Across the Wide Dark SeaThe Mayflower Journey

By: Jean Van Leeuwen

Illustrated by: Thomas B. Allen

Selection Vocabulary• Vast – very large size; enormous; huge

– Sentence example: The desert was incredibly vast; it went on forever!

• Rigging – the arrangement of sails and related gear on a ship– Sentence example: The sailors quickly stowed the rigging when the arrived.

• Furl – to roll up and fasten– Sentence example: In order to put a sleeping bag away, it must be furled.

• Beams – long, horizontal pieces of wood or metal shaped for use, as in the frame of a building or ship– Sentence example: In my living room, there are beams on the ceiling.

• Huddled – crowded or nestled together– In order to stay warm, we all huddled together.

• Settlement – an area newly settled by people; a colony– When the Pilgrims first came to America, they started a settlement.

• Lurked – lay hidden; stayed out of sight– I wasn’t supposed to be eavesdropping on my sister, so I lurked in the bushes so

she couldn’t see me.

Historical Fiction

• A story that is set in the past and portrays people, places, and events that did or could have happened.

• Look for a real time and place set in the past.

• Look for some made up events.

Plymouth, England

The Mayflower

Passengers that sailed on the Mayflower

Food along the journeyAt the beginning At the end

LAND!!!

Credits

• http://www.surfnetkids.com/pilgrim.htm• http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mapshells/europe/england/e

ngland.htm• http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mapshells/europe/england/e

ngland.htm• http://bread.allrecipes.com/• http://www.bushbeans.com/products/bakedbeans.jsp• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pork.jpg• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

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