Vocabulary
Raul’s garden looked __________ , as if it had been hit by a violent storm.
What is battered?
Anaitza's paper became ____________ after she put it in her backpack without her folder.
What is creased?
What did the Navajo name aircraft after?
What is birds?
Why did the Navajos have to wear a blindfold when they were learning about radios?
What is so they could fix them at night without any light to work by?
Simple subject or compound subject?
Simple predicate or compound predicate?
Two police officers spoke with our class today about vehicle safety.
What is simple subject and simple predicate?
After years of use, the sofa __________ and looked faded.
What is sagged?
The town celebrated when a whole __________ of soldiers returned from the war
What is platoon?
Why did John's grandfather have to eat soap while at the government boarding school?
What is he spoke his language, Navajo?
What made the Navajo language perfect for making into a secret code?
What is it had never been written down?
Hattie arranged dried flowers, leaves, and sticks in a vase.
What is simple subject and simple predicate?
volunteered to join the military
What is enlisted?
The new army __________ spent their first days learning exercises and commands.
What is recruits?
Why did the Navajo have to memorize the code?
What is so the Japanese wouldn't discover and decode important information?
Why do you think the government made it a law that Navajo children would have to go to a government boarding school?
What is to get them to be less like Navajos and more like other Americans?
Jamal and David raced to the corner and back.
a message that is sent from one radio to another
What is transmission?
After the antenna was fixed, the station was __________ their music at full power.
What is broadcasting?
Why did the Navajo choose words from nature?
What is so they would be easy to remember under fire?
How is John affected by hearing his grandfather's story?
What is he was inspired by his language and his heritage?
AND/OR
What is he was less afraid of moving because he was proud of his language and his heritage?
Neil and his dad raked the yard and put the leaves in bags.
What is compound subject and compound predicate?
group that sent important information without the enemy knowing what was being said
What are code talkers?
Shelby could barely hear the __________ scratching of her dog at the door.
What is faint?
John and grandpa both have to leave where they lived. How are their experiences alike and how are they different?
What is
Their experiences are alike because both of them are children when they leave and neither of them has a choice about leaving. Neither of them wants to leave home. They both have to go to school. They both have their language and heritage to keep them tied to their home. They will both come back to visit over the summer.
Their experiences are different because Grandpa was forced by the government to leave while John is leaving because his mom and step-dad are moving to Minnesota. John is going to school, but Grandpa had to live at a boarding school. At Grandpa's school, they cut his hair and made him eat soap for talking in Navajo. Whereas, John will live at home and be allowed to speak his language. Finally, John has his Grandpa to guide and comfort him.
What was the top-secret mission in the story?
What is during WWII, the Americans wanted the Navajo to develop a secret code to use in radio transmissions that the Japanese could not figure out?
The pilot carefully steered the plane toward the runway and landed safely.
What is compound predicate?