Essential Question:
How do people survive in the wilderness?
What are we focusing on in Reading?
Reading Selection: Island of the Blue Dolphins
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Vocabulary Terms1. gnawed: wore away by persistent chewing
2. headland: a point of very high land that juts out into water 3. kelp: a kind of large brown seaweed 4. lair: the place where a wild animal lives 5. ravine: a small, narrow valley with steep sides 6. shellfish: an animal that has a shell and lives in the water 7. sinew: a tough cord that connects muscles to bones |
Writing and ConventionsIndependent and Dependent Clauses
An independent clause has a subject, a verb, and can stand on its own as a sentence.
Example: The Island of the Blue Dolphins was my home. A dependent clause may or may not have a subject and a verb, but cannot stand on its own as a sentence. Example: But even if they came soon |
SpellingPattern: Long Vowel Digraphs
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