Chapter 2: Kindness Begins with Me

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you should be able to:

1. connect and sequence events in an imaginative story;

2. explain characters’ actions, feelings, and behavior in an imaginative story; and

3. retell and rewrite an imaginative story.

Vocabularies

begin (base form)/began (past form): mulai

hatch (base form)/hatched (past form): menetas

shake (base form)/shook (past form): menggoyangkan

wait (base form)/waited (past form): menunggu

wobble (base form)/wobbled (past form): berjalan gemetar dan

tidak stabil

wings: sayap

shy: malu-malu

warm: hangat

gracefully: dengan anggunnya

once upon a time: pada suatu hari

at last: akhirnya

calm (base form)/calmed (past form): menenangkan

hear (base form)/heard (past form): mendengar

paddle (base form)/paddled (past form): mendayung

brave: berani

different: berbeda

mean: jahat

nice: baik

pleased: senang

rude: kasar

sad: sedih

ugly: buruk rupa

weak: lemah

proudly: dengan bangga

slowly: secara perlahan

suddenly: tiba-tiba

timidly: takut

the last spot: tempat terakhir

river: sungai

in chorus: berbicara bersamaan

Language Focus

We use past tense verbs to talk about past events in a story. We use these verbs to:

• create actions (shake - shook): The yellow ducklings shook their wings.

• show a process of thinking (think - thought): A Mother Duck thought about her eggs.

• identify something with our senses (see - saw): The Mother Duck saw five yellow ducklings.

• express something (say - said): “You are all so cute!”, said the Mother Duck.

• connect information (is/am/are - was/were): The Ugly Duckling was gray and shy.