Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 07 A Secret Passage (Part 2)

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Attic
• Precipice (A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.)
• On the precipice of sth.
• Moat
• Cliff
• Synonyms
• Escarpment
• Steep
• Overhanging
• Tunnel
• Cobblestone
• Loose
• Trigger
• Peddle
• Break
• Accelerator
• Stamp on
• Thin sheet
• Spherical
• Dimensional
• Thickness
• Tug on
• Rope handle
• The door fell open with a thunk.
• Onomatopoeic (Sounding similar to the noise the word refers to.)
• Crouch down
• Damp
• Creepy
• Creeped out
• Creep
• Dimmer
• Unlatch
• Latch
• Mechanically
• Wombat
• Esky
• Misty
• Inch down
• Clinging to the ledge
• Horizontal
• Vertical
• Clingy
• Splash

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 07 A Secret Passage (Part 1)

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Self-assured
• Shove
• A row of
• Columns
• Sack
• Barrel
• Tearing through
• Intersection
• Expression
• Creak
• Torch
• Ignite
• Illuminate
• Light up
• Trembling
• Flour
• Grind
• Agriculture
• Peel
• Out layer
• Storeroom
• Rooster
• Trapdoor
• Villain
• Hatch

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 06 Ta-da! (Part 2)

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Meanies
• Clamy
• Stuffy
• Air circulating
• Moist
• Damp
• Fiery
• Chain
• Filthy
• Drip
• Ceiling
• Puddles
• Creepiest
• Prisoner
• Duke
• Throne
• Noose
• Knot
• Unzipping
• Whip
• Sputter
• Sporadic
• Wipe out
• Howl
• Technology
• Submissive
• Quaking
• Leap

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 06 Ta-da! (Part 1)

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Torchlight
• Squinty
• Restraining
• M(o)ustache
• Beard
• Who art thou?/Who are you?
• Spy
• Foreigner
• Egyptian
• Pyramid
• Roman
• Persian
• Civilization
• Iran
• Empire
• Dummy
• Mutter
• Arrest
• Dungeon
• Nasty
• March
• Frantically
• Armo(u)ry
• Unison
• Synchronise
• Narrow
• Helix
• Downwards
• Spiral
• Twirl
• Turret
• Rectangular
• Cylinder
• Defensive

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 05 Trapped (Part 2)

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Bend over
• Visor
• Combat
• Slammed shut
• Echo
• Chamber
• Container
• Bouncing back and forward
• Vibrating
• Clattering sound
• Click clop
• Whole bunch of
• Cabinet
• Fall out
• Smash together
• Blaze (A very large or fiercely burning fire./Burn fiercely or brightly./Shine brightly or powerfully.)
• Yank off
• Force

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 05 Trapped (Part 1)

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Race
• Stumble
• Creaking
• Wooden plank
• Exclusive
• Flick off
• Armo(u)ry
• Breastplate
• Leg plate
• Arm plate
• Protect
• Chest
• Vital
• Lung
• Shield
• Spear
• Sword
• Crossbow
• Club
• Battle-axe
• Bow
• Arrow
• Draw string
• Mechanical
• Trigger
• Mechanize
• Spike
• Thick
• Baseball bat
• Blade

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 04 Into the Castle (Part 3)

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Stroll
• Leisurely
• Fool
• Joker
• A comedian character
• Entertainment
• Intelligence
• Offend
• Precursor
• Leeway
• Slightly
• A noble figure
• Assassinate
• Execute
• Treatment
• Necessarily
• Consciously
• Valuable
• Boundary
• Provoke
• Taboo
• Promote
• Discussion
• Toss
• Instrument
• Juggle
• Cape
• Gown
• Furs
• Decorative
• Whirl
• Circular motion
• Swirl
• Teleporting
• Rotate
• Who art thou?=Who are you?
• Poems
• William Shakespeare (He was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.)
• Singular
• Plural
• Hyphen
• Referring to
• Apostrophe
• Variety
• Squeak
• High pitched voice
• Dimly
• Lamp

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 04 Into the Castle (Part 2)

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Empty
• Clop (A sound or series of sounds made by a horse's hoofs on a hard surface. A sound made by or sounding like a hoof or wooden shoe against the pavement.)
• Auditory imagery
• Cobblestone
• Pavement
• Uneven
• Era
• Material
• Minecraft
• Attention
• A well
• Manmade
• Dig into the ground
• Bucket
• Construction
• Pump
• Stable (A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept.)
• Tiptoe
• Slip into
• Doorway
• Stealthily
• Awe
• Amazement
• Incredible
• Giant
• Fireplace
• Blaze
• Uncontrollable
• Input
• Antler
• Rug
• Reindeer
• Protrusions
• Horns
• Buck
• Mount the head on the wall
• Trophy

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 04 Into the Castle (Part 1)

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Mutter
• Mutter something under your breath.
• Inaudible
• Curse
• Complain
• Plank
• Floor boards
• Creak
• Rectangular
• Section
• Horror
• To peer
• Extend
• The edge of
• Halt
• Medieval
• To dash across the bridge
• Courtyard (An unroofed area that is completely or partially enclosed by walls or buildings, typically one forming part of a castle or large house.)
• Surround
• Fence
• The forbidden city
• Cement
• Festive
• Feast
• Energy
• Crouch down
• Shiver
• Squat
• Torch
• Handheld torch
• Flame
• Wooden stick
• Fuel
• Ignite

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 03 Across the Bridge (Part 3)

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Drum
• Horn
• Fanfare (A short ceremonial tune or flourish played on brass instruments, typically to introduce something or someone important./Media attention or elaborate ceremony.)
• Announce
• Rarely
• Theatricality
• The studio released this film with great fanfare but no commercial success.
• Fuss
• Commotion
• Display
• Publicity
• Advertising
• Tray
• Pie
• Peacock
• A comb of feathers
• They fan out their feathers
• Dash
• Vanish
• Vanish into thin air
• Kidnap
• Invisible
• Underestimate
• Fiction
• Enjoyable
• Illustration

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 03 Across the Bridge (Part 2)

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Windmill
• Comprehensive
• Wind turbines
• Hydropower
• Generate
• Blade
• Mill wheat
• Crush
• Flour
• Machinery
• Grinding
• Structure
• Con
• Rotational
• Mist
• Piercing
• Shriek
• Split
• Variety
• Pierce
• Figuratively
• Literally
• Pitch
• Expect
• Necessarily
• Metaphor
• Fog
• Belly button
• Nipple
• Hawk
• Eagle
• Predatory
• Inner ward
• Broad rounded wings
• Wingspan
• Spread out
• Hospital wards
• Section
• The inner ward of a castle is the area surrounded by the innermost walls.
• Multiple
• Defence
• Invader
• Retreat
• Efficiently

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 03 Across the Bridge (Part 1)

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Drawbridge
• Moat
• Draw up and down
• Feast
• Plenty of
• Festive
• Festivity
• Pork ribs
• Whole roast chicken
• Vegetables
• Pumpkin soup
• Fruit
• Garlic bread
• Champagne
• Armo(u)r
• Protective clothing
• Metal
• Hit
• Attack
• Sword
• Damage
• Helmet
• Expose
• Weight up to
• Castle
• Medieval
• Native speaker
• Imput
• Context
• Enemies
• Crocodiles
• Typical
• Artificial
• Specific
• Entrance
• Reptile
• Salt water crocodiles
• Fresh water crocodiles
• Encounter

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 02 Leaving Again

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Dawn was starting to break.
• Annie was shining her flashlight on the books scattered about.
• Distribute across the area
• Tyrannosaurus
• Predator
• Shudder
• Trauma
• Shudder at the thought of it
• Tyrannosaurus rex/T-rex
• A red silk bookmark stuck out of it.
• Silkworms
• Leather
• Horse neighing
• Onomatopoeia
• Advanced word
• A knight in shining armo(u)r.
• Metaphorically
• Trope
• Cliché
• A damsel in distress is a character type, trope, and/or theme where a primary female character must be rescued by the hero.
• Critising
• Polished
• Prince charming
• Moan
• Tremble
• Squeeze
• Shiver
• Damp
• Whinny
• To peek
• Loom out
• Fog
• Appear
• Yank
• Examine
• Teeny
• Scoot
• Groan
• Misty
• Spray

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Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 01 The Dark Woods

• 00:00 Introducing book and book cover
• 02:37 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• An illustration
• Thrilling
• Black stallion
• Armo(u)r
• Knight
• Medieval time/Middle Ages
• Background and foreground
• Generally speaking
• Vivid
• Digress
• Temporal
• Grammatically
• Medallion
• Represent
• Organisation
• Signature
• Dawn
• Gray/Grey
• Sunrise
• Glow
• Sunset
• Crépuscule (French)
• Le crépuscule du matin (A French poem), Charles Baudelaire (Writer)
• Dusk
• Tiptoe
• Ballerinas
• Weight forward on feet
• Robber
• Imagery
• A simile
• Vibrant descriptive
• Pleasurable immersive
• Literary
• Sneaker
• To toss
• Distinction
• Scenario
• The language context
• Crept/Creep
• Stealthily
• A magic wand
• She clipped it onto her belt.
• Attach it
• Utility belt
• Slides in/Attaches
• They slipped out the door into the cool early-morning air.
• Crickets were chirping.
• Cicadas
• They dashed across the dark, wet lawn and didn’t stop until they reached the woods.
• To frown
• Forehead
• To glare
• Mysterious
• Grip
• Disappear

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Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark - 10 Home Before Dark

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• The woods were lit with a golden late-afternoon light.
• Stuck
• Jack still felt dazed.
• Shrugged
• Medallion
• Pupil dilating
• Came the distance cry again.
• Annie poked her head out the window.
• Jack slung his backpack over his shoulder.
• Swing it around
• Clasped
• Engraving
• Tingle
• Tingling sensation
• Etched in
• Carved in

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Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark - 09 The Amazing Ride

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Pteranodon
• Coasted down
• Tyrannosaurus
• Eased down
• Spread out
• Teeter (Move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth.)
• Teeter on the brink/edge of something. (Close to being in a specified state or condition.)
• Society is teetering on the edge of collapse.
• Precariously
• Riot
• Protest
• To balance precariously, to sway back and forth, to be unsteady.
• Duck-billed dinosaurs
• Then the Pteranodon soared out over the plain.
• Triceratops
• Grazing
• Triumphant
• Triumph (A great victory or achievement. The processional entry of a victorious general into ancient Rome.)
• Overcome obstacles
• General
• Feasting
• Miracle
• Simile (A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion).)
• Rhetorical device
• Whoop (A loud cry of joy or excitement.)
• Reptile
• Sailed over
• Wobbly
• Dizzy
• Bolted
• Scrambled
• Slammed
• Splintering off
• Colliding with something else
• Tumbled into
• Pennsylvania
• Tore/tear through it
• Moan

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Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark - 08 A Giant Shadow

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Magnolia tree
• Panic
• Tyrannosaurus rex/T-rex
• Steak knifes
• Bumps
• Serrations
• Meat-eating land animal
• Stampede
• Ravine
• Bison
• Bulls
• Trample
• Hoof
• Step on
• Run over
• Flapping
• Pteranodon
• Hit the ground
• Gliding
• Sailed down

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Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark - 06 Dinosaur Valley

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Magnolia tree
• Medallion
• Clutching
• Shriek
• A deep, belowing sound.
• Tuba
• Crouching
• Duck-biiled dinosaur
• Jack inched farther down the hill.
• Scooting down
• Waddled
• Clumsy
• Examined
• Anatosauruses (Previous name, now it is called Anatotitan)
• Colonies
• Barged down
• Throw up
• Enormous
• Plain
• Swinging a long, thick tail, and dangling two tiny arms.
• Gleaming
• Tyrannosaurus rex/T-rex

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Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark - 05 Gold in the Grass

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Quit it
• Scrambled
• Tumbled into
• Panting
• Rhinoceros
• Frenetic
• Shield-like
• Triceratops
• Flipped through the pages
• Caption
• Cretaceous period
• Slammed the book shut
• Shove...into...
• Pack
• Satchel
• Diagonally across
• He slang it over his shoulder
• Flings it around
• Made a face
• Peeked out
• Incredibly
• Truck
• Magnolia tree
• He kneeled behind a fat bush.
• Annie knelt beside him and started to speak.
• Squat
• Conceal
• Slipped
• Nudged
• Sign language
• Teasing
• Gazed down
• Magnolia flower
• Loped away
• Stride
• Grunted
• Glittering
• He reached out and picked it up.
• Medallion

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Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark - 03 Where Is Here?

• 00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously

Key words/phrases

• Pteranodon
• Soaring through
• Ferns
• Sloping
• Volcanoes
• Stammered
• Stutter
• Glided down
• Coasted
• Reptile
• Cretaceous period
• Slang English
• Boldly
• Ancient
• Titular

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Urban Dictionary: https://www.urbandictionary.com

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