The Wanderer

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: Charting the Course

• The subject tells what the sentence is about, and the predicate tells what the subject is or does.
• A sentence with a compound subject has two or more nouns as the subject.
• A sentence with a compound predicate has two or more verbs that tell what the subject is or does.
• A grommet is a rope or brass ring in a sail or piece of canvas.
• The boom are horizontal poles that extend the foot of a sail.
• An Outhaul is a line which is used to extend a sail and control the curve of the sail's foot.
• A dinghy or a tender is a small boat used to ferry people to a yacht; also used for sailing or rowing.
• Fore refers to at or towards the boat's bow.
• The mizzen is the smaller sail of a sailboat.
• The helm is the tiller or wheel used to steer.

Lesson 2: Preparations

• Definitions of your vocabulary words (impulsive, dolt, gibberish, capricious, decrepit, phosphorescent, morale, and gimbal).

Lesson 3: Juggling

• Voice refers to the personality and emotions that are reflected in a writer's work.

Lesson 4: Grand Manan

• A predicate adjective is an adjective that modifies the subject, but it follows the linking verb in a sentence.
• The direct object is the receiver of the action. Find the direct object by asking yourself "whom" or "what" is receiving the action.
• An indirect object tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done and who is receiving the direct object.

Lesson 5: Under Way

• An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. An adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as "how," "when," "where," or "how much."
• An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. Adjectives answer these questions: What kind is it? How many are there? Which one is it?
• A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
• A modifier describes other words, making the meaning of a word more specific. (Adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases are modifiers.)

Lesson 6: Marine Life

• Words and definitions:
• Deftly - in a skillful manner, quickly and neatly
• Careening - staggering when you walk
• Gnarly - challenging and dangerous
• Sextant - a navigational instrument that incorporates a telescope and an angular scale and is used to work out latitude and longitude
• Badgering - pestering and annoying someone
• Woes - unfortunate happenings

Lesson 7: The Storm

• A simile is comparison between two seemingly unrelated subjects, using the words "like" or "as."
• Personification is when a writer gives inanimate objects, ideas, or animals human characteristics.

Lesson 8: Changes

• Articles are words used to signal the presence of a noun (a, an, the).

Lesson 9: Land Ho!

• The main idea, underlying meaning, or lesson of a literary work is called the theme.

Lesson 10: Narrative Essay Writing and Voice

• Narrative writing tells a story. A personal narrative tells about an event that happened to the writer.

Final Project: Character Lapbook and Test

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