Connections Academy Middle School- Literacy
What is Literacy?
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Practice
Eight Parts of Speech
Reading Skills
Youtube Video- Geography of Africa
Youtube Video- African Kingdoms
Youtube: Mansu Musa
Article of the Week-Africa
Cartoon Character
Africa Prezi
Literacy Word Wall
Click each word to examine the word's definition and how to use it in a sentence.
adversary
aplomb
apprehensive
aptitude
attentive
banish
barricade
bluff
brackish
brandish
circumference
commotion
concoction
conspicuous
contortion
counter
cunning
debris
defiance
deft
destination
diminish
disdain
dismal
dispel
eavesdrop
egregious
ember
emerge
engross
exasperation
exhilarate
falter
foresight
fragrance
furtive
grueling
gusto
habitation
hasten
headway
impending
imperious
jabber
jargon
jostle
jut
kindle
knoll
luminous
malleable
materialize
meander
meticulous
misgivings
momentum
monotonous
multitude
muster
narrate
obscure
ominous
outlandish
persistent
pertinent
plenteous
potential
precipice
pristine
quell
recluse
recuperate
replenish
repugnant
restitution
sabotage
scarcity
scurry
serenity
sociable
somber
specimen
stamina
subside
swagger
swarm
tactic
terse
translucent
uncanny
unsightly
versatile
vigilant
vulnerable
waft
waver
weather
zeal