Amelias Road

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Amelias Road

• Vocabulary

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labored

• Amelias parents were migrant workers who labored
  all day picking crops.

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labored

• worked

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shortcut

• One afternoon, on her way home from school,
  Amelia took a shortcut to get home more quickly.

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shortcut

• a quicker way of reaching a place

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occasions

• Her mothers birthday is one of the occasions
  everyone in the family likes to celebrate.

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occasions

• important or special events

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rhythms

• Amelia was humming a new song and matched her
  steps to the changing rhythm.

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rhythms

• regular or orderly repeating of sounds or
  movements

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accidental

• It was accidental that she tripped on the rock.

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accidental

• happening by chance

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shutters

• She looked across the field and saw her dream
  house with blue shutters around the windows.

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shutters

• movable covers for windows, usually attached to
  the frames by hinges