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Book Summary For One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

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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 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest occurs in order of appearance:

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

An additional vocabulary word list for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and word definitions

  • 1. Glare: a fiercely or angrily piercing stare
  • 2. Swivel: a pivoted support; pivot
  • 3. Croon: sing softly and plaintively
  • 4. Hover: remain over one place while fluttering in the air; linger about; continue in an undecided state
  • 5. Chronic: of long standing; inveterate; continual
  • 6. Ornery: of ugly disposition; hard to manage
  • 7. Loony: crazy, an insane asylum
  • 8. Pinochle: a card game
  • 9. Hassle: an argument; quarrel
  • 10. Callus: a hardened or thickened part of the skin
  • 11. Heft: weight; heave; try the weight of by lifting
  • 12. Efficiency: adequate in performance or operation; capable; competent; giving a relatively high output of work; acting as a cause; producing an effect
  • 13. Slurp: sip or eat noisily.
  • 14. Replica: any close or exact copy or reproduction. An exact copy made by the original artist
  • 15. Knobby: full of or covered with
  • 16. Gripe: to complain naggingly or constantly; to suffer pain in the bowels
  • 17. Scowl: a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
  • 18. Embalmer: a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
  • 19. Straggle: To stray or fall behind. To proceed or spread out in a scattered or irregular group
  • 20. Overzealous: Excessively enthusiastic
  • 21. Grievance: a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress; a complaint or resentment
  • 22. Prototype: the original or model on which something is based or formed.
  • 23. Acoustic: Of or relating to sound, the sense of hearing, or the science of sound. Designed to carry sound or to aid in hearing
  • 24. Braggart: a person who does a lot of bragging; a boastful person
  • 25. Sadistic: any enjoyment in being cruel
  • 26. Ineffectual: powerless; ineffective
  • 27. Matriarchy: a social system ruled by mothers or women
  • 28. Notorious: widely but not favorably known
  • 29. Cuss: swear; curse; obstinate
  • 30. Shimmer: shine with a tremulous light
  • 31. Deduce: derive or conclude by reasoning
  • 32. Withered: shrivel up; languish
  • 33. Rumble: a street fighting; roll heavily or noisily; a rumbling sound
  • 34. Splatter: splash
  • 35. Nudge: a gentle prod
  • 36. Maudlin: tearfully, or drunkenly; sentimental
  • 37. Folio: a sheet of paper folded once; a book of largest size; a page number
  • 38. Giddy: dizzy
  • 39. Dingbat: an eccentric or silly person
  • 40. Burrow: dig into the ground
  • 41. Varnish: a resinous coating material that produces a glossy surface
  • 42. Humiliation: subject to shame or disgrace; humbleness
  • 43. Ample: Large in extent or amount; plentifully sufficient
  • 44. Scour: to clear or rid of what is undesirable; to clean by hard rubbing
  • 45. Lobotomy: Surgical incision into the frontal lobe of the brain to sever one or more nerve tracts, a technique formerly used to treat certain mental disorders but now rarely performed.

    Thank you to Janice Cook, a former teacher at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, California and to B. Budd for being teacher contributors at www.myVocabulary.com for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey.

    Thank you, Billy Budd of Bigtime School, Boston, MA, for providing a second vocabulary word list of 45 words for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and definitions for the vocabulary word list in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey.