--- title: Handling anger and everyday fears — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Handling anger and everyday fears», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Anger and fear are normal feelings. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Handling anger and everyday fears # Handling anger and everyday fears Lesson 291 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/0/) — Anger and fear are normal feelings. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/2/) — Anger gives early warning signs, like a tight chest or a hot face. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/3/) — The earlier you notice them, the easier it is to pause and calm down, and a calm, clear reason gets listened to far more than a shout or a slammed door. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/4/) — Fear often shrinks when you talk about it, learn the facts and take small steps. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/5/) — Counting between a lightning flash and the thunder shows a storm moving away; most spiders are harmless; films use special effects. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/6/) — Example: a boy in Ottawa is scared of his vaccination. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/8/) — The sting lasts a second, and the vaccine protects him from serious illnesses. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/9/) — A plan made in advance takes away much of the fear: if your family agrees a meeting place before going into a crowd, you know exactly what to do if you get separated. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/11/) — Use your words once you are calm. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/12/) — If someone hits you when they are angry, even a brother or sister, tell a parent or another trusted adult; hitting is never OK. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/13/) — If something is truly unfair, say calmly what is unfair and what you would like to happen instead; people listen to a calm, clear reason more than to a shout. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/14/) — Early warning signs of anger, like a tight chest or a hot face, are a signal to pause; the earlier you catch anger, the easier it is to calm down. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/15/) — After a frightening film, talk to a parent and do something calm before bed; films are made up with special effects. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/16/) — If a needle scares you, tell the nurse, look away, breathe out slowly and hold a hand; the sting lasts a second and the vaccine protects you. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/17/) — In a thunderstorm, stay indoors away from windows; inside a house you are safe. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/18/) — Counting the seconds between flash and bang shows whether the storm is moving away: a longer gap means it is going away, a shorter gap means it is coming closer. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/19/) — Keep your distance from spiders and insects and ask an adult to move them; most are harmless, though in Australia some spiders do need an adult. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/20/) — Learn deep-water swimming step by step with a teacher, and only swim where an adult is watching. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/21/) — If the news scares you, ask an adult to explain and limit how much news you watch; the news shows the worst things and often not the helpers. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/23/) — A boy in Colorado slammed his bedroom door in anger; his little sister's fingers were in the hinge side, and she needed hospital and a splint. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/24/) — A girl in Australia stood by the window to watch a storm; lightning struck a tree outside and the window shattered, cutting her arm. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/25/) — Slammed doors crush thousands of children's fingers every year. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/291-handling-anger-and-fear/26/) — Lightning can strike from a storm many kilometres away, so outdoors during thunder is not safe. - ← previous: [Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/) - next →: [Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)