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New Beginnings
3.1.1
Character, Setting, Plot
A "new beginning" is when you move to a new house, a new school, a new job, or even a new country. Sometimes moving to a new place can be exciting because you get to meet new people and make new friends. However, sometimes moving to a new place can be scary and uncomfortable.
Have you ever moved to a new place? How did you feel? Why?
nerv - ous
I was really nervous on the first day of school. My heart beat fast and I had an upset stomach.
nervous = scared or fearful
Nervous is an adjective. An adjective is a descriptive word. Words that end is -ous are
adjectives like:
curiousmysteriousdelirious serious
Can you think of some others?
fum - bled
When I walked into the classroom on the first day of school I fumbled and almost fell on the floor.
fumbled = do something clumsy
chuckled
Some of the kids in the class chuckled when I fumbled, it made me feel even more nervous.
chuckled = laughed quietly
trudged
Slowly, I trudged to my desk feeling really embarrassed.
trudged = walked slowly
non - sense
I was afraid to tell the teacher because I thought she would think it was nonsense and tell me to forget
about it. So I kept quiet.
nonsense = does not make sense
non is a prefix, it means not like:
nonfatnoncontagiousnonrenewable
nonjudgementalnonbeliever
down - stairs
Later that day, when I was downstairs at my house, I told my mother all about my first day of school. She gave me a big hug and said "From
here on out it can only get better!"
downstairs = down the stairs or on the first floor
Downstairs is a compound word. A compound word is two words stuck together to make a new word.
rainbowsometimes
footballclassroom
cowboy
Can you think of some others?
Vocabulary Words:
nervousfumbled chuckledtrudged
nonsense downstairs
nervous a. scared or afraid b. excited c. bored
fumbled
a. walk slowly
b. laugh quietly
c. do something clumsy
chuckled
a. to skip
b. to talk loudly
c. to laugh quietly
trudged
a. to walk slowly
b. to run fast
c. to be busy
nonsense
a. something true
b. something that makes sense
c. something that doesn't make sense