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Vocabulary Word Introduction Read the word chorally Define the word: Read it chorally Example: Let the teacher give an example Ask: The teacher will ask you a question about the word. Tell your answer to your partner.

when you forgot or failed to do something neglected I guess I forgot to clean my room.

to be thankful for something someone has done for you appreciated

something that is not correctly known misunderstood

willing to do just about anything to help or change a situation desperate

things that are put up with endured

doing what you are told, when you are told to do it obedience

having or showing the ability to think, learn, and understand intelligent

something that causes people to be amazed impressive

to be shown how to do something demonstrated

the act of making something known or understood exposure

words put together to express ideas phrases Friends make life a little sweeter

High Interest Words These are words in the story you may not have seen before.

a member of the dog family canine

behaving, speaking, or acting in a way that is more dramatic than necessary melodramatic

somebody considered clumsy and unintelligent lummox

feeling sick, especially sick to the stomach queasy

a large room in which many people sleep, or a building with many sleeping rooms dormitory

the main officer in charge of a prison warden

neglected appreciated desperate endured misunderstood obedience intelligent impressive demonstrated exposure phrases

High Interest Words canine melodramatic lummox queasy dormitory warden