Abel's Island

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: Survival

• People and animals are dependent on natural resources for survival.
• Humans need water, food, and shelter in order to survive.

Lesson 2: The Storm

• A prediction is a guess about what will happen in the future.
• An inference is an assumption made based on given information.
• Vocabulary words: verdure, capsized, cantata, ineptitude, temperate, parabola, melancholy, and instinct

Lesson 3: Where Am I?

• The major parts of a boat include the mast, rudder, sails, deck, and oars

Lesson 4: Who Is Abel?

• A map scale shows the relationship between a distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the earth.

Lesson 5: Perseverance

• A paragraph has a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a conclusion sentence.
• A conflict is the problem or struggle a character in a story faces.

Lesson 6: Surprises

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Lesson 7: Threats

• A behavioral adaptation is something an animal does or how it acts to live in its environment.
• A physical adaptation is the physical design of an animal's body that aids in its survival.
• Vocabulary words: talisman, convince, sequestration, harbingers, communing, opus, subsided, smugness

Lesson 8: The Dead of Winter

• Hibernation is when an animal goes into a deep sleep and cannot be roused.
• Torpor is a state similar to hibernation, but it lasts a shorter time, and the animal can wake up and move around.

Lesson 9: The Newcomer

• Script — the lines for the characters and stage directions
• Set — the stage and scenery where the action occurs
• Prop — items that are used by the actors on stage
• Stage directions — actions the characters should take on stage (written in parentheses)

Lesson 10: Escape

• A noun is a person, place, or thing.
• An adjective describes a noun.
• A verb is a word that shows action or being.
• An adverb describes a verb.

Lesson 11: Home at Last

• The theme of the story is a lesson or message the author wants to convey to the reader through the story.

Final Project: Your Own Deserted Island

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