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Book Summary For A Summons to Memphis

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  • 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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The vocabulary word list for A Summons to Memphis is arranged in order of appearance, as indicated:

  • A Summons to Memphis: Chapter 1 pp.1-21: denounced, impede, contemplate, muster, loggia, nonagenarian, euphemistically, imminent, fractious, vestigial
  • Chapter 2 pp. 22-52: genteel, throngs, peroration
  • Chapter 3 pp. 53-71: millennium, rhetorical, beaux, neuropathy
  • Chapter 4 pp. 72-89: panache, disingenuous
  • Chapter 5 pp. 90-115: skirmish, machination, volition
  • Chapter 6 pp. 116-139: honky-tonk, comme il faut (as is necessary), admonition, complicity
  • Chapter 7-8 pp. 140-169: betrothed, lucrative, ensconced, portico, incarcerate
  • Chapter 9-10 pp.170-201: puritanical, antebellum, mire, avuncular, equestrian, reprehensible
  • Chapter 11-12 pp. 202-233: veranda, pince-nez, vapidThank you Janice Cook, a former teacher at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, California for being the teacher contributor at myvocabulary.objectsdev.com for a vocabulary word list for A Summons to Memphis written by Peter Taylor.