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Book Summary For Maggie’s American Dream

vocabulary -- Word List, Word Games and Vocabulary
  • 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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A vocabulary word list for Maggie’s American Dream is arranged in order of appearance in Parts I-IV:
Part 1:
glare, swivel, croon, hover, chronic, ornery, loony, pinochle, hassle, callus, heft, efficiency, slurp, replica, knobby, gripe, scowl, embalmer, straggle, overzealous, grievance, prototype, acoustic, braggart, sadistic, ineffectual, matriarchy, notorious, cuss, shimmer, deduce, withered, rumble, splatter, nudge, maudlin, folio, giddy, dingbat, burrow, varnish, humiliation, ample and scour
Part II:
bile, vulnerable, suspicious, fidget, latrine, scaffolding, assert, gurney, punitive, sadism, convulsion, delirious, holler and bellow
Part III:
wheedle, hovel, indigent, jounce, expedition, flophouse, keelhaul, troll, chum, gaff and jetty
Part IV:
dismay, venture, rivet, hallucinate, notoriously, shudder, lobotomy, eventually and ramshackle

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 Maggie’s American Dream by James P. Comer.