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Name: Teacher: HAVEN SANDOVAL PRICE ELA 7 TH GRADE (Q2) Week 7: Nov 30-Dec. 4, 2020 MONDAY A CHRISTMAS CAROL: ACT I (text) Read the Text – Annotate Comprehension Check TUESDAY CONCEPT VOCABULARY/WORD STUDY Vocabulary worksheets WEDNESDAY ANALYZE CRAFT & STRUCTURE Text Structure: Dialogue in Drama THURSDAY CONVENTIONS Subject-Verb Agreement FRIDAY SELECTION TEST Complete the test and turn in your packet to the school/bus When you complete the packet, you may return it with any of the following options: Scan each page and send it to your teacher’s email address. Drop off the packet at the TMS front office. Return it to the bus driver on the following Monday and pick up a new packet. Any questions? Email your teacher or call TMS at 928-729-6811. Mrs. Haven [email protected] Ms. Price [email protected] Ms. Sandoval [email protected]

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Name: Teacher: HAVEN SANDOVAL PRICE

ELA 7TH GRADE (Q2) Week 7: Nov 30-Dec. 4, 2020

MONDAY A CHRISTMAS CAROL: ACT I (text)

• Read the Text – Annotate

• Comprehension Check

TUESDAY CONCEPT VOCABULARY/WORD STUDY

• Vocabulary worksheets

WEDNESDAY ANALYZE CRAFT & STRUCTURE

• Text Structure: Dialogue in Drama

THURSDAY CONVENTIONS

• Subject-Verb Agreement

FRIDAY SELECTION TEST

• Complete the test and turn in your packet to the school/bus

When you complete the packet, you may return it

with any of the following options:

• Scan each page and send it to your teacher’s email address.

• Drop off the packet at the TMS front office.

• Return it to the bus driver on the following Monday and pick up a new packet.

Any questions? Email your teacher or call TMS at 928-729-6811.

Mrs. Haven [email protected]

Ms. Price [email protected]

Ms. Sandoval [email protected]

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This version of the selection alternates original text with summarized passages. Dotted lines appear next to the summarized passages.

ANCHOR TEXT | DRAMA

Israel Horovitzadapted from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act I

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Jacob Marley, a specterEbenezer Scrooge, not yet dead, which is to

say still aliveBob Cratchit, Scrooge’s clerkFred, Scrooge’s nephewThin Do-GooderPortly Do-GooderSpecters (Various), carrying money-boxesThe Ghost of Christmas PastFour Jocund TravelersA Band of SingersA Band of DancersLittle Boy ScroogeYoung Man ScroogeFan, Scrooge’s little sisterThe SchoolmasterSchoolmatesFezziwig, a fine and fair employerDick, young Scrooge’s co-workerYoung ScroogeA FiddlerMore DancersScrooge’s Lost Love

Scrooge’s Lost Love’s DaughterScrooge’s Lost Love’s HusbandThe Ghost of Christmas PresentSome BakersMrs. Cratchit, Bob Cratchit’s wifeBelinda Cratchit, a daughterMartha Cratchit, another daughterPeter Cratchit, a sonTiny Tim Cratchit, another sonScrooge’s Niece, Fred’s wifeThe Ghost of Christmas Future,

a mute PhantomThree Men of BusinessDrunks, Scoundrels, Women of the StreetsA CharwomanMrs. DilberJoe, an old secondhand goods dealerA Corpse, very like ScroogeAn Indebted FamilyAdam, a young boyA PoultererA GentlewomanSome More Men of Business

The action in these scenes takes place on Christmas Eve, 1843, in Ebenezer Scrooge’s offices in London.

Scene 1[Ghostly music in auditorium. A single spot lighton Jacob Marley, D.C. He is ancient; awful, deadeyed. He speaks straight out to auditorium.]

Marley. [Cackle-voiced] My name is Jacob Marley and I am dead. [He laughs.] Oh, no, there’s no doubt that I am dead. The register of my burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker ... and by my chief mourner ... Ebenezer Scrooge ... [Pause; remembers] I am dead as a doornail.

Jacob Marley introduces Scrooge and says that Scrooge is a greedy old man. The audience sees Scrooge sitting in his office counting money. Scrooge cannot see Marley.

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NOTESMarley tells the audience that he and Scrooge were business partners for many years. When Marley died, Scrooge was too stingy to remove Marley’s name from the sign on their office. Scrooge has no friends. But he likes it that way.

Marley tells the audience that it must watch to see what will happen to Scrooge. It’s a bitterly cold night.

Then Marley disappears.

Scene 2This scene opens to the sound of Christmas music. Scrooge is sitting at his desk. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, is working in a cold and dark corner. Cratchit tries to warm himself. Scrooge’s nephew enters, unseen.

Scrooge. What are you doing, Cratchit? Acting cold, are you? Next, you’ll be asking to replenish your coal from my coal-box, won’t you? Well, save your breath, Cratchit! Unless you’re prepared to find employ elsewhere!

Nephew. [Cheerfully; surprising Scrooge] A merry Christmas to you, Uncle! God save you!

Scrooge. Bah!1 Humbug!2

Nephew. Christmas a “humbug,” Uncle? I’m sure you don’t mean that.

Scrooge. I do! Merry Christmas? What right do you have to be merry? What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough!

Nephew. Come, then. What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose? You’re rich enough.

Scrooge. Bah! Humbug!

Nephew. Don’t be cross, Uncle.

Scrooge. What else can I be? Eh? When I live in a world of fools such as this? Merry Christmas? What’s Christmastime to you but a time of paying bills without any money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer. If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with “Merry Christmas” on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!

Nephew. Uncle!

Scrooge. Nephew! You keep Christmas in your own way and let me keep it in mine.

Nephew. Keep it! But you don’t keep it, Uncle.

Scrooge. Let me leave it alone, then. Much good it has ever done you!

1. Bah! (bah) interj. word meant to show disgust or scorn for something.2. Humbug! (HUHM buhg) interj. nonsense!

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NOTESScrooge’s nephew says that Christmas is the time when people open their hearts to each other. He invites Scrooge to eat with his family on Christmas. But Scrooge rudely refuses. He criticizes his nephew and Cratchit for having wives and children to support. After arguing, the nephew leaves.

Two kind men enter the office. They ask Scrooge to give a donation for the poor and needy. Scrooge tells the men that the prisons and workhouses are for the poor and needy. Both men are shocked at Scrooge’s cold heart. Scrooge asks them to leave him alone and rudely returns to his desk. Cratchit walks the men to the door and gives them a small amount of money as a donation.

After the men leave, the clock strikes six. Cratchit prepares to go home.

Scrooge. Hmmm. Oh, you’ll be wanting the whole day tomorrow, I suppose?

Cratchit. If quite convenient, sir.

Scrooge. It’s not convenient, and it’s not fair. If I was to stop half-a-crown for it, you’d think yourself ill-used, I’ll be bound?3

[Cratchet smiles faintly.]Cratchit. I don’t know, sir ...

Scrooge. And yet, you don’t think me ill-used when I pay a day’s wages for no work ...

Cratchit. It’s only but once a year ...

Scrooge. A poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every 25th of December! But suppose you must have the whole day. Be here all the earlier the next morning!

Cratchit. Oh, I will, sir, I will. I promise you. And, sir ...

Scrooge. Don’t say it, Cratchit.

Cratchit. But let me wish you a ...

Scrooge. Don’t say it, Cratchit. I warn you ...

Cratchit leaves, saying “Merry Christmas” as he goes. A boy outside sings “Away in a Manger.” Scrooge sends the boy away. He grumbles as he turns off the lights. What follows is Scrooge’s crossover back to his rooms.

[Scrooge will walk alone to his rooms from his offices. As he makes a long slow cross of the stage, the scenery should change. Christmas music will be heard, various people will cross by Scrooge, often smiling happily. There will be occasional pleasant greetings tossed at him.Scrooge, in contrast to all, will grump and mumble. He will snap at passing boys, as might a horrid old hound. ...This statement of Scrooge’s character, by contrast to all other characters, should seem comical to the audience.]

3. I’ll be bound? (yl bee bownd) I am sure?

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NOTESAs Scrooge walks along, snow begins to fall. People on the street look up at the snow and smile. By contrast, Scrooge is angry at the snowflakes and bats at them. He comments on the blackness of the night.

Scene 3Scrooge arrives home. As he unlocks his door, the door knocker changes into Marley’s face. Scrooge is startled. Then, the face disappears. When Scrooge gets inside, he goes through the house looking to see if anyone is there. The pictures on the walls show Marley’s face. All the bells in the house begin to ring. Scrooge hears a loud chain dragging across his basement floor and up the stairs. He hears doors fly open. He refuses to believe these things are happening.

[Marley’s Ghost enters the room. He is horrible to look at: pigtail, vest, suit as usual, but he drags an enormous chain now, to which is fastened cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses fashioned of steel. He is transparent. Marley stands opposite the stricken Scrooge.] ...

Scrooge. Who are you?

Marley. Ask me who I was.

Scrooge. Who were you then?

Marley. In life, I was your business partner: Jacob Marley.

Scrooge. I see ... can you sit down?

Marley. I can.

Scrooge. Do it then.

Marley. I shall. [Marley sits opposite Scrooge, in the chair across the table, at the front of the fireplace.] You don’t believe in me.

Scrooge. I don’t.

Marley screams a ghostly scream and removes his head from his shoulders. This convinces Scrooge that he is real. Marley says that he continues to walk the earth as a ghost because he did not care for other people during his life. He is forced to carry the chain because he cared too much about business and money. Scrooge is frightened that a chain will appear around his body, but Marley cannot comfort him. However, he warns Scrooge that he has a chance to save himself. He tells him he will be haunted by Three Spirits. They are Scrooge’s only hope. If he does not listen to the spirits, he will end up like Marley. After Marley leaves, Scrooge wonders if he imagined the whole thing.

Scene 4Marley appears to the audience. He tells them that they are going to witness a change in Scrooge. A bell rings and Scrooge is awakened from his sleep. He sees a hand drawing back the curtains. A figure stands in front of Scrooge. It looks like both a child and an old man. It is the Spirit called Past.

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NOTESScrooge. Who, and what are you?

Past. I am the Ghost of Christmas Past.

Scrooge. Long past?

Past. Your past.

Scrooge. May I ask, please, sir, what business you have here with me?

Past. Your welfare.4

Scrooge. Not to sound ungrateful, sir, and really, please do understand that I am plenty obliged for your concern, but, really, kind spirit, it would have done all the better for my welfare to have been left alone altogether, to have slept peacefully through this night.

Past. Your reclamation, then. Take heed!

Scrooge. My what?

Past. [Motioning to Scrooge and taking his arm] Rise! Fly with me! [He leads Scrooge to the window.]

Scrooge. [Panicked] Fly, but I am a mortal and cannot fly!

Past. [Pointing to his heart] Bear but a touch of my hand here and you shall be upheld in more than this!

[Scrooge touches the spirit’s heart and the lights dissolve into sparkly flickers. Lovely crystals of music are heard. The scene dissolves into another. Christmas music again]

Scene 5[Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past walk together across an open stage. In the background, we see a field that is open; covered by a soft, downy snow: a country road.]Scrooge. Good Heaven! I was bred in this place. I was a boy here!

The Ghost of Christmas Past notices that Scrooge is crying. Four men pass by singing a Christmas carol. Scrooge remembers the beauty of the song. The ghost is surprised that Scrooge has happy memories of Christmas.

Then, they see a boy weeping in a schoolhouse. It is young Scrooge, all alone. The real Scrooge sobs and says the little boy was so lonely. He thinks of the young caroler whom he shooed away from his office earlier that night. He says he wishes he had given him something. The ghost smiles and takes Scrooge to another past Christmas.

This time, Scrooge is twelve. He is at the school where he lives with a harsh teacher. His six-year-old sister, Fan, comes to take him home for Christmas. The real Scrooge

4. Your welfare (WEL fer) n. someone’s health, comfort, and happiness.

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NOTESsays he loved his little sister very much. In real life, she is dead. But she had one child, Scrooge’s nephew.

Next, the ghost and Scrooge go to a warehouse where Scrooge worked as a young man. He sees his former boss and co-workers. They are dancing and playing music on Christmas Eve. The younger Scrooge and his friends talk fondly of their boss. The real Scrooge regrets that he hasn’t been kinder to his own employee, Bob Cratchit.

[In a flash of light, Ebenezer is gone, and in his place stands an Older Scrooge, this one a man in the prime of his life. Beside him stands a young woman in a mourning dress. She is crying. She speaks to the man, with hostility]Woman. It matters little ... to you, very little. Another idol has displaced me.

Man. What idol has displaced you?

Woman. A golden one.

Man. This is an even-handed dealing of the world. There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!

Woman. You fear the world too much. Have I not seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you? Have I not?

Scrooge. No!

Man. What then? Even if I have grown so much wiser, what then? Have I changed towards you?

Woman. No ...

Man. Am I?

Woman. Our contract is an old one. It was made when we were both poor and content to be so. You are changed. When it was made, you were another man.

Man. I was not another man: I was a boy.

Woman. Your own feeling tells you that you were not what you are. I am. That which promised happiness when we were one in heart is fraught with misery now that we are two ...

Scrooge. No!

Woman. How often and how keenly have I thought of this, I will not say. It is enough that I have thought of it, and can release you ...

Scrooge. [Quietly] Don’t release me, madam ...

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NOTESMan. Have I ever sought release?

Woman. In words. No. Never.

Man. In what then?

Woman. In a changed nature; in an altered spirit. In everything that made my love of any worth or value in your sight. If this has never been between us, tell me, would you seek me out and try to win me now? Ah, no!

The woman leaves the man, telling him to be happy in the life he has chosen. The real Scrooge cries out as she leaves. He begs the spirit to take him away. In a flash of light, the spirit is gone and Scrooge is back in his bedroom. Marley appears again to tell the audience that Scrooge must sleep. Scrooge still has to meet Christmas Present and Christmas Future.

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NAME: _________________________

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Name: Date:

A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act I Israel Horovitz

WORD LIST

covetous morose resolute impossible malcontent miser

A. DIRECTIONS: In each of the following items, think about the meaning of the

italicized word or phrase, and then answer the question.

1. Would you describe your friend John as covetous if he wanted, and tried to get,

everything you had? Why or why not?

2. Would you call Ren morose if all he did was mope around all day and

complain about his problems? Explain.

3. If Leelah were resolute in her quest for straight A’s, would you describe her as

determined? Explain.

4. What does Scrooge’s nephew mean when he describes Scrooge as impossible?

Explain.

5. True or false: Jason, the happiest guy on earth, is a malcontent. Explain.

6. True or false: A miser is a generous person, willing to help anyone in need.

Explain.

B. WORD STUDY: The Latin prefix mal- means “bad.” For instance, the word

malpractice means “improper, illegal, or negligent professional activity.” In the

reading, a malcontent is someone who is “dissatisfied and rebellious.” Below, use

the following words in a sentence. Use a dictionary to help you define them if

necessary.

1. malaise

2. malfunction

3. malefactor

4. maladroit

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TEXT STRUCTURE: DIALOGUE IN DRAMA

Dialogue is a conversation between characters. In a play, dialogue serves several

key functions.

• The play’s characters are developed mainly through dialogue.

• Characters’ words and speech patterns give clues to their personalities.

• Dialogue advances the plot and develops the conflict.

• In a dramatic script, a character’s name appears before the dialogue he or she speaks.

For example:

Paul: I wish I could understand why you felt that way.

Tina: You’ll never understand. Either you get it, or you don’t.

DIRECTIONS: Read the selection. Then, circle the letter of the choice that best

answers each question.

Charlie: I know you’re busy, but have you seen my keys?

Lucy: (murmurs, doesn’t look up from computer) I really have no idea.

Charlie: I just can’t stand this any more! I lose them once a week!

Lucy: Please, I just—can’t you be a little more organized? Have you tried next

to the refrigerator? That’s where they were the last couple of times.

Charlie: (looks) Oh… Sorry. Found them.

Lucy: I really have to get back to work.

1. What does the dialogue in this selection reveal about Charlie?

A. He loses his keys often. C. He’s organized.

B. He’s friends with Lucy. D. He’s very busy.

2. What does the dialogue in this selection reveal about Lucy?

A. She’s Charlie’s sister. C. She’s busy working.

B. She likes computers. D. She’s at a computer.

3. Why is Charlie’s response “Oh… Sorry. Found them” important?

A. It shows he’s responsible. C. It shows he’s frustrated.

B. It makes Lucy feel better. D. It resolves the scene.

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Name: Date:

TEXT STRUCTURE: DIALOGUE IN DRAMA

A. DIRECTIONS: Read the example from a work of drama. Then, write at least one

sentence describing who the characters are, the setting, and the action.

A large tent. The sound of harsh wind outside.

General Kozloff: Is there any chance we can make it there by dawn?

General Martial: I doubt it. The winds are against us.

General Kozloff: We may have to march anyway. We’ve done it before and

we can do it again.

Characters:

Setting:

Actions:

B. DIRECTIONS: Read the selection. Then, circle the letter of the choice that best

answers each question.

Chuck: It gets easier, the more you practice.

Fred: I know, but sometimes I just… I just don’t know when that will happen.

Chuck: You won’t find out if you don’t practice!

Fred: That’s what you said last week.

1. What does the dialogue in this selection reveal about Chuck?

2. What does the dialogue in this selection reveal about Fred?

3. Write a sentence that describes the relationship between Chuck and Fred.

NAME: _________________________

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SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

To maintain subject-verb agreement, make sure that subjects and verbs agree in

number.

• To check subject-verb agreement, determine whether the subject is singular or plural,

and then make sure the verb matches.

SUBJECT EXAMPLE

Singular subject and verb The clock ticks loudly.

Plural subject and verb Houses on this street are in the colonial style.

• A compound subject consists of two subjects joined by a conjunction such as and, or,

or nor. When the subjects joined are plural, they take a plural verb. When the subjects

joined are singular, refer to the rules in the chart below.

AGREEMENT RULES EXAMPLE

Two or more singular subjects joined by and take a plural verb.

The painting and silverware are antiques I inherited from my grandmother.

Singular subjects joined by or or nor take a singular verb.

Either walking or swimming is excellent exercise. Neither running nor bicycling helps my sore knee.

When singular and plural subjects are joined by or or nor, the verb must agree with the closer subject.

Neither the phone nor the lights are working. Juices or a bottle of iced tea is preferable to soda.

DIRECTIONS: Underline the correct singular or plural form of the verb in parentheses.

1. The cherry tree and the maple tree (has, have) been cut down.

2. The road to the right or the one straight ahead (leads, lead) home.

3. Soldiers or police officers (was, were) blocking the roadways.

4. Carol and her sister (is, are) hiking in Argentina.

5. The Thomases or the Millers (is, are) taking us in their car.

6. They and the Barbers (lives, live) across the street from the library.

7. The girls and boys (takes, take) turns collecting the classroom assignments.

8. Neither the fruit cups nor the rolls (has, have) been served yet.

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SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

A. DIRECTIONS: Underline the correct singular or plural form of the verb in

parentheses.

1. Two dogs and a cat (lives, live) in that house.

2. They (is, are) always playing together.

3. Neither the dogs nor the cat (likes, like) strangers.

4. Mr. Terry and one dog (takes, take) long walks.

5. Either Mr. Terry or his housekeeper (feeds, feed) the animals.

B. DIRECTIONS: Write the correct singular or plural form of the verb in parentheses on

the line in each sentence.

1. Both Joe and Michael interested in fishing. (to be)

2. Either Dad or Mom us up after school. (to pick)

3. An apple or a pear good with cheese. (to taste)

4. Billy or his sisters dinner every night. (to cook)

C. DIRECTIONS: Rewrite the sentences, correcting the agreement mistakes.

1. The mail carrier deliver mail about noon.

2. The cities closes the beaches in September.

3. The toy soldier and the stuffed dog was thrown away in the trash.

4. My brother and sister has been very cooperative lately.

5. A box of fruit bars are in the cupboard.

NAME: _________________________

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A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act I by Israel Horovitz FIRST READ: Comprehension

1. Which of the following pieces of information does Jacob Marley reveal about

Ebenezer Scrooge at the opening of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act

I?

a. Scrooge often gives money to the poor.

b. Scrooge was a good friend to Marley.

c. Scrooge likes cold, dark winter days.

d. Scrooge is a solitary, miserly man.

2. According to Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, why does Scrooge

object to having people enjoy Christmas?

a. He believes that Christmas is for children and that adults should not

celebrate it.

b. He cares only for making money and considers Christmas an interruption.

c. He feels sad at Christmas because Marley died on Christmas Eve.

d. He actually enjoys Christmas and only pretends to dislike it.

3. When Scrooge goes home from work in Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and

Marley, which actions show that he is uneasy? Choose three options.

a. He checks each of the rooms.

b. He trims his candle as he walks.

c. He looks under the sofa and table.

d. He eats only a bowl of gruel for his dinner.

e. He thinks he sees Marley’s face in the pictures.

f. He threatens a boy who is singing a Christmas song.

4. Near the end of Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Scrooge sees

himself as a child at school. What is revealed about his childhood in this scene?

a. He was alone and lonely.

b. He was terrified of ghosts.

c. He cared only about money.

d. He was his teacher’s favorite student.

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5. Why does Marley visit Scrooge in his rooms in Act I of A Christmas Carol:

Scrooge and Marley? Choose two options.

a. to ask Scrooge what has been happening at Scrooge and Marley’s

b. to see Scrooge again and have a nice chat about old times

c. to inform Scrooge that the Three Spirits will haunt him

d. to beg Scrooge to help save Marley from his doom

e. to rescue Scrooge from sharing Marley’s own fate

FIRST READ: Concept Vocabulary

6. Which of the following words best describes the mood of a person who feels

morose?

a. bored

b. gloomy

c. cheerful

d. thoughtful

7. Which of the following is the best example of covetous behavior?

a. Jorge cheered when Caleb won an award for the best science essay in the

class.

b. Ling gazed out the window and daydreamed about traveling to exotic

places.

c. Alissa desperately wanted a guitar like the one that Jordan always played.

d. Jonathan baked a pie and invited all his friends over to have a slice.

8. Which phrase best describes someone who is resolute?

a. timid and shy

b. daring and bold

c. firm and unwavering

d. hesitant and uncertain