Vocabulary
Something done or stated in a forceful way is done....
emphatically
We can conclude that Javi slipped on the rocks because he was distracted by looking at these...
hermit crabs
It is the setting of Fernando's recollection.
a Saturday in May at Guanabo Beach in Cuba.
After the cousins arrived at the beach, they did this before swimming in the ocean.
They ate lunch
The children needed to watch out for me because I am often hidden and dangerous.
sea urchins
Moved out of place...
dislodged
It is the reason that Luisa poured seawater on Javi's foot.
To protect him from an infection by the sea urchin
As they drove closer to the beach, Fernando noticed that the ocean air had left his skin....
tasting salty
In the story, Luisa, Mari and Javi were fascinated by this in the water.
Schools of tiny gold-and-black striped fish
I pretended to be a shark in the water.
Uncle Tony
Related living things found in water...
algae
We can conclude that the reason Fernando's cousins became silent was because...
They were nervous after Fernando had lied
Luisa was less daring and did not want to get into trouble, but Fernando was different from her in these two ways...
He was adventurous and sometimes disobedient
This climax of the story occurred when this happened.
When Javi slipped and got hurt on the rocks
I used my barrette as a pair of tweezers to help free the sea urchin from Javi's foot.
Luisa
To speak in a firm tone is to speak this way...
sternly
We can conclude that Fernando and Luisa are alike because they both did this.
Accept responsibility for their mistake
When the children got Javi back to the grown-ups, Fernando did this.
Made up a story about how Javi's foot got hurt
Fernando went to look for this to try and pry the sea urchin off from Javi's foot.
driftwood
I was the first to notice that Javi had stepped on a sea urchin.
Mari
Clam shells..
cockles
The parents were partly responsible for Javi's accident because....
They were not watching the children closely at the beach?
This is important to the story's plot because it inspires Fernando to make up the story.
food (Mami's tortillas)
We know that the adults wanted to relax at the beach because they brought these with them.
hammocks
I drove the woody station wagon with nine people in it!
Papi