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New Beginnings

New Beginnings. 3.1.1. Character, Setting, Plot.

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New Beginnings

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  1. New Beginnings 3.1.1 Character, Setting, Plot

  2. 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?

  3. nerv - ous I was really nervouson the first day of school. My heart beat fast and I had an upset stomach.

  4. nervous = scared or fearful Nervous is an adjective. An adjective is a  descriptive word. Words that end is -ous are adjectives like: curious mysterious delirious  serious Can you think of some others?

  5. fum - bled When I walked into the classroom on the first day of school I fumbled and almost fell on the floor.

  6. fumbled = do something clumsy

  7. chuckled Some of the kids in the class chuckled when I fumbled, it made me feel even more nervous.

  8. chuckled = laughed quietly

  9. trudged Slowly, I trudged to my desk feeling really embarrassed.

  10. trudged = walked slowly

  11. 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.

  12. nonsense = does not make sense non is a prefix, it means not like:  nonfat noncontagious nonrenewable nonjudgemental nonbeliever

  13. 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!"

  14. 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. rainbow sometimes football classroom cowboy Can you think of some others?

  15. Vocabulary Words:nervousfumbled chuckledtrudgednonsense downstairs

  16. nervousa. scared or afraidb. excitedc. bored

  17. fumbled a. walk slowly b. laugh quietlyc. do something clumsy

  18. chuckleda. to skipb. to talk loudlyc. to laugh quietly

  19.  trudgeda. to walk slowly b. to run fastc. to be busy

  20. nonsense a. something trueb. something that makes sensec. something that doesn't make sense

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