Thursday, February 17, 2011

Anthology Vocabulary for Maria Isabel story

Key Vocabulary
Definition
Sentence
Attentively
(p.404)
With attention or alertness
The rest of the kids listened attentively, but Maria Isabel just kept looking down at her desk.
Disappointed
(p.398)
Feeling like things didn’t go the way you had hoped
She knew they were going to be very disappointed when they saw the other kids in her class taking part in the play.
Misunderstanding
(p.398)
A failure to understand
It’s all a big misunderstanding…. If only there was some way I could let her know.
Nervously
(p.404)
With concern, worry, or fear
Maria Isabel walked nervously up to the front of the room and stood next to the teacher, who was strumming her guitar.
Troublesome
(p.401)
Causing problems
Maria Isabel felt that she was caught in a sticky, troublesome spider’s web of her own…
Revolved
(p.395)
To be centered around a particular thing
Everything at school now revolved around plans for the Winter Pageant.

3 comments:

  1. These are great words to say and learn.

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  2. those look like big words!

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  3. Jennifer Sanchez MartinezFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    These are very hard words for me to memorize them,but one of them are very easy, but Im still learning them.

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