| A | B |
| groan | the sound an old person to make a deep, creaking sound |
| quiver | to shake, shiver or tremble |
| timber | large pieces of wood, logs |
| splinter | small pieces of thin, sharp wood |
| tumble | to fall down the stairs, "gymnastics" |
| drift | to float, to be carried along by currents of air or water |
| wreck | to destroy or destroyed, to ruin or ruined |
| salvage | to save from a fire or flood or shipwreck |
| cram | to force something big into a small space |
| hut | a small house or cabin |
| deck | the floor on a ship or in your backyard |
| sails | they catch the wind (on ships) |
| rudder | underneath the ship, controls the direction of the ship |
| stern | the back of a ship |
| bow | the front of a ship |
| adverb | describes a verb, often ends in "-ly" |
| personification | a writer gives an animal or thing "human qualities" |
| timeline | a graphic organizer used to show sequence of events |
| continents | North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica |
| oceans | Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic |
| predict | What will happen? |