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Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst. Unit 5 Lesson 5 Preteaching Vocabulary. absolutely I absolutely was saving the rest of my money. (p159) Absolutely, I promised to take out the garbage last night.(transparency) absolutely : without any doubt. positively
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Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sundayby Judith Viorst Unit 5 Lesson 5 Preteaching Vocabulary
absolutely • I absolutely was saving the rest of my money. (p159) • Absolutely, I promised to take out the garbage last night.(transparency) • absolutely: without any doubt
positively • I positively was saving the rest of my money. (p159) • I positively believed that I would take the garbage, but I fell asleep. (transparency) • positively: for sure, certainly; confidently
vanish • But then Nick did a magic trick that made my pennies vanish in thin air. (p161) • When I woke up this morning, I wished that I could make the garbage vanish before Mom found it still in the kitchen. (transparency) • vanish: disappear
tokens • It isn’t fair because what I’ve got is ... bus tokens. (p156) • Robert said, “I spent a lot of tokens at Chuck E. Cheese’s.” • tokens: pieces of metal shaped as coins, used instead of money.
lox • They brought lox because my father likes to eat lox. (p157) • “Would you like to taste lox?” asked my grandmother. • lox: a form of salmon for eating
smushed • I rescued it from being melted or smushed.(p161) • I smushed my finger with the door. • smushed: (slang) pressed against; smashed
absolutely positively vanish tokens lox smushed A pieces of metal shaped as coins, used instead of money. B for sure, certainly; confidently C(slang) pressed against; smashed D disappear E without any doubt F a form of salmon for eating Match vocabulary words with definitions E B D A F C