Lesson One

LESSON ONE

Congratulations on finishing Unit One on Reading and Vocabulary.  Now it's time to learn some more words which will make reading and writing more fun.  Let's not forget to please your family and to impress your friends! 

English is the language that you are studying, and it is the most popular language in the world.  Isn't it exciting to know that you are speaking the most well-known language in the world? 

English is the most popular language in the world. 

Words are the tools that we use to think, speak, and learn.  Words are all around us.  The more words you know and understand, the more you will learn about everything all around you.

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Sample Paragraph 

My dog Boz is very funny.  My basset hound likes to take life easy and loves to lie around all day.  However, there are times when Boz does actually get up off the couch yet manages to abstain from much exercise. That is usually when he sees my neighbor's cat sitting on its podium.  Boz will bide his time until just the right moment and then hasten to attack the blithe kitty as she plummets to the ground and lands on all four paws.  Boz wants to bilk the kitty out of her sense of safety and security.  My basset hound doesn't mean any harm.  He just wants to rob the kitty of a peaceful day and curtail her placid existence.  I have to keep from laughing at his game playing 

because at times I see him nuzzle with the kitty on my couch.  Boz is a funny dog who abhors real exercise!  

My basset hound will bide his time and then hasten to attack a poor kitty. 

LIST OF VOCABULARY WORDS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS 

Here is a list of the vocabulary words and their definitions.  Look at this list and see how accurately you figured out their meanings in the "Boz" paragraph (above) by using context clues.  

nuzzle -- rub or push gently 

podium -- raised platform 

abstain -- go without 

bilk -- hinder or prevent 

curtail -- cut short 

abhor – hate 

plummets -- fall suddenly 

hasten – hurry 

placid – calm 

blithe -- carefree and happy 

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