Title - West Indies

Hunter G.

Date: 1/14-1/16

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Information about islands in 3 island groups, from various Internet Domains. (.gov , .edu , .org , .com )

Cuba

Montserrat

Bahamas

Jamaica




Date of Article: September 19, 2017

Headline: West Indies

Author: Colin Graham, Bridget M. Breton

Source of the Article: Encyclopedia Britannica




Write down three (3) vocabulary words and their definitions:

1. ethnicity: ethnic quality or affiliation

2. chattels: an item of tangible movable or immovable property except real estate and things (as buildings) connected with real property

3. bolstered: to support with or as if with a bolster




Summary: (BULLET form: Who, What, When, Where, Why)

Who:

What: facts about climate, history, etc

When: the cretacious time period

Where: The West indies

Why:




"I Wonder Questions": think of three (3) questions that you could ask about the article that were not answered in the article or were only partially answered.

1. I wonder how many lesser antilles islands there are exactly.

2. I wonder why it rains so much there.

3. I wonder how the people of the west indies cope with the amount of water that they receive.