LANGUAGE ARTS

Quarter One Assignments & Units

CODE TALKER JOURNAL & ESSAY

Code Talker Reader-Response Journal Part II
Gather your completed reflective journal entries and complete the following two steps:

Step One: Cover  Create a cover for your journal entries using a blank piece of paper.  The cover should be true to the story and characters of the book Code Talker; the materials, colors, illustrations, symbols, etc. chosen for the cover should all be representative of the book.  On the cover, please indicate the novel title, author's name and your name.

Step Two:  Connection Essay In the novel, Ned's life is shaped by the fact he is Navajo and two pivotal events:  attending boarding school and being a code talker.  In an essay, discuss how these two events impacted his life.  What events have made a big impression and transformed your life?  In the same essay discuss how events in your life have made a difference and make a connection to Ned's events.

SPHERES OF INFLUENCE DUE DATES

Spheres of Influence Packets go home the week of October 19th

 

Steps to be Completed

Due Dates

Date

Completed

Date

Handed In

Mini Project Goals and List of Adult Contacts

Monday, October 26th

 

 

 

1st Interview Questions

2nd Interview Questions

Tuesday, October 27th

 

 

Self-Directed Learner Mini-Project Check Point Action Plan

Friday, November 6th

 

 

Kinship Chart

Thursday, November 12th

 

 

1st Interview Completed

Friday, November 13th

 

 

Self-Directed Learner Mini-Project Check Point

Wednesday, November 18th

 

 

Personal Historical Timeline

Friday, November 20th

 

 

 

2nd Interview Completed

Tuesday, December 1st

 

 

Self-Directed Learner Mini-Project Check Point

Thursday, December 3rd

 

 

Historical Timeline of Two Significant Adults

Tuesday, December 8th

 

 

3rd Interview Questions

Thursday, December 10th

 

 

Mini Project Due

Friday,  December 18th

 

 

 

3rd Interview

Wednesday, January 6th

 

 

Reflective Essay and Final Project Presentation

Wednesday, January 13th

 

 

END OF 2ND Quarter

 

Wednesday, February 3rd