Wild Words
What does "engulfed" mean?
Covered or surrounded completely
How did Roz arrive on the island?
She was in a crate that washed ashore after a shipwreck.
Identify the verb tense: Roz activates her survival mode.
Present tense
Identify the subject: Roz protects Brightbill from danger.
Add the correct comma: Roz learns from the otters geese and foxes.
Roz learns from the otters, geese, and foxes.
Roz was moving methodically through the forest. What does methodically mean?
Done in an orderly or careful way
Why do the animals react strangely to Roz at first?
They think she is a monster because she is a robot.
Identify the verb tense: The storm engulfed the island.
Past tense
Identify the predicate: The animals gathered around the fire.
gathered around the fire
Fix this sentence: The storm was strong but Roz survived.
The storm was strong, but Roz survived.
Give a sentence using the word pulverized correctly.
Example: "The rocks were pulverized into dust by the strong waves."
What does Roz do to survive in the wilderness?
She observes the animals and learns from them.
Change this sentence to future tense: Roz helped Brightbill learn to fly.
Roz will help Brightbill learn to fly.
Find both the subject and predicate: Brightbill and his friends flew across the sky.
Subject: Brightbill and his friends; Predicate: flew across the sky.
Where does the comma go? Brightbill waddled up to Roz and he chirped happily.
Brightbill waddled up to Roz, and he chirped happily.
Which word means "a scene of great destruction or killing"?
Carnage
How does Roz show gratitude to the animals?
She helps them, builds shelters, and takes care of the gosling, Brightbill.
Correct the sentence: The animals are hiding from the storm yesterday.
(The animals hid from the storm yesterday.
Correct the fragment: Ran through the trees in a panic.
The animals ran through the trees in a panic.
Identify the compound predicate in this sentence: Roz ran through the trees and hid in the bushes.
Compound Predicate: ran through the trees and hid in the bushes.
Choose the best word to complete the sentence: The scientist made several __________ to improve the robot.
Modifications
What challenge does Roz face at the end of Chapter 60?
She is being hunted by the RECO robots.
Which sentence is written in the past tense?
A) Roz will build a new nest.
B) The RECO robots searched for Roz.
C) Brightbill is flying south.
Answer: B) The RECO robots searched for Roz
Identify if the sentence has a compound subject, compound predicate, or both: The beavers and deer worked together and built a dam.
Compound subject: "The beavers and deer"
Rewrite the sentence with correct punctuation: The bears were hungry they searched for food.
The bears were hungry, so they searched for food.