English, Reading

&Career

Readiness

WORD WALL

Barbed missiles of ridicule

battery

beams of crimson

bedraggled train

besplashed charger

black looks

black words between officers

bleach of death

bleating plaintively

bludgeon of correction

blue demonstration

brigade

bushwhacker

captain

cavalry

charnel place

chin music

clogged clouds

colonel

colonel’s manner changed from

that of a deacon to that of a Frenchman

color sergeant

the colors

company

company wags

composite monster

congregation of horses

corporal

cowled man

crone stooping

dark blue lines/blue curve

dark-hued masses/the lighter hued regiments

depleted band

dilapidated regiment

doomed to greatness

dregs

Dusty blue lines

elfin thoughts

emaciated regiment/gruntin

g bundles of blue/the robust voice…growing rapidly weak

Engine of annihilating

power

facings

flaming wings of lightning

fresh fish

gauntleted hand

generals

gilded images of memory

gods of traditions

great ruck of men and

munitions

haversack

heart of the din

heraldic winds of the day

Huns

imbecile line

impetus of enthusiasm

incapable of checking itself

before granite and brass

indefinite cause.

iron gates of the impossible

its faded and jaded condition

jangling general

jim-dandy

Johnnies

the lieutenant

light-footed soldiers

little ones

lurid lines

machinery of the universe

mothlike quality

Napoleon Bonaparte

omen

order arms

out among the dragons

perambulating veterans

pickets

private

the Question

ragamuffin interest

ragged line

rebel army

the rebs

red eyes (also described as red

blossoms)

red rage

red speeches

Regiment

returning with his shield or on it

Richmond

sagacious things

shirking child

skirmish/skirmisher

slang phrase

small weapon

so much devilment

soldier’s bath

storm banshee sultry nightmare

swad

swash of fragrant water

symmetrical act

the mighty blue machine

they drank his recitals to chant a

paean

valor of a gamin

Yank

yellow tongues

context clues

main idea

sequence

inferences

noun

verb

adverb

pronoun

proper noun

conjunction

interjection

preposition

predicate

phrases

clauses

sentence

complex sentence

run-on sentence

sentence fragments

commas

semicolons

colons

dashes

quotation marks

capitalization

allegory

allusion

antagonist

protagonist

denouement

hyperbole

irony

oxymoron

compound sentence

parentheses

apostrophes

idioms

homophones

antonyms

homonyms

propaganda

conflict

plot

summarizing

paraphrasing

evaluating

setting

metaphors

theme

similes

imagery

personification

symbolism

myth

dialogue

short story

autobiography

biography

mood/tone

flashback

foreshadowing

point of view/voice

prefix

suffix

root word

Collaborative Strategic Reading

brainstorm

predict

click and clunk

get the gist

wrap up

sample question stems

question types

belligerent

elated

deceive

dapper

abscond

curtail

dejected

heirloom

gregarious

docile

unkempt

humdrum

replenish

agriculture

barricade

betray

complement

defiant

enthusiasm

establish

flounder

frigid

ambition

dingy

transmit

encounter

dexterity

fickle

elevate

garland

yearn

collate

tuition

tamper

blotch

automatic

glutton

implore

appease

partial

falsehood

navigate

dominate

invincible

muse

tariff

urge

tactful

undaunted

aptitude

balmy

bask

susceptible

tarnish

pell-mell

radiate

prosperous

endurance

jostled

indication

taffeta

antidote

loiter

exquisite

recoil

abominable

pandemonium

terminate

jut

asset

immerse

temptation

depiction

transition

self advocate

professionalism

postsecondary goals

self determination

learning style

teaching style

accommodations

disability

challenge

IDEA

community

student action plan

supports

Employment Development Department

resume

School history

work experience

DMV

Career Inventory

Interest Inventory

budgeting

financial aide

cover letter

letters of recommendation

s

volunteerism

community service

IEP

IPE

self awareness

entrepreneurship

reliance

job security

banking strategies

investments

Extracurricular activities

job shadowing

mock interview

summary of performance

portfolio