Open Court 4th Grade Unit 4 Survival

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Open Court 4th Grade Unit 4 Survival
Island of the Blue Dolphins p.318
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chafing

• Verb
• Rubbing as to make sore
• My hands began to bleed from the chafing of the
  paddle.

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seeping

• Verb
• Leaking slowly

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Omen

• Noun
• A sign of a future event

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befall

• Verb
• To happen to
• Whatever might befall me on the endless waters
  did not trouble me.

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ancestors

• Noun
• forefathers ones from whom you are descended

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deserted

• Adjective
• Abandoned
• Even greater was the thought of the deserted
  island I would return to.

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faint

• Adjective
• Inaudible

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pursued

• Verb
• Chased after
• It meant far less than the thought of staying on
  the island alone, pursued by wild dogs.

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spouting

• Verb
• ejecting liquid through a stream

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idly

• Adverb
• Lazily
• The canoe drifted idly on the calm sea.