Robust Vocabulary

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Robust Vocabulary
Lesson 11
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swooned
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swoon
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swooned

• If you had a terrible shock or surprise that made
  you faint or fall, you might have swooned.
• Margie swooned and fell down on the floor
  weeping.
• Would you swoon when you heard terrible news, or
  when you went for a walk.
• When might a person swoon?
• Turn to your partner and share.

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astonished
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a
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a ston
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a ston ish
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a ston ish ed
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astonished

• When you are amazed and surprised by something,
  you are astonished.
• Everyone was astonished by Margies free-flowing
  tears.
• When would you be astonished when you see an
  elephant on TV or when there is an elephant in
  the schoolyard?

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Concept map
astonished Synonym
Sentence Picture
Reading Selection Antonym
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STOP!!!
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Day 2
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encouraging
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en
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en cour
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en cour ag
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en cour ag ing
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encouraging

• An encouraging word from a friend can make you
  feel that you can do something well.
• Would you want to hear encouraging words? Explain.

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brief
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brief

• If something is brief, it does not take much
  time.
• If you ran for a brief time, would you be tired?

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chuckling
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chuck
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chuck ling
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chuckling

• If you are chuckling, you are laughing quietly to
  yourself.
• Would you hear chuckling at a quiet movie or a
  sad movie?

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soothing
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sooth
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sooth ing
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soothing

• Something that is soothing makes you feel calm.
• Would the sound of a loud motor or the sound of a
  fountain be soothing?

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sobbed
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sob
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Sob b
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Sob b ed
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sobbed

• Someone who sobbed cried very hard.
• Why might someone have sobbed at the end of a
  day? Explain.

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praised
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praise
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prais ed
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praised

• If you praised someone, you told that person that
  he or she did something well.
• When have you been praised?

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Read pg. 304 - 305Jacobs Journal
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Read pg. 304 - 305Jacobs Journal

• How do you think the writer felt when his brother
  was encouraging him? Explain.

Why was the writers success at free shots so
brief?
How did Vinces chuckling make the writer feel?
Why did the writer say that Garys voice was
soothing?
How did Gary keep the writer from sobbing?
What did Gary say to praise the writer?
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Graphic organizer wb. 306
characters I
setting
Plot
problem
Important Events
Solution
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envious
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en
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en vi ous
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envious

• If you feel envious, you want something that
  someone else has.
• Carolyn felt envious of the way her parent
  treated her brother and sister.
• Would you be envious of a friends toy that you
  also had or a toy that you didnt have?

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rivalry
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ri
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ri val
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ri val ry
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rivalry

• People who have a rivalry are competing against
  each other for something.
• Carolyn feels a rivalry with her brother and
  sister because she thinks she is competing
  against them for her parents love.
• Would there be a rivalry between players on the
  same team or on two different teams?

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Choose one to do with partner

• List things that might make you envious of
  someone else. How are the things on the list
  alike and how are they different?
• Think of some examples of rivalry. Then
  brainstorm words, such as competitive, to
  describe a rivalry.