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Direct Teaching Words

• Contextualize the word within the story.
  • "In the story, Lisa was reluctant to leave ...."
• Have the children say the word.
  • "Say the word - reluctant"
• Provide (teacher or student) a student-friendly explanation or description of the word. [The word explanation is in blue]
  • "Reluctant means you are not sure you want to do something."
  • Versus a definition.
    • Reluctant - 1. Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling disinclined; loth.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)