Island of the Blue Dolphins chap 11-15 vocabulary

a loud deep sound

Far off I could hear the bellow of a sea elephant.

• gash

• determination

• bellow

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

intelligent and able to learn things quickly

They were clever thieves and nothing I stored would be safe until I had built a fence.

• displeased

• clever

• gash

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

loud continuous noise (such as the noise made when many people are talking or shouting)

At dawn when the clamor started again I left and went back to the headland.

• displeased

• deafening

• clamor

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

extremely loud

On this morning the tide was low and most of the animals were far out, just hundreds of specks against the waves, yet the noise they made was deafening.

• deafening

• determination

• bellow

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a quality that makes you continue trying to do or achieve something that is difficult

Yet the more I thought about it, the greater was my determination to try, for there was nothing to be found on the island that made such good spear points as the tusklike teeth of the bull sea elephant.

• bellow

• gash

• determination

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to make (someone) feel unhappy or annoyed

Some distance separated the bulls from each other, for they are bad-tempered, very jealous by nature and quick to fight over anything that displeases them.

• gash

• displease

• intelligent

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

tending to help

If I stopped it, they would surely fight again, perhaps at some other place less favorable to him.

• favorable

• displeased

• intelligent

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a long, deep cut

Rontu had a gash on his nose from the giant’s beak, and I had many cuts and bruises.

• bellow

• gash

• clamor

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which three terms all relate to SOUND?

• bellow, clamor, and deafening

• clamor, bellow, and intelligent

• bellow, deafening, and determination

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Who is the main character in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

• Ramo

• Karana

• Chief Chowig

• Tutok

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A