Make Your Point, Jr. > Words in ABC Order > reluctant

Study the words RELUCTANT & RELUCTANCE: (Source) When you have to do something, but you don't want to, then you do it reluctantly: you do it in a slow, unhappy, unwilling way. (Source) So, when you feel reluctant, you feel unwilling and unhappy about doing something. And reluctance is a feeling of NOT wanting to do something. (Source) Early in the morning, when it's time to get up, if your room is dark and chilly but your bed is warm and cozy, you're probably reluctant to get up. You have to get up, but you really, really don't want to, so you get up reluctantly: slowly and unhappily. (Source) Now imagine it's really late at night, and you and your cousins are still awake, laughing and having lots of fun. Your parents come in and say, "Don't you think it's bedtime?" You know it is bedtime, but you don't want to go to bed. Your voice is full of reluctance as you say, "Uh... I guess... yeah." (Source) Isn't that funny? Sometimes we're reluctant to get IN bed, and other times we're reluctant to get OUT of bed! We just feel reluctant whenever we know we should do something, but we don't want to. Sometimes I'm reluctant to try new foods. How about you? I know I probably should give them a try, but what if they taste bad? What if the texture is gross? It's rude to spit food out, so what do I do if I hate it? I bet you understand my reluctance! (Source)   Make a flash card: You can write your own definition and choose your own picture, or copy mine. Term Definition Picture reluctant not happy to do something, or not excited to do something   Write your own sentence! You can use any of the ideas I'll suggest, or you can invent your own. Include as much detail as you can! (Source)   Write a sentence with the word RELUCTANT, RELUCTANTLY, or RELUCTANCE: Remember: to feel reluctant to do something is to feel like you don't want to do it, even though maybe you should, or you're supposed to. Idea 1: "After having so much fun (doing something somewhere), I was reluctant to leave." Idea 2: "When it was time to (do something I dislike at school or at home), I reluctantly (took the first step to do that thing)." Idea 3: "With reluctance, I stopped (doing something fun) so I could focus on (doing something difficult or important)." You can type in here. When you're done, copy and paste your sentence wherever you'd like it to go.