Unit 3 Lesson 1--The Unbreakable Code-Comprehension

Which of these sentences about John's grandfather is true?

• He wanted to go to Minnesota with his daughter and grandson.

• He spoke Navajo at boarding school even though he got punished.

• He did not want to leave school and join the Marines.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9A

How do you know which statement is a true fact about John's grandfatgher?

• "But Navajo was my language and Navajo I would never forget."

• "Hiking in the desert of California with a heavy pack was no worse than hauling water in the canyon in midsummer."

• "I didn't know where I was going or what our special mission was."

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

WHERE does this story begin?

• in Minnesota

• on a Marine boot camp

• government boarding school

• on the farm of John's grandfather

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CCSS.RL.4.3

Why did the Navajos have to wear a blindfold when they were learning about radios?

• so no one would turn in the radio by accident

• so no one could see how the radios worked

• so they could fix them at night without light

• so they could work without speaking in English

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

Why didn't Grandfather tell John about the fighting?

• The memories made him too sad.

• It happened too long ago.

• He wanted John to read about the war.

• The canyon was too noisy.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

What was unusual about the Navajo language?

• it sounded just like the Japanese langauge.

• It had never been written down.

• It can be spoken very quietly.

• It was so musical that it confuse the Japanese.

Match the following

• Where the Navajo reservation is located

• Our Mother

• The Navajo Language

• Unbreakable Code

• Where the flag was raised on Iwo Jima

• Four Sacred Mountains

• America

• Mount Suribachi

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CCSS.RL.4.9

What was the top-secret mission in the selection?

• to take apart the radio at night.

• to develop a secret code the Japanese could not figure out.

• to climb up and down the mountain with water jugs.

• to capture Japanese soldiers and make them develop a code.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

What was the effect on John after hearing Grandfather's story?

• He was not afraid of moving anymore.

• He wanted to join the military like his grandfather.

• He decided to stay with his grandfather.

• He decided to go to boarding school like his grandfather.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

Why did John's grandfather have to go to a government boarding school?

• because his parents did not want him around.

• because his grandfather kept getting in trouble

• because the government wanted the Navajos to be more like Americans.

• because there were no other school around.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.W.4.9A