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Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The distance covered in a series of single steps, often used as a measure of length or distance

a)

paces

b)

limp

c)

inference

d)

gathering

2.

The long, narrow body connected to the head of an arrow or spear

a)

shaft

b)

limp

c)

analyze

d)

text evidence

3.

Drooping, sagging, wilted, lacking energy

a)

limp

b)

fortunate

c)

shaft

d)

text evidence

4.

Lucky; having to do with a good event or situation; receiving something good

a)

fortunate

b)

inference

c)

analyze

d)

paces

5.

Bringing things or people together as a group; collecting

a)

gathering

b)

fortunate

c)

inference

d)

shaft

6.

Ideas and details in a text that can be used to support an inference

a)

text evidence

b)

analyze

c)

gathering

d)

limp

7.

An educated guess using prior knowledge (schema), text evidence, and reasoning

a)

inference

b)

analyze

c)

fortunate

d)

shaft

8.

Looking at something thoroughly and closely

a)

analyze

b)

text evidence

c)

gathering

d)

paces

9.

The purple rock that hides the buried treasure is ten ______ away from the large tree.

a)

paces

b)

limp

c)

analyze

d)

gathering

10.

She fitted the point of the arrow to its wooden _______.

a)

shaft

b)

fortunate

c)

inference

d)

analyze

11.

The last leaves of autumn hung soft and ______, ready to fall from the branch.

a)

limp

b)

gathering

c)

paces

d)

shaft

12.

It was ______ that we found the information just in time to help us solve our problem.

a)

fortunate

b)

inference

c)

analyze

d)

limp

13.

Mark spent the day by the sea, ______ dozens of beautiful rocks to take home with him.

a)

gathering

b)

inference

c)

paces

d)

analyze

14.

Miss Boznango gave me full credit on my question because I used strong ______.

a)

text evidence

b)

limp

c)

paces

d)

analyze

15.

Because I wasn’t sure what color the plane was in my story, I made an ______ that it was white.

a)

inference

b)

fortunate

c)

paces

d)

analyze

16.

The detective decided it was time to ______ the crime scene.

a)

analyze

b)

inference

c)

fortunate

d)

shaft