Wednesday, 12/8/99
  1. Someone doesn't necessarily have to speak to be ___________; even a gesture or a look can say a lot. (Extra credit: Give an example of this from Chapter 26.)
  2. They say that fate is _________; you just never know what will happen.
  3. By definition, God is ____________. (Extra Credit: Would you like to be? Why/not?)
  4. Tom is not the type of person who likes to be (in)____________; he definitely wants to be noticed. (Extra Credit: Which do you prefer to be? Why?)
  5. It was a beautiful day, perfect for _________(ing) down the street, enjoying the weather. (Extra Credit: Think of a word that is an antonym of this one.)
  6. After being up for three nights straight, I was very _________.
  7. Most of us today would find Tom's dead rat on a string very _______.
  8. Everybody's idea of _________ is different. What makes you ecstatic may not do that for someone else. (Extra Credit: What is your idea of this?)
  9. The sloppiness of the test papers was ___________(ing) to the teacher. Surely the students were capable of better than this!
  10. After working so hard, he wanted his reward to be something ___________, not just a "Good job!"
haggard, saunter, eloquent, appall, palpable, conspicuous, fickle, repulsive, bliss, purloined, omniscient (One not used.)
Slang/Etc.: "Translate" the boldfaced words"
1."Drunk, same as usual, likely--blamed ol' rip."
2."The master always prepared himself for great occasions by getting pretty well fuddled."
3."His ferule was seldom idle now, especially among the smaller pupils." (Referring to the master punishing the kids at school.)
4."...here they can't come and pick at a feller and bullyrag him so..."
5."Oh, we'll have a bully time!"
6.The boys swore to keep mum.
7."If you buried a marble with certain incantations, and left it alone a fortnight*, and then opened the place with the incantation he had just used, you would find all the marbles you had ever lost had gathered themselves together there..."
8."Well, he must'a been a brick!" (Referring to how Robin Hood always shared his loot with the poor.)
9."I've a notion to skin you!"
10."It would cover up a power of sins..."
11. *"Dat's a mighty gay marvel."
12.*"She say she spec' Mars Tom gwine to axe me to whitewash an' so she tole me go 'long an' tend to my own bidness."
Tom Sawyer, Chapter 27 (Tom's and Huck's dreams), Chapter 29 (Into the cave, Huck saves the widow)