Key Vocabulary | Definition | Sentence |
Boycott (p.542) | A refusal to buy from a company | “That was the Montgomery Bus Boycott. And the boycott worked. We finally won- without fighting.” |
Civil rights (movement) (p.544) | Referring to the legal privileges every American citizen is guaranteed | “Dr. King became a great leader of the civil rights movement.” |
Fare (p.541) | The money a person must pay to travel, as on a bus or subway | “First, we’d get on at the front of the bus, pay our fare, and get off.” |
Protest (p.542) | To express strong feelings against something | “We wanted to protest her arrest and get the same rights that white people had.” |
Stupendous (p.547) | Amazing | “What you were a kid, did you ever do something really stupid that turned out to be stupendous instead.” |
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Anthology Vocabulary
This is our new vocabulary for the story, Sing to the Stars.
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