Unit 1: Week 3 Vocabulary

There we waited for tide and wind and then made way for the Canary Islands.

We have doubled all previous records of days and leagues at sea, and we’ve gone way past the point where he originally said we would find land.

The Santa María led the way into the sheltered bay of the island and got a mark of only five fathoms’ depth.

There are no longer endless empty jaunts into the western sky.

Historical fiction tells made-up stories based on real people, places, or events from the past.

Characters are people who do actions in stories.

Setting is where and when a story takes place. Setting is important in historical fiction. These stories happen in real places or real time periods.

A compound sentence includes two independent clauses joined by a comma and a conjunction such as and, but, or or.

Point of view is the perspective from which an author presents the actions and characters in a story.

When reading, readers use text evidence, details stated in the text, to help them understand and interpret elements in a text.

A diphthong includes two vowel sounds blended in one syllable, such as oi in oil.

A writer focuses a personal narrative with an introduction. The introduction
•has a hook, or interesting statement, that makes readers want to keep reading. •establishes the situation or problem that sets events in motion.
•introduces the narrator and any other people important to the experience.

Context clues are words and phrases around an unfamiliar phrase that help readers determine the meaning of the phrase.