Reading Group - Week 3

Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Week 3: Read Chapters 12-15 (pages 76-104)


Vocabulary:

bayonets (79)
nicked (80)
disposition (81)
amphibious (85)
paradise (85)
scuttlebut (86)
stalked (89)
torpedoes (89)
embarkation (89)
perimeter (92)
strafing (92)
slain (96)
terrain (98)
maneuvers (98)
tranquil (103)

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 map from our week 1 assignment, locate and neatly label San Diego and the Solomon Islands.

3. According to Ned Begay, the narrator, why did no Navajo ever rise above corporal? (2 to 3 sentences)

4. Why, according to Ned, was “deep water” associated with danger for Navajos, and children always warned to stay away. Why do you think the Navajos might find “deep water” frightening? (3 to 4 sentences)

5. Why did the Navajos do so well on the training maneuvers held in Hawaii? (3 to 4 sentences)