Nicole+Constantatos


 * Nicole Constantatos as a WORD WIZARD.**
 * __Literature:__** __Adrift on a Sea of Blue Light__
 * __Author:__** Peter Muilenburg
 * __Role Wizard:__** The Word Wizard must identify new and challenging words from the text. Use the website [|www.dictionary.com] to help define difficult words. This website allows the Word Wizard to look up definitions, provides synonyms and antonyms, and gives a sample sentence with the vocabulary word.
 * __Description:__** Use [|http://www.puzzle-maker.com] to create a word search using the vocabulary words used. The vocabulary words will be used for the word bank to the word search.


 * __Vocabulary Words:__**


 * __BOWSPRIT__**: (noun) a spar projecting from the upper end of the bow of a sailing vessel, for holding the tacks of various jibs or stays and often supporting a jib boom.


 * __EXPOSTULATE__**: (verb) to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate.


 * __ISLET:__** (noun) a very small island.


 * __KETCH__**: (noun) a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.


 * __LAGOON__**: (noun) an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.


 * __MANGROVE__**: (noun) any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, the species of which are mostly low trees growing in marshes or tidal shores, noted for their interlacing above-ground adventitious roots.


 * __MORTISE__**: (noun) a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.


 * __STOIC__**: (adjective) of or pertaining to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity.


 * __TENON__**: (noun) of or pertaining to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity.


 * __URCHIN__**: (noun) a mischievous boy.

Word Bank:

Bowsprit Stoic Urchin Mortise Ketch Mangrove Tenon Lagoon Expostulate Islet


 * __RUBRIC__**:


 * __Level 4__** The Word Wizard successfully defines and provides an example for at least 10 vocabulary words from __Adrift on a Sea of Blue Light__. The student also includes all of these words in a Word Search.


 * __Level 3__** The Word Wizard successfully defines and provides an example for 7-9 vocabulary words from __Adrift on a Sea of Blue Light__. The student also includes some of these words in a Word Search.


 * __Level 2__** The Word Wizard defines and provides an example for 5 vocabulary words from __Adrift on a Sea of Blue Light__. The student also includes a few of these words in a Word Search.


 * __Level 1__** The Word Wizard defines and provides an example for less than 5 vocabulary words from __Adrift on a Sea of Blue Light__. The student includes some of these words in a Word Search.