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Book Summary For Warriors Don’t Cry

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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 Warriors Don’t Cry is arranged in order of appearance

  • Warriors Don’t Cry – INTRODUCTION-Warriors Don’t Cry: copious, nonchalant (also on p. 168), camaraderie, barraged (also on p. 186, 213, & 296), impeccably
  • CHAPTER 1: crinoline (also on p. 268), unequivocally, catapulted, benevolent (also on p. 195), forceps, indignant (also on p. 271)
  • CHAPTER 2: stark, sepia, prime, chide (also on p. 43 & 151), picaninny, hostler, placating, ominous (also on p. 220 & 309), chastising (also on p. 44 & 205), kowtow (also on p. 17)
  • CHAPTER 3: Hades
  • CHAPTER 4: pallor, meticulous (also on p. 139, 194, & 281), feisty (also on p. 70 & 72), fedora
  • CHAPTER 5: futile
  • CHAPTER 6: feigned
  • CHAPTER 7: reverberate, brusquely, tarry, pristine, rumpus room, parody
  • CHAPTER 8: respite, incendiary, hooligans (also on p. 140 & 213)
  • CHAPTER 9: moot, gauntlet (also on p. 112)
  • CHAPTER 10: clamor, anteroom
  • CHAPTER 11: disheveled, articulate, jeopardize, quash
  • CHAPTER 12: placid, pristine, respite, amended, demise
  • CHAPTER 14: inflammatory
  • CHAPTER 15: disseminating, gabardine (also on p. 178), pouf
  • CHAPTER 16: fiasco, ineptness, disheveled, reverberated, belligerent (also on p. 300), effigy
  • CHAPTER 17: poultice
  • CHAPTER 18: ostracized (ostracism on p. 198 & 274), adamant (also on p. 244), dither, garbled, trounced, frivolity
  • CHAPTER 19: edict
  • CHAPTER 20: insidious, melee
  • CHAPTER 21: respite, stave off, gingerly, fracas
  • CHAPTER 22: proviso, impasse
  • CHAPTER 25: veneer, adamant, inconsolable (also on p. 305), renegade (also on p. 308)
  • CHAPTER 26: vicarious, emaciated
  • CHAPTER 27: gauntlet, adversaries, insolent, accolades
  • CHAPTER 28: deity, tenacious, unmitigated, veneer, enclave, livid



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