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Book Summary For Old Yeller

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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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A vocabulary word list for Old Yeller is arranged in order of appearance:

  • Chapter One: pp. 1-14
    reservations, frontier, howling, solemn, scythe, writhing, mesquite, sprout, britches, mane, corn-shuck
  • Chapter Two: pp.15-20
    middling, frazzled, gnawed, rind, bellering, clout, whetted
  • Chapter Three: pp. 21-33
    javalina hog, roan, baying, sulked, venison
  • Chapter Four: pp. 35-46
  • Chapter Five: pp. 47-58
    poultice, yarn
  • Chapter Six: pp. 59-74
    embedded, lye, centipede, blackeyed peas, slabrock fence, splotch, shiftless, hydrophobia, varmint, liable
  • Chapter Seven: pp. 75-88
    prowling, corncrib, ringworm, turpentine, squawl, cud
  • Chapter Eight: pp. 89-97
    grub, plague
  • Chapter Nine: pp. 99-110
    wits, tush, shudder, carcass, gnarled, stampede
  • Chapter Ten: pp.111-123
    entrails
  • Chapter Eleven: pp. 125-137
    wretch
  • Chapter Twelve: pp. 139-147
    butter churn, fretful, stout
  • Chapter Thirteen: pp. 149-157
    nettles
  • Chapter Fourteen: pp. 159-167 haunches
  • Chapter Fifteen: pp.169-177
    muzzle
  • Chapter Sixteen: 179-184

    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 Old Yeller by Fred Gipson.