Warm Up. Do not copy. The Outsiders : Tulsa :: Tom Sawyer : When Tom is showing Jim his sore toe, what happens? This is an original illustration from the first edition of Tom Sawyer. It depicts the whitewashing scene in Chapter 2. What's wrong with this picture?  What was Ben Rogers pretending to be when he saw Tom whitewashing? Who is the "great and wise philosopher" that Mark Twain refers to in the second-to-last paragraph of Chapter 2? (2) According to Mark Twain in Chapter 2... work : ________ :: play : __________  a) like to do  b) want to do  c) have to do  d) don't have to do  e) are good at  f) hate to do (3) Slang: a) "...it's a bully taw." (A taw is a marble).  b) "Ben, I'd like to, honest Injun, but..."  c) "That's a mighty gay marvel". (Marvel is marble.)

1. Aunt Polly __________(ly) watched the bottle of Painkiller to make sure Tom was taking it.
2. Tom ________(ed) around in his sleep as he dreamed of being chased.
3. Her huge earrings were too __________ for the funeral.
4. (2) In her ___________ on p2, Aunt Polly _________(s) herself for not being strict enough with Tom.
5. "...for plainly this ______ had sold himself to Satan and it would be fatal" to mess with him.
6. (2) According to Tom's superstition, a stray dog's howl is a ______  ______ of death.
7. (2) The ____ and smelly ____ was last seen confronting people and demanding money outside the liquor store.
8. "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" is a line from a famous ______ by Juliet on her balcony. (Bonus: What does Juliet's line mean? Hint: Wherefore doesn't mean where.)

1. We need to have a weekly late start day, so teachers can better prepare for teaching.
2. Homework takes up too much of my time after school.
3. Since the average middle schooler's backpack is too heavy by at least 50%, schools should furnish two sets of textbooks so students won't have to carry so many books home.
4. Bottled water dispensers in the classroom would decrease interruptions, since kids wouldn't have to leave the room to refresh themselves.
5. The amount of homework assigned in middle school has increased in the past four years.

Share homework (persuasive) role play h/w.
On back:
1) Write an example that demonstrates each of your three reasons
2) Pick one to expand into a real showy paragraph. That's your "grabber intro."