Morning Girl

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: Background Information

• Columbus sailed from Spain and landed on the island of San Salvador in the Bahamas.
• There were native people living on the island(s) that Columbus landed on.
• Archaeologists are scientists who study historic people and cultures.
• Artifacts are discovered objects that were used by people in the past.

Lesson 2: Point of View

• Point of view refers to who is narrating or telling a story.
• In literature, when the main character tells the story and uses the word "I," it is called first-person point of view.
• In literature, voice refers to the way an author uses language to give characters a unique personality.

Lesson 3: The News

• A hammock is a swinging bed made of canvas or netting, usually hung between two trees.
• A mango is a tropical fruit.
• Approach means to come closer to something.
• Fortunate means "lucky."
• Hollow means that the inside is empty.
• Family members can change one another in a variety of ways.

Lesson 4: The Rock

• Pronouns are words that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns.

Lesson 5: Let's Write

• A character's voice helps the reader identify who is speaking and better understand how a character thinks and why characters do the things they do.

Lesson 6: The Storm

• In many historic cultures, people's names had significant meaning.
• The setting of a story plays an important part in the meaning of the story.

Lesson 7: Visitors

• When the explorers discovered native people, they wanted to change the native people.
• It was challenging for the explorers and native people to communicate because they spoke different languages.

Final Project: Poetry Night

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