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Code Talker Unit Plans - Novel Study Guide with Reading Comprehension Questions

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Teaching reading skills by reading a novel can be a daunting task if you've never done it before. The Code Talker novel study guide is a COMPLETE LITERATURE GUIDE for this gripping historical fiction book about the role of Navajo Code Talkers during World War II. Everything you need to turn Code Talkers into a standards-based unit of study is included: BUILDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE (access articles and videos using QR codes), READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS (multiple times), and DEEP THINKING TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS. A Teacher's Guide, complete with Lesson Notes, sample responses, Answer Key, State Standards, Goals, and Essential Questions is provided!

For the teacher:

  • Teacher notes and guide
  • A printable student packet
  • 25 literary analysis pages
  • 8 nonfiction readings or videos
  • Answer key with answers to every question
  • 10 Optional Extension activities and rubric

Code Talker Novel Study Guide includes these reading comprehension skills:

  • Building Background Knowledge
  • Making Inferences
  • Foreshadowing
  • Tone
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Point of View
  • Problem and Solution
  • Author's Craft: Sensory Details
  • Sequence of Events
  • Text Connections
  • Figurative Language: Idioms and Similes

✅TAKE A LOOK AT THE PREVIEW to see all the components that make up this great study guide.

How to use the novel study guide:

There are several ways to use this resource in your classroom.

  • Print all the pages and have students read independently and complete the pages by themselves.
  • Read the book aloud to your class. Print all the pages and have students complete the activities independently, with a partner, or in small groups.
  • Pick and choose! Print some of the pages to differentiate for students' needs. Students can work on different pages and then come together to share what they have learned.

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Total Pages
60 pages
Answer Key
Included with rubric
Teaching Duration
2 months
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Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

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