Vocab
To Leave
What is depart?
Why did the author mention the moss?
Antarctica is delicate
What is right of way?
Jennifer Owings Dewey
Who is the author?
Main idea of author's entry on November 17th?
Trip to Antarctica had many exciting things to see.
What is forbidding?
Why did the author go to Antarctica?
Learn about it's unique environment
If boats in Antarctica the "right of way," how does this help the whales?
Whales can safely pass by.
Record of thoughts and events that are important to the writer.
What is a journal?
What is the main idea of November 12th?
Antarctica is the windiest and coldest place on Earth.
hoists, heavy lifting
What is heaves?
How are blue whales different from krill?
Blue whales is the largest animal.
Krill is the smallest animal.
Boats stay away from icebergs.
What is the BIG EYE?
Hint: Page 595
Sleep deprivation.
excitement, can't wait
what is anticipation?
Mrs. Pristave forgot a question! Ooops!
What is "I'm sorry"?
What did the author do to protect the penguin egg?
Hint: Page 601
The author put it in the suitcase and surrounded it with lots of clothes.
Why are the chairs/desk bolted to the floor?
Chairs and desk are bolted to the floor to prevent them from sliding across the room.
What conclusion can you draw from the photograph of the bedroom? Page 592
Each room is small and had to be shared by 2 people.
joining, combining
what is convergence?
Why was it important to the author to take home a penguin egg that would never hatch?
The egg will remind her of the trip.
When something "heaves," does it sink?
No, it will rise then fall.
Antarctica is the "most forbidding region on Earth."
Give me a detail that supports this.
Hint: Give a page number.
Check student response.
What is the main idea of the Antarctic Journal?
Main idea of the Antarctic Journal is to explain the author's exciting journey to a forbidding region on Earth.