The Finest Hours Chapters 8 and 9

Comma Review
(Comma Quiz on Wednesday)

Draw

Insert commas where they are needed.

1. (items in a series)

2. (tag a question)

3.(coordinate adjectives)

4.(Introductory/Dependent)

5.(Direct Address)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly uses a comma to separate nonessential information?

• My brother who lives in New York is visiting us.
• My brother, who lives in New York is visiting us.
• My brother who lives in New York, is visiting us.
• My brother, who lives in New York, is visiting us.

The Finest Hours
Chapters 8-9 Vocabulary

material from a shipwreck that is floating in the water or washed up on the shore

After the storm, the beach was covered in flotsam, which included pieces of broken boats.

I was incredulous when she told me the secret.

incredulous
unwilling or unable to believe something

actual even though not formally recognized

​flotsam

​de facto

​Even though Jake was not the official team captain, he was the de facto leader because everyone looked to him for guidance.

Multiple Choice

Unfortunately, in the storm, the sea overtook the small boat. Over the next few days, its remnants were found as _____ all over the beach.

• flotsam

• incredulous

• de facto

Multiple Choice

Due to the death of his father, he became the _______ head of the family.

• flotsam

• incredulous

• de facto

The Finest Hours
Review

Match

Match the character to their role in the story.

• 
  captain of the Fort Mercer, waiting to be rescued from a sinking ship

• captain of the Pendleton, waiting to be rescued from a sinking ship

• the central character; in charge of commanding the CG-36500 during the daring rescue mission

• the youngest coast guardsman at the station. "Not born to the sea" and not a strong swimmer until he joined the guard.

Captain Paetzel

Captain John J. Fitzgerald

Bernie Webber

Andy "Fitz" Fitzgerald

• Captain Paetzel

• Captain John J. Fitzgerald

• Bernie Webber

• Andy "Fitz" Fitzgerald

Multiple Select

Re-read the following passage. What is Bernie feeling at this point in the story? (Choose 2 Answers)

“Webber’s thoughts drifted back two years to another rescue attempt he had made in equally hazardous conditions. So haunted was he by the tragedy that he could almost see the faces of those lost men on the crest of each rising wave. Like the Pendleton, the New Bedford-based scalloper William J. Landry had also found itself trapped by a fearsome nor’easter” (43).

• Bernie is homesick and missing his wife because he can see her face "in each rising wave."

• Bernie does not feel concerned about the rescue mission. He is confident that his team will be successful.

• Bernie must feel deeply sad because he is "haunted" by memories of the failed rescue.

• Bernie has been through a rescue like this before. Because that rescue was unsuccessful, he is not confident that this one will be any different.

​The Finest Hours
Chapters 8 and 9

​(page 55)

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