Monday, 11/29/99
1) Copy homework into assignment book.
1a) Explain e-form/rtf.
2) Collect Letters to Tom.
3) Tom Sawyer Reading Check
A) Draw a diagram showing how Tom got home to spy on Aunt Polly.
B) "I've lost my knife. I reckon I better go and find it." (p103, p112 in the
brown books) Draw a picture, with talk and thought balloons, showing this scene.
4) Read aloud Ch. 17 -->

Chapters 16-24
1.What was one piece of good news that the boys had after the huge storm?
2."Two of the savages almost wished they had remained pirates." (p   , p116 in brown books) Why? What's going on?
3."Well, Tom Sawyer, he licked me once."(p     , p.118) Why would anyone brag about that? Why was nobody impressed?
4.Reread the last line of chapter 17. Explain.
5."Pretty thin--as long a dream as that, without any mistakes in it."(p115, p124) Who's talking? What's going on?
6.How did the other boys react to the return of the pirates?
7."Go away and leave me alone, can't you! I hate you!" (p119, p128 in
 brown books) Who's talking? Whom is he/she talking to? What's going on?
8."Be so mean if you want to! I know something that's going to happen..."
    (p124, p134)
9."Tom, how could you be so noble?" (Last line of Chapter 20) Explain.
10.Draw a diagram of the prank the boys pulled on the master.
11.Name three of the things that came to town during the summer.
12.Why was Tom disappointed in the U.S. senator who came to town?
13.Why did Tom think the storm in Chapter 22 was intended for him?
14."Little hands, and weak--but they've helped Muff Potter a power, and
they'd help him more if they could." (p140, p151) Who's talking? Why is
this ironic?
15."Tom was out late that night and came to bed through the window." (p141, p151) Where do you think Tom went?
16.After the trial, Tom's days were.... but Tom's nights were... (Use a quote.)

Vocabulary: Definitions, POS, new sentences due Wednesday.
1. repulsive 2. purloined  3. soliloquy 4. loiter
5. vagrant  6. conflagration 7. eloquent
Practice Sentences! Copy!
1. While Aunt Polly's back was turned, Tom _________ a doughnut.
2. Many of Shakespeare's plays contain _________(ies), where the
character reveals what he/she is thinking.
3. The police told us not to _________ in front of the 7-11.
4. Injun Joe was mad at Doc Robinson's father for having him jailed for
being a __________.
5. The speech was short but ___________.
6. Some people find broccoli _________, but some people like it.
7. Pony and Johnny saved the children from the _____ in the church.