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Book Summary For The Awakening

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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 The Awakening is arranged in order of appearance

  • Chapters 1-10: The Awakening:
    persistence, cease, croquet, bonbons, incessantly, infusion, indiscriminately, sole, insistent, ministering, bodice, unamiable, prudery, contemptuous, repulse, quadroon, clamor, diminutive, camomile, muslin, gauntlet, countenance, portal, fictitious, speculation, bouillon, festoon, immutable, imperious, plaintive, dissent, malicious, totter, capricious, supercilious
  • Chapters 11-20: The Awakening:
    compelling, intangible, pirogue, composure, giddy, bough, speculate, pacify, pretentious, sardonically, treacherous, preposterous, convulsively, postscript, nutriment, jalousies, scrupulously, diminutive, trifle, procure, infatuation, complacency, ennui, extraneous, pandemonium, annihilation, rebuke
  • Chapters 21-30: The Awakening:
    perambulation, bequeath, toddies, palpitant, reminiscent, coercion, devoid, insolent, compulsion, impulsive, spasmodic, languorous, susceptible, prolific, invigorate, tabouret, mirth,
  • Chapters 31-34: The Awakening:
    (French accents can not be used here) remonstrance, sumptuous, patois, reverie, stupor, insurmountable, despondency, voluptuous, demented, incoherent, Bon Dieu (Good Lord! My God!), peignoir (lingerie – a nightgown/robe set), soirees musicales (musical evening performances), Ah! si tu savais (Oh! If only you knew…), la belle dame (the lovely lady), ma foi (my faith), Bonne nuit, ma reine, soyez sage (Good night, my queen, be good/well-behaved), les mets (food), les entre-mets (snacks), la corbeille (the basket) Other French vocabulary: Allez-vous-en! (Go on with you!); accouchement (delivery=baby); camaraderie (friendship); par example (by example); blaguer-farceur-gros bete, va (prankster-joker-fat “beast”, go); mais ce n’est pas mal! (But, that’s not bad!); Elle s’y connait, elle a de la force, oui (She knows about it, she is strong, yes); ma chere (my dear/dearest/darling); pauvre cherie (poor darling); Tiens, (Well,well/So)’ “Voila que Mme Ratignolle est jalouse!” (It’s/There’s Mrs. Ratignolle who is jealous)



    Thanks to Jan Cook, a former teacher at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, California, for being the teacher contributor ay www.myVocabulary.com for a vocabulary word list with French translations for The Awakening written by Kate Chopin.