Monday, 11/22/99
Vocabulary:  Copy the definition. Infer the part of speech. Fill in the blamks with the appropriate words.
 wary = cautious
 lugubrious= very sad or mournful
 zenith= highest point
 accosted= confronted
 miscreant= wrong-doer
1."Presently, a dog set up a long, __________ howl just outside..."
2."...for plainly this __________ had sold himself to Satan..."
3.Tom and Huck have to be very ________ of Injun Joe.
4.A bum on the street __________ me and demanded a dollar.
5.The towering fly ball reached its _________ at about 400 feet. 

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Paragraph/Sentence Scramble
1.
a.  then he went
b.  spreading chaos
c.  in his path
d.  and destruction
e.  tearing around the house again
2.
a) In it lay a marble.
b) He scratched his head with a perplexed air, and said, "Well, that beats anything!"
c) He scraped away the dirt, and exposed a pine shingle.
d) Tom's astonishment was boundless.
e) He took it up and exposed a shapely little treasure house made of shingles.
3.
a) Tom's thoughts grew more worrisome.
b) The hooting of a distant owl was all the sound that troubled the dead stillness.
c) They waited in silence for what seemed like a long time.
d) So he said in a whisper, "Hucky, do you believe the dead people like it for us to be here?"
e) He must force some talk.

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Tom Sawyer Chapter 12-->aloud