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Vocabulary
About Adelina
About the Whales
About La Laguna
Story Skills
100
Enormous!
What is "massive"
100
Adelina could tell time by the way the light relected on the water, which tells us she has a good understanding of this.
What is nature?
100
It is the reason the whales always come back to Laguna San Igancio.
What is to have their babies?
100
It is where Laguna San Ignacio is located.
What is on the coast of Baja California?
100
He was the first person in Adelina's family to have a visit with a friendly whale.
Who was Adelina's grandfather?
200
Making a low, rolling sound...
What is "rumbling"?
200
It is how we know Adelina is interested in whales.
What is she asks many questions about whales?
200
The wide flat tail of a whale is called this.
What is a fluke?
200
It is the main reason that many types of people come each year to Laguna San Ignacio?
What is to see the whales?
200
It is the author's purpose for writing this story.
What is to describe the special place where whales visit yearly?
300
A body of shallow water
What is a "lagoon"?
300
Adelina described her home as the place where two worlds come together which means...
What is it is the only place where whales and humans can visit each other?
300
It is the reason whales leave Alaska and Russia in the winter.
What is because the water is too cold?
300
In this dusty village, this is turned on for only a few hours a day.
What is electricity?
300
Adelina's grandfather was actually doing this on his first encounter with a friendly whale?
What is fishing?
400
A cliff...
What is a "bluff"?
400
Adelina hopes to become the first girl to captain this and teach people about the whales in the lagoon.
What is a panga?
400
It is the month that the whales usually arrive in Laguna San Ignacio.
What is January?
400
Whales do this with their newborns to show them off to tourists in La Laguna.
What is lift them up on their backs so others can get a better view?
400
It is the reason that Adelina thinks her hometown is a special place.
What is because it is the only place on earth where whales intereact with humans?
500
A scientist who studies living things is also called this.
What is a "biologist"?
500
Adelina always wants whales to be part of her future career in either of these two areas.
What is a biologist or a photographer?
500
It is when a whale pops out of the water and looks around to see what is going on...
What is spyhopping?
500
Laguana San Ignacio is the perfect place for the mother whales to do this with their newborns.
What is teach them to swim?
500
The whales swim for five thousand miles during the months of November, December and January down this coast.
What is the Pacific Coast?