Tuesday, 10/31/00
I. Warm Up: (Do only if you have finished the SE Hinton questions. A * means the answer is a spelling word from this week's list.)

1. *heat : thermometer :: pressure : _________
2. *kilogram : pound :: _________ : inch
3. *thermostat : heat :: _________ : beat
4. *________ : geometry :: cyclone : meteorology
5. If you put the word "a" in front of one of our spelling words, you can get the anagram, "Come cry a lot." Which word is it?
6. Whose name is "thin nose" an anagram for?
7. Whose name is "wink at ram" an anagram for?

II. Correct SE Hinton Questions (15p)

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Mark Twain Quote:
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly
stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was
astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
- attributed by Reader's Digest, Sept. 1937 

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III. Read the Author's Preface to Tom Sawyer. (It is the page immediately before page one.) Answer the following questions. For the True/False questions, write True if the statement is true. If it is false, write False, and say what is wrong with that statement. (9 points)

1. (2) True or False: Most of the adventures in this book really happened to Mark Twain.
2. (2) True or False: The character of Huck Finn is based on a real person.
3. (2) True or False: The character of Tom Sawyer is based on a real person.
4. (2) What two purposes does MT have for writing this book?
5. Approximately when does this book take place? (Within 10 years.)

IV. What was it like back then?
Web-based Tom Sawyer -- when you forget your book, original illustrations, etc.
Chapter One excerpts...
Slang: truck, lick, dander up, powerful warm, lam, suck eggs, "'lowed " to "lay" ?