Thursday, 12/7/00
  1. What infamous event happened on this date in 1941?
  2. What does "infamous" mean?
  3. *selfish : magnanimous :: reliable : __________
  4. *tiny : prodigious :: enthusiastic : __________
  5. *reptile : iguana :: fruit : __________
  6. *rice : beans :: meat : ___________
  7. *vanilla : chocolate :: fiesta : _________
  8. **ecstasy : bliss :: ecstatic : ________
Rubric Practice...
Tom Sawyer Reading Check (8 points, to add to the 10 possible yesterday.)
  1. What does MT mean when he says on p169 that the boys' nudges were eloquent?
  2. How did the boys "blow it" with regard to having a chance to get the treasure Injun Joe finds?
  3. What saves the boys from Injun Joe when he decides to see if anyone is upstairs?
  4. Why does Tom think at first that the events in the haunted house must have been a dream?
  5. Tom and Huck think that Injun Joe's "Number Two" is ...?
  6. (2) ...and their plan is to gather...and ...
  7. If Injun Joe is drunk, why won't the boys go back and grab the box from his lair?
Write, Edit, Crossword, Study Questions, rewrite...
  1. Show: Hanging out is harder than you think!
  2. Give detailed directions for doing something simple like preparing cereal or getting dressed or making toast. Pretend that the person using your directions doesn't know what things are callled. Try to make it funny!
  3. "Almost anything in life is easier to get into than get out of!" (Top Ten? Story? Poem?)
  4. What are "10 Things Everyone Should Know"? Why those?
  5. Build a story/poem around any three of these: a huge vat of jello, a St. Bernard, John Wayne, a skateboard, a funny haircut, a cemetery, a bucket, detention, Silly String, a roll of TP...
  6. If you could have only one superpower, what would it be and why? Show you using that power.
  7. Try to describe colors for a blind person...music for a deaf one.
  8. What are "10 Things Every Teacher Should Remember About Students"?
  9. You have the ability to read minds, but you cannot shut it off. Show a day in your life.
  10. What if Tom Sawyer were transported to here and now? Show what you would do with him. How would he react to some of the things we take for granted? What adventures would you have together?