Common Core alignment to "Reading: Literature and Subject-related Content" is to 3 key phrases: "Particular Topic", "Context" and "Reading Literature". CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades:
Particular Topic: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 4.6. 5.6, 6.6, 7.6, 8.6, 9-10.6, 11-12.6
Context: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4a, 3.4a, 4.4a, 5.4a, 6.4a, 7.4a, 8.4a, 9-10.4a, 11-12.4a
Reading: Literature: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: RL.2.4, RL.3.4, RL.4.4. RL.5.4, RL.6.4, RL.7.4, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.4, RL.11-12.4
Reading: Informational Text: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: RI.2.4, RI.3.4, RI.4.4. RI.5.4, RI.6.4, RI.7.4, RI.8.4, RI.9-10.4, RI.11-12.4
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An 42 word vocabulary list with definitions for Bless Me, Ultima It is arranged alphabetically.
adobe = baked bricks
admonish = to seriously reprove someone's behavior; warn of a fault
avail = to help or benefit to reach a goal: use
blasphemy = something said or done profanely
bravado = false courage
brunt = main force of a blow; the heaviest shock
churning = agitating, moving quickly
composure = calmness
contorted = twisted in an unusual shaped
cuckold = man who's wife is unfaithful
desecrated = violating something sacred or respected
disquietude = lack of peace or tanquility; unrest
drone = an monotonous sound
eddies = whirlpools in a stream
exuberant = joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic
flagellations = whipping as a punishment
forage = food for animals by browsing or grazing; search for
provisions
foreboding= an omen or prediction; a sense of doom
forsake = to abandon or give up something
glint = a flash: sparkle
grotto = action considered immoral
hobble = impede horses legs by tying them; to move unsteadily
horde = big group or crowd
impending= ready to occur or happen
interminable = endless, esp. wearisomely dragged out
melee = confused fight or struggle
mortal = capable of causing death: deadly; unpardonable
mote= a tiny speck
obscure = not well known; dim or gloomy
penance = a religious sacrament; a punishment or atoning for sins
perdition = damnation
posole = spicy Mexican dish
quiver = move with trembling movements
resolution = a solution to a problem
shirk = avoid or evade an obligation
stagnant = water or air that with movement or flow
stoic = appearing to be unaffected by emotion, pain or pleasure
subside = sink to the bottom; to settle down; to abate
tenaciously = stubbornly or persistently
torment = anguish: intense suffering
transfixed = held motionless in amazement, awe shock, etc.
vagabond = a wanderer without a fixed home; a tramp
Thank you, Jan Cook, a former teacher at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, California, for being the teacher contributor at www.myVocabulary.com for a vocabulary word list for Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. |
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