Code Talker – Ch. 8-12
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Presentation Transcript
Chapter 8: “New Recruits” • “… I was not part of the first Navajo platoon, those twenty-nine men who developed out secret code.” • Is this foreshadowing?
More information about those 29 men • The first all-Navajo platoon • “It was as if they had fallen off the face of the earth …”
One of the men returns four months later • His name? • Johnny Manuelito • Others were sent overseas but he stayed as instructor
Figurative language • “… his words reverberated in my mind like drumbeats” • “He looked like an eagle staring down from a high mountain crag …”
“Soon you may be called up to fight by the draft.” • the draft: conscription
Chapter 9: “The Blessingway” • “The Blessingway is done for all that is good. That is its only purpose.”
Who is … • Big Schoolboy • Olta’i’ Tsoh • Frank Mitchell • Hosteen • Hosteen Mitchell • Wóláchíí
Inference • Page 52: Hosteen Mitchell begins to tell a story • “[He] flicked the reins to encourage the hosrse as they pulled us up the hill. When we reached the top, he continued his tale.” • What Navajo values does this show?
How does the family find out when the Blessingway will be? • How long does it last? • Where does it happen? • What happens during Blessingway?
Remember – how did Navajo children show respect in mission school? Think about eye contact • What is an important cultural value for Navajos? Think about Hosteen Mitchell
Important Character: • Georgia Boy
Chapter 11: “Code School” • Based on the title– what will happen in this chapter?
Chapter 12: “Learning the Code” • Based on the title– what will happen in this chapter?
