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Vocabulary Word of the Day - sullen and meek
sullen -
Showing a
brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky, glowering, gloomy,
grim
Page 48 - Chris slid his eyes around at his father and then stood
there, sullen and silent.
meek
- Easily imposed on; submissive, docile, compliantSpecial Note:
tarnal - regional (Chiefly
New England & Upper Southern U.S.) slang for
tarnation
Page 45 - This haul up the mountainside is tarnal hard on critters, and when
they get to the pen, they leave the tired mules and get some fresh ones for the
rest of the way to Chattanooga."
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Civil War Literature Unit
Lesson 5 -
Kansas-Nebraska Act and the
Dred Scott Case
1 ..If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad
by Ellen Levine, Larry Johnson (Illustrator)
AR Reading Level 4.9 Point Value 1.0
