Unit 3: English Language Development Texts

This list covers "Mom's First Day" and "It's Not Fair."
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  1. flutter
    move back and forth very rapidly
    As she flutters between the coffee pot and the refrigerator, she looks as nervous as the hummingbird that hovers outside the window.
  2. hover
    hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
    As she flutters between the coffee pot and the refrigerator, she looks as nervous as the hummingbird that hovers outside the window.
  3. dressy
    related to or wearing fancy clothing
    To my horror, she is dressed in one of her church outfits: a green silk dress with beige pumps. I am about to tell her she is way too dressy for school, when I remember my father’s words.
  4. slump
    assume a drooping posture or carriage
    As the class fills up around us, I slump low in my seat and doodle in my notebook, keeping my head down.
  5. humiliate
    cause to feel shame
    I feel my cheeks start to burn. I’m so humiliated, all I can do is turn and bury my face in Katie’s shoulder.
  6. trowel
    a small hand tool with a handle and metal blade
    Cassie took up the trowel and started to dig.
  7. amble
    walk leisurely
    Bella Stevenson, the most popular girl in class and the person Cassie was dreading the most, ambled down the path.
  8. novelty
    originality by virtue of being refreshingly new
    “Fun? This is more fun than that silly fair. The same food and rides every year! Planting bulbs under the sweet spring sunshine? That’s a novelty!”
  9. bulb
    a tear-shaped plant structure from which a new plant grows
    I’ll trade you a few bulbs for some of that pie you made.
  10. gullibility
    tendency to believe too readily and to be easily deceived
    Cassie was amazed at her classmates’ gullibility and her own good fortune.
Created on Mon Apr 12 10:34:08 EDT 2021 (updated Wed Apr 14 10:50:49 EDT 2021)

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