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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Antony and Cleopatra
Act I, Scenes 1-5
tawny = with brown skin
flourish = sound from a trumpet to announce royalty
grate = annoy, irritate
prognosticate = foretell
decorum = behavior
mettle = worth, courage, vigor
abode = home, domicile
vial = bottle
oblivion = state of being forgotten
mirth = joy, amusement
primal = first
lackey = servant
dainty = fragile
mingle = mixture
paragon = positive example
Act II: Scenes 1-7
cloy = stick
derogately = disparagingly
contest = question
garboils = disturbances, mayhem
missive = letter, messenger
atone = ask forgiveness for, reconcile
bequeath = deliver to, give
countenance = appearance
devised = arrange, invent
riggish = licentious
sirrah = term used for a servant or inferior
spurn = avoid, put off
cuckoo = bird that lays eggs in another bird's nest
variance = quarrel, disagreement
sennet = type of trumpet announcing important people
palled = weakened
bacchanals = dances named after
Bacchus, Roman god of wine
Act III: Scenes 1-13
Arabian bird = phoenix, a mythical bird that relives after being burnt
rheum = cold
warrant = declare as true, assure
ostentation = showy display in negative sense
vantage = superiority
pestilence = plague or severe disease
lamentably = regrettably, sadly
mutiny = overthrow
cunning = slyness, skill, cleverness
entreat = beg
shroud = sheet around a corpse; here, a shadow
saucy = spirited, insolent, racy
orb = sphere shaped like earth
be trebled-sinewed,-hearted,-breathed = three times muscles, courage and stamina
Act IV: Scenes 1-15
squire = someone associated with royalty, often a servant
his bounty overplus = excessive kindness, gifts
fairy = someone with magical powers; enchantress
carbuncle = a reddish stone, gem
carouse = party, toast
brazen = impolite, shameless
shrewd = smart, dangerous
demurely = courteously and gently
fret = worry
vespers = religious term for evening prayers
knave = generally a servant at court
exigent = immediately
inevitable = going to occur regardless
imperious = royally decreed
brooch = piece of jewelry like a pin
lament = rue, be sorry about
chars= work, tasks, chores
sottish = silly, frivolous, foolish
Act V: Scenes 1-2
doom = death, something with catastrophic consequences
kindle = fire up
decorum = proper, customary behavior
languish = die off
chastise = scold strongly
quail = tremble, quake
condemn = to sentence, discredit
frailty = weakness, fragility
scutcheon = a shield covered with coat of arms
trifle = small something
posture = noun and verb; straight spine, to have pretense
fallible = making mistakes
intrinsic = intricate
augur = portend, foretell
Links to vocabulary words lists and puzzles for other Shakespeare plays:
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Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
The Merchant of Venice
The Taming of the Shrew
The Winter's Tale
Twelfth Night
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