Wednesday, 12/12/01
"What are we whining about?" -- Rachel Whitson
Warm Up. Copy 1-6.
  1. amuse (v) ----> __________ (adj)
  2. agree (v.) ----> _______ (n)
  3. clock (n.) ----> ________ (adv)
  4. break (v.) ----> __________ (n)
  5. *prohibit : proscribe :: market : ________
  6. *now : presently :: then : __________
Tom Sawyer
1. "We can try Tom, but I've seen such a beautiful country in my dream. I reckon we are going there." (p202) What "country" is Becky referring to?
2. (4) What did Tom and Becky have in the way of provisions inside the cave?
Correct Vocabulary h/w.
Vocabulary Pretest--proscribe, earnest, picturesque, marked, canvass, continuous, continual--Also: After choosing the correct word for each blank, list the pronouns in each sentence. There are 14 in all.
  1. "The stirring event (the Welshman and his sons chasing Injun Joe) was well ________(ed)" by the townspeople the next day.
  2. "Are you in real deadwood ________?" asked Huck. "Is it true?"
  3. small : _________ :: prescribe : proscribe
  4. After the rewrite, his paper was ________(ly) better.
  5. The Taliban __________(ed) television and music. They claimed those things were against the laws of Islam.
  6. The searchers _________(ed) the cave, looking for Tom and Becky, but after three days they were ready to give up.
  7. "He was unkempt, uncombed, and clad in the same old ruin of rags that made him _________ in the days when he was free and happy."
  8. Huck was on a ____________ watch at the tavern. He never left his post.
  9. (2) She _________(ly) tried to get her work done, and her grade increased _________(ly).
Mark Twain paragraphing. Separate sheet.