M2 Lesson 4

M2 Lesson 4

Code Talker, pages 215–217, 8–10

The winning class from yesterday is.......

MS. EDWARDS CLASS WITH 14 STUDENTS!

• Ms. Smith- 9 students

• Ms. Espinosa Ordiway- 8 students

• Ms. Vail- 7 students

• Who will win today?

Learning Goals:

Identify and arrange influential events in Navajo history based on the Code Talker Author’s Note. (RI.7.3)

✓ Create a timeline of key historical events. 

Identify key aspects of an informational paragraph. (W.7.2.a)

✓ Annotate a paragraph, identifying the purpose of each sentence. 

Open Ended

What have you learned so far from Code Talker about Navajo culture?

Todays lesson...

we will discover more information about the Navajos and their history so that they can better understand the significance of the events in the life of Kii Yázhí.

Code Talker is based on actual events and that Joseph Bruchac included an Author’s Note at the end of the novel to explain some of the facts behind those events in more detail.

We will look at this today!

Annotate means?

Annotating means

someone usually highlights or underlines key pieces of text and making notes in the margins of the text.

As students listen to me read aloud the portion of the Author’s Note devoted to the Navajos, you should follow along, annotating the text as follows:

• * to mark important ideas about the Navajos’ history or culture.

• ! to note interesting details.

• ? to show places in the text where they have questions, wonders, or confusion.

You can create this OR use the one from GC today.

Open Ended

What did you learn about Navajo history in this section?

What I learned was

• When the Spanish came to the SouthWest it upset and disrupted the peace and balance of the Navajo people.

• The Spanish called it raiding when the Navajo people refused to be enslaved.

• The Navajo thought the US were setting them free but they sent other people to enslave them.

Open Ended

If you were a Navajo native, how would you feel? or what would you do if this happened to you?

We will use the Author’s Note to make a timeline of key events in Navajo history.

Grab a piece of paper and a pencil.

Open Ended

What events can we include on our timeline?

Now as a class let's finish the timeline of events...

Why is the organization of ideas in a paragraph important?

How does the organization of this paragraph help the reader understand what has happened to the Navajo people since the 1860s?

ToS Topic Statement

E Evidence

E Elaboration

C Concluding Statement

Open Ended

✓Explain how you were able to understand the paragraph using the Body Paragraph structure.

ToS Topic Statement

E Evidence

E Elaboration

C Concluding Statement