Vocab Week 10

Vocab Week 10

Contented

• satisfied

• happy

Contented

In this part of the story, Winnie and the Tucks are about to sit down in the parlor, and are about to have breakfast together.

"Mae surveyed it all and sighed contentedly."

Open Ended

When people feel contented, they are satisfied, or happy. I felt contented after our first math project, because I could tell everyone understood how to add decimals together. When is a time you felt contented? Why?

"I felt contented when ___________ because..."

Multiple Choice

What is the new word you learned that means satisfied or happy?

• loll

• helter-skelter

• contented

Uneasy

• nervous

• worried

• anxious

Uneasy

In this part of the story, the man in the yellow suit has come to the Tucks' house to get Winnie.

"Mae sat down on the edge of the rocker, and Tuck sat, too, but his eyes were narrowed. Jesse said, uneasily, 'Who in tarnation do you think you-' but Tuck interrupted. 'Hush, boy. Let him speak his piece.'"

Open Ended

All of us feel uneasy at times, nervous, anxious or worried. When I was younger, I always felt uneasy when I had to speak in front of the class. I was always a littler nervous, and I worried that I would say something silly. The first time I went snowboarding, I was uneasy because the trails were narrow (skinny), and I was worried about running into someone if I forgot how to turn. When have you felt uneasy? Why were you uneasy?

"I was uneasy when ___________ because..."

Multiple Choice

What is the new word you learned that means nervous, anxious or worried?

• uneasy

• thunderous

• contented

Soothe

• make something or someone calmer or less upset

Soothe

In this part of the book, the man in the yellow suit is explaining to the Tucks that he knows who they are and that they live forever.

"He spread his long, white fingers in a soothing gesture."

Open Ended

When you soothe someone, you make the person feel calmer or less upset. When my brother was little, I would soothe him by reading him a story. When have you soothed someone or when has someone soothed you? What did you or the person do that was soothing?

"_____ soothed ___ when ________ by..."

Example: My friend soothed me when I was sad about a grade by giving me a hug and listening while I explained why I was upset.

Multiple Choice

What is the new word you learned that means to make someone or something calmer or less upset?

• battered

• soothe

• uneasy

-ly

Contentedly

Contentedly

The word contentedly is made by adding the suffix -ly to the word contented. One meaning of the suffix -ly is 'in a certain way.' Contentedly means 'in a contented, or in a satisfied or happy way.' In Tuck Everlasting, Mae sighs contentedly- she sighs in a contented way- when her family and Winnie sit down to eat breakfast together.

Open Ended

When might you sigh contentedly, or in a contented way?

'I might sigh contentedly if..."

Open Ended

Hospitably- made up of the word hospitable and the suffix -ly

Based on what you know about the word hospitable and the suffix -ly, what do you think the word hospitably means? What do we mean when we say that someone acts hospitably?

Hospitably

Hospitably means 'in a hospitable way, or in a friendly, welcoming, and generous way. If we greet a class visitor hospitably, we greet the visitor in a friendly, welcoming way.