Characters
Who is the leader explorer?
Columbus
What is the setting?
Island, Ship, Ocean
Arrogrant
Thinking you're better than everyone
What was the prize for seeing land first?
10,000 Maravedis
Parties
Who is the journalist of the text?
Pedro
What ship were they on?
Santa Maria
Greedy
What did the crew see to signal that they were close to land?
Stick with iron markings on it
Make Monkey plural
Monkeys
Who were the people that were originally there on land?
Natives
What was one of the problems in the story?
Lost, natives conflict, Columbus taking the natives hostages and Pedro having a problem with it
frightened
Scared/ afraid
How does Pedro think Columbus is treading natives ?
Poorly.. etc
Make deer plural
Deer
Who is the antagonist in the story ?
Columbus
What character trait can you give Pedro? Why?
Patient, Kind, Hard working,
What is Columbus' Motivation in the story?
Wants to get rich/take the natives as slaves.
What does Pedro want to do at the end of the story?
Return home to Europe
Boys
What character trait could you give to Columbus? Why?
Answers will vary
How does Pedro feel about another journey?
Doesn't want to go, he feels negative about the trip
What is Pedro's motivation ?
Go home, treat people (natives) better, give mom $$
What is the genre of this text? Why?
Historical fiction
Children