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Book Summary For Pigs in Heaven

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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 Pigs in Heaven is arranged in order of appearance:
Spring:

  • Chapters 1 Queen of Nothing – 5 The Secret of TV
    devotee, vigilance, heedless, peripheral, redundant, prevail, hypochondriac, meticulous, intimidate, protagonist, perpetrator, tributary, ensconced, indecipherable, telepathic
  • Chapters 6 Thieves of Children – 10 The Horses
    valedictorian, predatory, incantations, irresistible, prolific, bonanza, foundling, diversionary, luminous, brazen, incomprehensible
    Summer:
  • Chapters 11 Someone the Size of God – 14 FIAT:
    flaunting, gimmick, shimmied, dole, exhilarated, appraising, scrutinize, metamorphosis
  • Chapters 15 Communion – 20 The War of the Birds and Bees
    primeval, benevolently, articulated, impeded, sublime, marooned, flounce, sarong, fathoms, maypole, liable
    Fall:
  • Chapters 21-25 Picking
    conduit, formidable, shunned, bide, shackles, wary, reckless, eddies, grimacing
  • Chapters 26 Old Flame- 29 Secret of Creation
    languidly, presiding, stigma, subpoena, holocaust, delirium, emigrated, jaded
  • Chapters 30 Six Pigs and One Mother – 33 The Gambling Agenda
    spatula, jurisdiction, precedent, defiance, irascible, aggravates, croony, subsequently

    Thank you, Jan Cook, a former teacher at Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton, Ca., for being the teacher contributor at www.myVocabulary.com for a vocabulary word list for Pigs In Heaven written by Barbara Kingsolver.