Vocabulary
Name for the Navajo homeland.
What is Dinetah?
Relative who drives Kii Yazhi/Ned to the boarding school.
Who is his uncle?
Kii Yazhi/Ned's age at the time he left for boarding school.
What is six years old?
Name four elements of an informational paragraph. Bonus 100 points if they are IN ORDER.
Claim/Topic Sentence, Evidence, Evidence, Reasoning, [Conclusion]
Kind of jewelry worn by Kii Yazhi's mom in the first chapter of the book.
What is turquoise and silver?
Means "the white people"
What are bilagaana?
Why is Wolachii (ant) a good nickname for Ned/Kii Yazhi?
What is because he is small but strong
Which country did Kii Yazhi/Ned collect food for while in high school?
What is Japan?
You must always include this to support your claim.
What is evidence/quote from the book?
Most common name given to boys at the boarding school where Kii Yazhi/Ned went.
What is John?
Hello in Navajo. Check Chapter 2.
What is "Yaat'eeh?"
This is the man who performed The Blessingway ceremony for Kii Yazhi/Ned.
Who is Hosteen Mitchell?
The date of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is December 7, 1941
Name at least four ways to begin a conclusion sentence. You MAY NOT use 'in conclusion'.
Finally, in the end, Overall, Lastly...etc.
Teacher at the school who washes students' mouths out with soap when they speak Navajo.
Who is Mr. Reamer?
Protection ceremony held for Kii Yazhi/Ned before he joins the Marines. (Use your table of contents!)
What is The Blessingway?
What made Kii Yazhi/Ned feel "as if he were a sheep about to be sheared?"
What is getting a haircut?
What happened to the marine who left his foxhole at night.
What is he was mistaken for an enemy and killed.
What is proofreading/editing/feedback?
What is "Tradition is the Enemy of Progress?"
Navajo name for the US.
What is Nihima?
The Marine recruiter who comes to recruit Navajos for the Marines.
Who is Johnny Manuelito?
When the whole Navajo tribe was forced to walk hundred's of miles to Fort Sumner. (Author's Note!)
What is The Long Walk?
What is this Quote Missing? "Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon
Quotation mark, comma/period. Author. Page number. Parentheses. Transition.
Word for goodbye in Navajo.