February
22
Navajo Code Talkers (Text-dependent Questions) – Shanealei Clemens
| Text-dependent Questions | Evidence-based Answers |
| How was Hawthorne’s knowledge of Navajo helpful to him as a code talker? (Page 91) | Hawthorne lived in the Navajo reservation in new mexico but since he was always talking Navajo language it helped him with the Navajo code. |
| Compare the experiences of the code talkers with Navajo language when they were young, and later when they were in the Marine Corp. (Pages 90-91) | When he was young he was not able to speak Navajo language if he did his mouth would get washed with soap but when he was older he needed the Navajo language to make the code. They spoke the code. |
| Why was the use of difficult codes so important in WW II? (Pages 91-92) | The codes were important because the language was hard to learn and if they did not know the language that they did not know the code because it’s based of the navajo language. |
| Why was Navajo a good language to use for a code? (Pages 93-94) | The navajo language is hard to learn to the then they made |
| How did recruiters find men to become code talkers? What were some of the challenges in implementing this plan? (Pages 94-95) | They made a plan on how to get troops by making a program for the code. They had to find people to do so. |
| Using the code on page 97, how might you write your name in Navajo? |
Klesh,Lin,Wol-la-chee,A-chin,Dzeh, Wol-la-chee,Ah-jad,Dzeh,Tkin Last Name Dzeh,A-chin,Klesh |
| How was the code developed? What special characteristic about Navajo knowledge influenced the words that were chosen? (Pages 96-98) | The code was developed by coders that knew navajo language. The words that they chose represented A – Z Letters they also told us to come up with words for military terms. |
| How did the code talking program change over time? (Page 99) | They first started out with 200 words for the code then they had 600 words at the end. |
| What were some requirements and skills that code talkers had to develop? (Page 99) | They must memorize the code and practice sending and translating codes in 20 seconds. |
| What were some of the challenges of the battlefield? (Pages 100-101) | They had to carry the heavy bulky radios and under intense firepower from the enemies. |
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What happened later after the war to the Navajo code talkers? Explain why the Code Talkers were not recognized for their contributions to the war effort until much later. Explain why they did not get any recognition or thanks after the war. (Pages 102-103) |
The code worked exactly like they planned. They did not tell anyone else till much later. They did not tell what they did. |
| Describe the congressional gold medals given to the code talkers. (Page 103) | The gold medals had a picture of the Navajo code talkers on it. |
| What can we infer about the use of the Navajo language on the medals? (Page 103) | My opinion is that They should have got their medals sooner but they got their medals at least. |
Hi there,
My name is Merry Beau and I am your student blogging challenge mentor. I will be popping in to visit your blog over the course of the challenge and seeing how you are getting on.
I teach children between the ages of 4 and 12 and I am from Ireland. I have two grown up children: one is a midwife and the other hopes to join the Irish army shortly. My hobbies are blogging and gardening. I would on our school website and three school blogs; my own class blog, a Green Schools blog and a history one. Here is a link to our class blog http://merrybeau.edublogs.org/category/student-favourite/
I also love walking our dog. She is a seven year old Japanese Akita and is a very loyal and protective member of our family.
My class and I have done the student blogging challenge in the past.I see you have too. So you will know that if you ‘keep with it’ you will learn a lot. As Ms.W says you can choose from the suggested activities to do what really interests you. That way blogging is such fun. Well done on your awesome avatar and glad to see you have an All About Me page. Don’t forget to update your Student Blogging Challenge Badge to 2017
It would be lovely to hear back from you. Otherwise I feel like I am talking to myself. Part of the fun of blogging is getting to hear from people all over the world. As Miss W. says if you finish your tasks why not visit other student bloggers and leave a comment to say hello.
With every good wish
That’s cool I have a couple of dogs but I don’t know what breed they are.
but how do I update it?
Hello Again from Ireland.
Wishing you a Happy St. Patrick’s Day for Friday 17th March. We here in Ireland have no school on that day and many of the children will be marching in the St.Patrick’s Day parade. Many of them will be marching with a sports club or youth group that they belong to.
Do you belong to any sports or hobby group? When I was your age I belonged to a swimming club and a choir. The children I teach belong to lots of clubs. They seem to do at least as many after school activities as there are working days in the week: activities like theatre group, yoga, rugby, basketball, science club and art. Some children are so busy they have more than one after school activity in a day.
Spring has arrived here in Ireland. We have had a very mild winter, but see on the TV news that Pennsylvania has had some snow recently. I hope it did not cause too much disruption. However, even though the weather is Spring like this week, the weather forecast for St.Patrick’s Day is for light rain and wind.
I am really hoping for a reply from you.It would be fun to get a conversation started. Remember to update your badge so that I know you are doing this year’s challenge.
So long for now, with every good wish, Merry Beau
Hi Shanaelei,
Just as I type this I think what an interesting name you have. It is so unusual. I never heard it before.
I am visiting the blogs of all the students I mentor to check in on their progress. I see that you have an About Me page and are doing a number of the challenges. I also see that you are replying to comments. Great to see that you are on board with the Student Blogging Challenge 2017. If you have time, perhaps you could put up the badge for this year’s blogging challenge. How you do that is on this link https://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/2017/03/07/2017-student-blogging-challenge-badges-are-here/
Keep blogging, With every good wish, Merry Beau
My name is a hawaiian name and thank you for commenting and answering my questions.
Also my last name is only clemens
Hello again Shanaeli,
I hope all is good with you. Thank you for your reply.
Ms.Wyatt has put up a really interesting set of challenges this week on family, culture and your home country. I really look forward to seeing which challenge or challenges you choose and what you write.
You can see what she is suggesting here:
http://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/2017/04/09/week-5-culture-and-family/
You are all doing SO well in Mr.Geiman’s class on the Student Blogging Challenge, that I suggest that you aim to do your VERY best work and if you are REALLY proud of it, that you draw Ms.Wyatt’s attention to it by posting a link to it on this page. She may feature it on the Flipboard magazine or give your work a mention in a post later on in the challenge.
If I see any TRULY wonderful work on your blogs between now and the end of the challenge I plan to pass the link on to Ms.Wyatt also.
NOW. THIS IS IMPORTANT… If you are sending a link to the post you feel you have done really well DON’T sent her a link to your whole blog. For example this is a link to our class blog. http://merrybeau.edublogs.org/
Instead send Ms.Wyatt a link to the actual post. For example this is a link to a special post on our class blog that we wrote for the students in Mr. Geiman’s class http://merrybeau.edublogs.org/2017/04/09/a-special-post-for-mr-geimans-class-in-pennsylvania-usa/
This is because there are over two thousand students doing the student blogging challenge and if Ms.Wyatt is directed to a blog it would take time for her to find the actual post that you would like her to see.
With every good wish and wishing you a Happy Easter,
Merry Beau
Hello again,
Just to say I sent the following note to Ms.Wyatt,
‘Great news. I am having such a great time mentoring the hardworking bloggers that you assigned me from Mr. Geiman’s class.
There is every sign between badges, About Me pages, posts and the use of the hashtag #stubc17 that they are all on board with the Student Blogging Challenge.’
I have been a mentor for a number of years now and you are far and above the best group I have ever mentored. Congrations and well done to you and your teacher.
This week Ms. Wyatt says you should prepared for a game that will be coming up as part of the Student Challenge in a couple of weeks. In order to be prepared she you like you to have at least 5 other student blogs linked on the sidebar of your blog, in a page near your header area or in a recent post that your visitors can find easily. Make sure these are blogs from other students around the world, not just those in your class or school. Perhaps have a blogroll or link category called Global students or Global classes. You can read how to do that on this link: http://help.edublogs.org/blogroll/
Ms. Wyatt also says ‘Having read many of your posts, I came up with the following essentials in a great post.
• catchy title
• includes at least one visual (with attribution) whether photo, cartoon, video or another web 2.0 tool like padlet or glogster
• interesting topic with the passion of the author coming through
• well written and not copy/pasted from somewhere else
• shows it has been proofread and spellchecked
• written in paragraphs – at least three of them
• includes links to other websites on similar topics – at least two of these’
I would agree with Ms.Wyatt and in particular I would say that visuals are important. So is checking one’s spellings. Sometimes, I have seen lovely posters made that were very visual, but a spelling mistake on the poster took away from the overall effect.
Ms. Wyatt asks that ‘When you have finished your post, please come back here to the blogging challenge and leave a comment on this post’.
Here is the link to the post she is talking about: http://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/2017/04/23/week-6-what-to-write-about/
She asks that you ‘mention what topic you wrote about and leave a link to your post’….not a link to your blog but to the post.
She says that if your posts covering the seven things mentioned above e.g. has a catchy title, includes at least one visual etc. etc., it will be added to the flipboard magazine.
Here is a link to all Ms. Wyatt said this week, https://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/2017/04/23/week-6-what-to-write-about/
Have a good week and good luck with your blogging. Keep up the good work. I have every confidence in you.
With every good wish
Merry Beau