Secret of the Andes

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: The Andes Mountains

• The Andes Mountains are located along the western border of South America.
• A precipice refers to a high cliff or crag.
• A chasm is a deep hole in the earth.
• A sentinel is a guard or sentry.
• Something that is lazy or ineffective is called idle.
• To beckon means to attract or tempt.
• Something that is plaited is braided.
• To hinder means to get in the way or interfere with.
• A traveling musician is also known as a minstrel.

Lesson 2: The Valley

• The present perfect verb tense shows an action that started in the past but is now ended or an action that started in the past and continues to the present.
• The past perfect verb tense shows an action that was completed before another past action.
• The future perfect verb tense shows that an action will be completed before another future action.

Lesson 3: People Below

• Verbals are verb forms that function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs in a sentence.

Lesson 4: The Journey

• A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun in a sentence.
• An infinitive is the word to + the basic form of a verb. Infinitives can function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs in a sentence.
• A participle is the present participle or past participle form of a verb that functions as an adjective in a sentence.

Lesson 5: New Sights

• A verbal phrase begins with a verbal and is followed by one or more words; together, the whole phrase functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb in a sentence.
• There are three types of verbal phrases: gerund phrases, infinitive phrases, and participial phrases.

Lesson 6: Llama Training

• Many ancient Incan ruins can still be explored today and are reminders of the culture and traditions of this ancient society.

Lesson 7: The Temple

• Ancient cultures used myths to explain natural phenomenon.
• In a story, transition words and phrases help move the action along and help the reader understand the sequence of events.

Lesson 8: The City

• The Spanish invaded the Incas and extended their rule over the empire, forever changing the culture of the Inca.

Lesson 9: Belonging

• Using a variety of sentence beginnings will help your writing flow more smoothly.

Lesson 10: Painting Sentences

• An adjective can answer the following questions: Which one? What kind? How many? How much? Whose?
• An adverb can answer the following questions: When? Where? How?

Final Project: Narrative Essay

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