A World Of Surprises

Piper O.

D2 B2

Group: Yellow

Date of Article: September 1, 1991

Today's date: January 31, 2018

Headline: 1493 A World of surprises

Author: Lorenzo Camusso

Source of the Article: Voyage of discovery "book" Mr. Woolner

Three Vocabulary Words:

1. Southeasternmost: the farthest southeast.
2. Revelation: a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way.
3. Strait: a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water.

Summary: This passage is about Columbus, and the discoveries he made in the Caribbean. Columbus thought he had made it to Asia when he was in the Caribbean. While there he discovered tobacco, corn, sweet potato, red chili, hammocks, plants and animals. Columbus wanted to make a big discovery and be able to claim land for himself.

What Columbus "Discovered" while in the Caribbean:

• Corn
• Hammocks
• Tobacco
• Sweet Potato
• Chili/Pepper
• Land
• Turkey
• Pineapple
• Native Americans
• Parrots

Response:

I was interested in how Columbus thought that he discovered all these new things when the people that were there already knew it and were teaching him all of it. Also, I found the idea of the hammocks useful. The passage made me think differently about and how when people travel they learn new things. When I go to different places like the time I went to Arizona I discovered new things that I didn’t know about. I learned about how they have their trash cans underground so they don’t have an ugly eye sore and it is helpful to the environment. When I was there I also learned that they have to have big drainage areas for when it rains and it has the dry sponge effect. Traveling brings you new culture and new ideas to help better our community.

I Wonder Questions:

1. Did Columbus's crew discover anything the he didn’t?
2. When they were on the way back did columbus's crew use hammocks?
3. Was the red chili hot/spicy?