Kiki, an
older man of the Ghalas-at tribe, assumed power. He left in the spring to go to
a land across the sea, to the east, believing that he will get help for his
people. He sends a ship back to gather his people and bring them to this new
land. When the ship leaves, Karana notices her brother is not on it. He had
sneaked off to go back to the village to retrieve his spear. Karana then jumps
overboard, to be with her younger brother, Ramo. Unfortunately, Ramo is killed
by a pack of wild dogs soon after, leaving Karana alone on the island.
Karana was
then on her own. She tried to leave the island by herself, but her canoe
leaked. She knew she needed to make weapons to hunt and protect herself while
she waited to be rescued from the island. She made a bow and arrows as well as
spears, even though it was forbidden for women and girls to make weapons. In
order to complete her spears, Karana needed the teeth of the sea elephant to
carve into points. When she went to hunt them, two sea elephants, also known as
elephant seals, got into a fight, and Karana hurt her leg trying to avoid the
charging animals. Karana also built a shelter, surrounded by a fence made of
whale ribs, to protect her and her stored food from wild dogs, foxes and mice.
She lashed the ribs together with kelp, a seaweed, which is as tough as sinew,
the tissue that connects muscle to joint. She also stored her food on shelves
in the crevices of the rock. Karana hunted and fished. She also gathered
berries and wild vegetables, lupines and abalone, an edible mollusk.
Karana
tried to escape the island by canoe, but the canoe leaked, leaving her
completely stranded. While paddling the leaking canoe, a school of dolphins
travels with her, guiding her back to the island. Karana was determined to kill
the leader of the wild dogs to avenge the death of her brother.
Karana
finds a Black Cave. Mysteriously, in the Black Cave was a human skeleton,
playing a flute! After a time, others come to the island, including an Aleut
girl who becomes friends with Karana, even though they do not speak the same
language. Karana makes a beautiful outfit out of cormorant feathers. A
cormorant is a large, diving bird with dark plumage.
An
earthquake and tsunami strikes the island, and Karana survives, but her canoes
do not. As she is making a new canoe, she notices a boat on the sea. It lands
on the island, but does not see her, and so leaves before Karana can make
herself known to them. She spends two more years waiting for another boat, not
hearing the sound of another human voice. Finally, another boat arrives, and
Karana leaves the island to go be with her people.
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ELA Notes 2.5 11/13- 11/16
Grammar:
Subject-verb agreementoccurs when the correct singular or plural verb is used to match the singular or plural noun or pronoun in the subject.
Jenny wants ice cream.
Her friends want ice cream, too.
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ELA Notes 3.2 (11/26-11/30)
Comprehension Skill: Main Idea & Details
The main idea is the most important idea
about a paragraph, passage or article. Supporting details are small pieces of information that tell more about the
main idea.
Grammar: Principal Parts of
Regular Verbs
A
verb’s tenses are formed from it’s
principal parts: the present, the past and the past participle. Regular
verbs ad –d or –ed to form the past
tense.
walk….. walked
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ELA Notes 3.3 Dec. 3- 7th
Grammar: Principal Parts of Irregular
Verbs
An
irregular verb is one that does not add –ed to form the past tense. Most have
different spellings for the past tense.
buy… bought
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ELA Notes 3.4 12/10- 14
Grammar: Troublesome verbs
Troublesome verbs are pairs
of verbs that are confusing because they have similar meanings or because they
look alike.
lay…..laid; lie…..lay
ELA Notes 4.1 12/17- 21
Comprehension Skill: Draw Conclusions
To draw a conclusion is to form an opinion
after thinking about
what you have read. When you draw a conclusion, be sure it makes sense and is
supported by details.
Grammar: Subject and Object Pronouns
Pronouns
used in the subjects of sentences are called subject pronouns. (I,
you, he, she, it, we, you, they)
Pronouns
used as direct objects or objects of prepositions are object pronouns. (me, you,
him, her, it, us, you, them)
ELA Notes 4.2 1/29- 2/1
Comprehension Skill: Generalize
A generalization makes a general statement about different things or
people having similar details. (all, many, in general)
Grammar: Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun
or noun phrase.
(I, you, he, she, it, me, him, her, we, you,
they, us)
The word/s
that a pronoun stands for is called the pronoun’s antecedent. (Lauren saw George,
so she waved to him.)
ELA Notes 4.3 2/4- 2/8
Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
A possessive pronoun is used in place of a possessive noun, it shows
who or what owns something. Like a pronoun, it takes the place of a noun, such as a person, animal or thing.
ELA Notes 5.2 2/11- 2/15
Grammar: Adjectives & Articles
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun. It usually, but not always, comes
before the noun it describes.
The
words a, an, and the are special adjectives called articles.