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Lesson 11 Ally Magliocco’s Powerpoint

swooned

If you had a terrible shock or surprise that made you faint or fall, you might have swooned.

My brother , Gianni will swoon if I make him scared.

astonishedWhen you are amazed and surprised by something, you are astonished.

When my pug comes in my room, I am astonished. She brightens up my day.

enviousIf you feel envious you want something that someone else has.

I am envious when I want to get Rilie’s tablet.

rivalry

People who compete are in a rivalry.

I compete in a hip hop rivalry during dance class.

encouraging

Something you say that makes a friend feel good is encouraging.

I am encouraging her when I tell Rilie that she did something good.

brief

If something is brief it does not take much time.

When I go to dance class, it takes a brief time to get there.

chuckling

If you are chuckling , you are laughing to yourself .

I chuckled when I read a funny book.

soothing

Something that is soothing makes you calm.

When I need to calm down, I put on some soothing music.

sobbed

Someone who sobbed cried very hard.

I sobbed when I went to kindergarten.

praised

If you praised someone you told that person that he or she did something well.

Rilie praised me when I got an A+ on my spelling test.