Tuesday, 11/25/03 --Seventh Grade -- Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Warm Up. Copy.
  1. idle : diligent :: idol : _________  (pariah, impudent, guile, ecstatic)
  2. win : triumph : defeat : _______ (ecstatic, perceptible, vanquish, furtive)
  3. wisdom : ________ :: thrive : flourish  (prone, oblige, sagacity, alacrity )
  4. hurry : tarry :: respectful : _________ (loathe, covet, flourish, condescending)
  5. Two-Bit : diligent :: Dally : _________ (diffident, audacious, incognito, deduce)
  6. discreet : savvy :: legitimate : ___________  (prolific, bona fide, incognito, delirious)
Tom Sawyer. (10)
  1. (2) The boys had two reasons to be thankful after the big storm. What were they?
  2. What made it an "extremely satisfactory day" playing Indians?
  3. (2) "Two of the savages almost wished they had remained pirates." (p116b, p106w) Explain what this means.
  4. (2) "Well, Tom Sawyer, he licked me once." (p 118b, 109w) Why did this person say this? Why was no one impressed?
  5. What was the only thing "capable of making Huck more uncomfortable than he was before" at the funeral?
  6. (2) "Tom got more cuffs and kisses that day -- according Aunt Polly's varying moods -- than he had earned before in a year..." (Last paragraph of Chapter 17.) Draw the pictures below and fill in the talk balloons appropriately.
Tom Sawyer aloud.
Collect Letter to Tom.