Unit 1: Vocabulary from Readings 1

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence

since i can’t go
where i need
to go...then i must...go
where the signs point
though always understanding
parallel movement
isn’t lateral

since i can’t go
where i need
to go...then i must...go
where the signs point
though always understanding
parallel movement
isn’t lateral

The scholarship jacket had a big gold S on the left front side and your name written in gold letters on the pocket.

We couldn’t participate in sports at school because there were registration fees, uniform costs, and trips out of town; so, even though our family was quite agile and athletic there would never be a school sports jacket for us.

It seemed a cruel coincidence that I had overheard that conversation.

I stared at him in shock, and a small sound of dismay escaped my throat.

Something bitter and vile tasting was coming up in my mouth; I was afraid I was going to be sick.

He had this glint in his eye, and I knew he was going to laugh.

Mr. Lasher quietly explained to my mother that all the tests I had taken indicated that I was quite smart, but that I was going to throw it all away because of my behavior.

“Ashley!” exclaimed Mrs. Renfro, and simultaneously three heads whipped around at attention towards the perturbed teacher.

I put some things together in my mind and came up with a plausible equation: COOL NAME = POPULARITY.

Before I responded, the laughs that the other kids in class had been holding back suddenly exploded, like a volatile vial of nitroglycerin, into peals of laughter.

I felt so alone when all the other girls in my class had sparkly, pink pencils with their names printed on them. You know, the ones they sell in the stores along with name- embossed sharpeners, rulers and pencil pouches.