The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: Relationships

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Lesson 2: Point of View

• The narrator is the person telling the story.

Lesson 3: The Queen Mary

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Lesson 4: Pronouns

• Pronoun: a word like "he," "she," or "it" that takes the place of a noun

Lesson 5: Emotions

• Reflexive pronouns are pronouns that end in "-self" or "-selves." They are used to show that something or someone is doing something for or to themselves.

Lesson 6: Irregular Verbs

• A verb is a word that that shows what a person, place, or thing is or is doing.
• Past-tense verbs usually end in "-ed" and describe something that happened in the past.
• Some past-tense verbs are irregular, meaning they do not end in "-ed."

Lesson 7: Figurative Language

• A singular noun refers to one person or thing, and a plural noun refers to more than one person or thing.
• Figurative language refers to when an author uses words so that they mean something different from their usual or literal meaning.

Lesson 8: The Falling Star

• A preposition is a word that tells where something or someone is.

Lesson 9: Apostrophes

• A contraction is a word formed when two words are combined and the missing letter is replaced by an apostrophe (for example, is + not = isn't).
• An apostrophe is a punctuation mark used to form contractions and to show that something belongs to someone.

Lesson 10: Illustrations

• Adding an 's to a singular noun is used to show possession (that something belongs to the person, place, or thing).

Lesson 11: Building Sentences

• A conjunction is a word that connects parts of a sentence together.
• The most common conjunctions are the FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

Final Project: Chalkboard Presentation

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