Jose! Born to Dance

1. Jose! Born to Dance Vocabulary

2. Stubborn adjective • If you are acting stubborn, you are determined to do things your way. You are not willing to change what you are doing or how you are acting.

3. Stubborn • This girl is being stubborn. She does not want to do what her mother asked her to do.

4. Stubborn • Mules are considered very stubborn animals. If they don’t want to move, they won’t. • Sometimes a stubborn person is described as being as stubborn as a mule.

5. Stubborn • Have you ever been stubborn? Or do you know someone who is? • Turn and tell your partner. • Start by saying: “One time that I was stubborn…” or “My____ is very stubborn when…”

6. Hauling verb • When you are hauling something, you are carrying or moving something.

7. Hauling • In Nebraska we often see trucks hauling hay to feed cattle.

8. Hauling • In some countries people have to haul wood long distances to use for making fire.

9. Hauling • What are some things you have seen being hauled? • See if you and your partner can think of 3 other things that can be hauled. • Be ready to share your ideas with the class.

10. Hauling • Haul and hall are homonyms. They sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things.

11. Border noun • A border is a boundary or an edge.

12. Border • There is a fence on the border between the United States and Mexico.

13. Border • The Missouri River forms the border Nebraska and Iowa.

14. Mournful adjective • Something that is mournful is sad.

15. Mournful • Sometimes songs in a show are mournful. They bring tears to the audience’s eyes.

16. Mournful • When someone is feeling mournful, it helps to have a friend comfort them.

17. Mournful • What is something that might make you feel mournful? • Turn and tell your partner. • Start by saying: _____ would make me feel mournful.

18. Towered past tense verb • Use this sentence to figure out what the word towered means. • The man on the stilts towered over the children. • Think about the base word of towered. What does it mean? • Can you figure out what towered means?

19. Towered • Towered means stood over or taller than others. • When I went to Chicago, the skyscrapers towered above us.

20. Towered • The Redwood trees tower above everything else in the forest.

21. Towered • What are some other things that tower over people? • See if you and your partner can think of 3 more things. • Be ready to share with the class.

22. Using context clues • An actor is always nervous at his debut, or first performance. • What does debut mean? • What clue in the sentence helped you? • Debut means the first performance in public.

23. Debut noun • Taylor Swift made her singing debut in 2006. She was popular immediately.

24. Debut • Many things can debut. New t.v. shows typically debut in the fall. • The first time an athlete plays is his debut.

25. Toured past tense verb • Justin Bieber toured, or traveled, around the country this summer. • What does toured mean? • Toured means traveled.

26. Toured • Popular singers toured during the summer to put on concerts for their fans.

27. Toured • When we went to England, we toured many castles.

28. Toured • Where is a place you would like to tour? • Turn and talk to your partner. • Start by saying: “I would like to tour…”

29. Discouraged adjective • Some musicians become discouraged, or disappointed, after a poor performance. • What does discouraged mean? • It means feeling disappointed or hopeless.

30. Discouraged • The girl was discouraged when she couldn’t figure out the problem on the board.

31. Discouraged • She is discouraged because she doesn’t know how she will ever get all her work done.

32. Discouraged • Discouraged can also be a verb. It means trying to keep someone from doing something. • Barack Obama and Mitt Romney want to discourage people from voting for their opponent.

33. Discouraged • What is something that makes you discouraged? • Turn and tell your partner. • Start by saying: “I feel discouraged when…”

34. Triumph noun • When someone has a triumph, they have had a success or have won something.

35. Triumph • The team celebrates their triumph over the other team at the end of the game.

36. Triumph • He celebrates his triumph by raising his arms and yelling.

37. Triumph noun Triumphant adjectiveTriumphantly adverb • This summer the U.S. women’s gymnastics team were triumphant at the Olympics. It wasn’t until the last person competed that they knew they had a triumph. They wore their gold medals triumphantly for days afterwards.

38. Permission noun • The musician is allowed to play in the subway. She was given permission. • What does permission mean? • What clue helped you figure it out? • Permission means you are allowed to do something.

39. Permission • You should always ask permission before petting someone’s dog.

40. Permission • She is giving her daughter permission to borrow her car.

41. Permission • What is something you have to ask permission to do at home or at school? • Turn and tell your partner. • Start by saying: “I have to ask permission to…”

42. Time to Review • Match the word to its meaning Triumph stood above Permission carrying Discouraged 1st performance Toured sad Debut determined Mournful boundary Border traveled Hauling discouraged Stubborn success Towered allowed to