Poetry
Groups of lines separated by spaces in a poem
stanza
This is what you call materials that do not conduct electricity
Insulators
I hunt and eat other animals
The explorer who landed in the Carribean Islands, and then returned to Europe and told everyone he found land there
Christopher Columbus
People who wanted independence from Britain
Patriots
When multiple words end in the same sound
Rhyme
Substances that are attracted to magnets
This is the name for what gazelles and antelope are doing when they jump repeatedly in the air
pronking
The largest federation of Native Americans in what would become New York
Haudenosaunee or Iroquois
People who were against independence from Britain
Loyalists
You read several poems by me, including "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." I often write about the beauty of nature.
Robert Frost
This controls the flow of energy through a circuit
A switch
I do not bury my head in the sand, but some people think I do
Ostrich
The three most important North American Native crops
The incident when colonists threw tea over the side of a ship
Boston Tea Party
Jack bases his poem "Love that Dog" on this poem by Walter Dean Myers
"Love that Boy"
This type of material lets all the light through like a window
transparent
I am the poisonous plant that Monarch caterpillars eat
milkweed
Colony founded by Lord Baltimore as a safe haven for Catholics
Maryland
The document written by the Continental Congress in 1776 that ended all political ties with Britain
Declaration of Independence
This is what happened to Jack's dog in the book Love That Dog
Hit by a car
Draw a high frequency wave
Wave with close peaks
A defense used by stick bugs and baby fawns
camouflage
The first unsuccessful attempt by the British to establish a permanent North American colony, know as the "Lost Colony of..."
Roanoke
The last battle of the American Revolution
Yorktown