Thursday, 12/05/02 -- Final drafts are moved to Thursday, 12/12!
Prep quiz paper. Record scores for Tom Sawyer reading checks:
* /10 for 12-2,
* /5 for 12-3,
* /11 for 12-4
* Total: /26
Record Extra Credit: +4 min for writers, +2 min. for editors, + 8 max. for all.
Record Study Questions score (/20).
Record previous 600 words score: (/40) Dates: 11/19 -- 12/02 are acceptable.
Mental Floss.
  1. What country is the Welshman from? (Bonus)
  2. A baseball game was held, and the final score was 1-0, yet not a single man crossed home plate. How was that possible?
  3. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full  of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions  that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
  4. How is it possible for two people to stand on the same, uncut, regular sheet of newspaper, and yet not be able to touch each other?
  5. You have a glass filled to the top (no lid). You hold it straight out in front of you and you let it fall to the floor. How is it possible for the glass to fall without spilling any water?
Quiz. True or False?
  1. Huck thought the events in the haunted house were part of a dream.
  2. The widow did Injun Joe wrong so he wants revenge.
  3. Tom and Becky plan to go to Becky's house after the picnic.
  4. Only a few of the parents went on the picnic with the kids.
  5. Huck's part of the boys' plan was to be a lookout.
  6. Tom forgot a towel he dropped in Injun Joe's hideout.
  7. The Welshman was glad to see Huck at his door.
  8. I met a friendly skater yesterday.Friendly is an adverb.
  9. I met a friendly skater yesterday. Yesterday is an adverb.
  10. We beat a hasty retreat from his lair. Hasty is an adjective.
  11. We beat a hasty retreat from his lair.His is an adjective.
  12. Tom was blissful when he and Becky made up. Blissful is a verb.
  13. Tom was blissful when he and Becky made up. Made is an adverb.
  14. Huck had a very scary dream about rats. Very is an adjective.
  15. Huck had a very scary dream about rats.Had is a verb.
  16. Bonus Question (+1) How many empty bottles did Tom say he would have to see before Injun Joe would be drunk enough for Tom to go back and get the box?
Editors Edit. Writers: 1)Work on 600 words. 2) Work on Mark Twain Paragraphing. 3) Work on Magazine Titles. 4) Trackwords.