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Navajo Code Talkers
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JournalStarted on: Completed on:
Can people from different cultures help
each other? How?
Plan Your ScheduleMy group members are:
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We plan to read Navajo Code Talkers and meet on these dates:
Sections Date We Will Finish Reading Date We Will Discuss
1: Pages 4–15
2: Pages 16–31
3: Pages 32–44
Our Exchange meeting will be on this date: .
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Prepare to Read
Think About What You Know
Code talkers sent and received messages for the U.S. military during World War II. What do you think these soldiers were like? What do you think they had to know to do this?
Preview and Predict
• Look at the front cover.
• Read the book summary on the back cover.
• Read The Exchange question on the title page.
1. This book is nonfi ction. Give two reasons that tell how you know.
2. Page through the book. What do you notice? What will the book be mostly about?
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Use a Reading Strategy
Use a Main Idea and Details Chart
As you read Navajo Code Talkers, use the Main Idea and Details Chart to show how the code talkers helped the United States win World War II.
Main Idea on Pages 4–15
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Detail Detail
Main Idea on Pages 16–31
Detail Detail
Main Idea on Pages 32–44
Detail Detail
Section 1: Pages 4–15
Respond to Pages 4 – 15
Main Idea and Details Chart
Write the main idea of what you read on your Chart on Journal Page 4. Then write two details about that main idea.
Think It Over
Think about what you have read so far, and write the answers to these questions.
1. Personal Response The Marine Corps doubted Philip Johnston’s idea. But he convinced them that it was good. Tell about an idea you had that people doubted. How did you convince them that it was good?
2. Fact and Opinion Philip Johnston asked Major James E. Jones to use Navajo as a code. Reread what Johnston explained on page 13. Which statements are facts and which are opinions?
3. Make Predictions The Marines needed to fi nd Navajos to create the secret code. Will it be diffi cult to fi nd Navajos to join the Marines? What might happen if not enough Navajos join?
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Section 2: Pages 16–31
Respond to Pages 16 –31
Main Idea and Details Chart
What was the main idea of pages 16–31? Write it on your Chart on Journal Page 4. Then add details that support the main idea.
Think It Over
Think about what you have read so far, and write the answers to these questions.
1. Personal Response Use the Sample of the Navajo Dictionary on page 26 to write your name. What do the letters of your name mean in Navajo? Now write a message to another student who is reading Navajo Code Talkers. Can you read his or her secret message?
2. Confi rm Predictions What was your prediction? Was it diffi cult for the Marines to fi nd Navajos who were willing to join the Marines? Write what happened.
3. Sequence Reread pages 24–29. What did the code talkers do at Camp Elliott before they went to fi ght in World War II?
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Section 3: Pages 32–44
Respond to Pages 32 – 44
Main Idea and Details Chart
Finish your Main Idea and Details Chart on Journal Page 4 by fi lling it in with information from pages 32–44.
Think It Over
Think about what you have read so far, and write the answers to these questions.
1. Personal Response The Navajo code talkers did not receive awards until many years after the war. Do you know of any person who deserves an award or medal of some kind? What did they do, and what is a good way to honor them?
2. Narrator’s Point of View The person who narrated this book was not a Navajo code talker. How can you tell? How might the story be different if a Navajo code talker told it?
3. Fact and Opinion Reread pages 39–41. Which statements are facts and which are opinions?
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