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

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

3. seeping
Verb
Leaking slowly

4. Omen
Noun
A sign of a future event

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

6. ancestors
Noun
forefathers; ones from whom you are descended

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

8. faint
Adjective
Inaudible

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

10. spouting
Verb
ejecting liquid through a stream

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