Literacy vocabulary
What is the main character in a story called?
The protagonist
This hard skin that develops on your hands and feet that help protect them.
Callous
What are the three reasons that Kii Yazhi is sent to Indian Boarding School?
To lean English, to learn White man's law and to learn about the White man.
What was Kii Yazhi name changed to on the first day?
Ned Begay
What is the name of the tribe of Indians that Ned belongs to?
The Navajo
What is the person or thing that fights with the protagonist called?
The antagonist
This is what happens when you step on the gas in your car and go forward quickly.
lurch
What are three things that they take from Kii Yazhi on the first day of school?
His hair, his clothing and jewerly and his name.
Why does Ned want to do well in school?
He wants to be a teacher so he can teach other Navajo children with respect.
What language do the Navajo's speak?
Navajo
What is the time and place of the story called?
Setting
This is a word used to describe people that have been forced out of thier homland.
How does the boarding school try to assimilate the Indian kids into White culture?
They take thier clothing and jewerly, cut thier hair, teach them English and give them White names.
Does need feel like he is losing his Navajo culture while in boarding school, explain your answer.
No, he does feel like he is losing his culture but gaining another.
What was the punishment for speaking Navajo in school?
Mouth washed out with soap.
This is a guess based on evidence.
An inference
This is a word that describes refusing to do something or rebelling against something.
Defiant.
What are two reasons that Ned likes high school better than his earlier school?
The teaching is better and he is much closer to home.
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What was the sneak attack that entered the US into the war with the Japanese?
The attack on Pearl Harbor
What are problems in a story called?
Coflict
This is a what happens to someone as they adapt to a new culture or rules.
Assimilate
What is the name of the service that Ned wants to join when he is 16?
The Marines
Why are seveal reasons that Ned wants to be a Marine?
He likes the uniform, he is impressed by Staff Sargeant Frank Simms, he believes they are the best and he has two Navajo friends that joined the Marines.
What was the ceremony called to protect Ned from when he went into combat?
The Blessingway