Wednesday, 2/8/06 -- Early Release Schedule Warm Up. Copy into notebook with title and date.
* "again carrier" = ________
* "carryable" = _________
* "carrier" = _________
* "forward throw thing" = _______ (2)
* "against stand thing" = _________
Tom Sawyer. Chapter 13 (15p)
Give an example from Chapter 13 of Tom insisting on doing
things "the hard way" or "by the book." (Like he did when he climbed the
fence instead of going through the gate.)
(4) "The other pirates envied him this majestic
vice, and secretly resolved to acquire it shortly."
(p93) Explain. (A vice is a bad habit.)
Why does Huck get sad for a while?
Why are the boys' consciences bothering them at the end of
chapter 13?
Why does Mark Twain, on the last line of Chapter 13, call
the boys "curiously inconsistent pirates"? (Because they are pirates
who ________ ________. Hint: It also might
be called ironic. Hint II: See your answer to the previous question.)
(G)(7) Label this map of the boys' journey with place names
and distances. (p88-91 -- h and i are extra credit.)
Correct Vocabulary Homework Vocabulary Pretest. You will use some words more than
once. You won't use them all.
** = +1/2 each, NOT a vocabulary word.
amiss, forlorn, canvass, earnest, crestfallen, diverge/converge,
sinuous, proscribe, precarious, conjecture, omniscient, apathetic
The sub was slow to realize when something was _______; he
thought everything was fine.
A person cannot be convicted on ___________; there must be
evidence to back up the accusation.
The NFL head coach's position is rather _____________. If
the team doesn't do well next week, he might lose his job.
Many countries ____ television and music. They claim those
things are against the laws of Islam.
The ________ river was difficult to navigate because of all
its twists and turns.
The searchers _________(ed) the cave, looking for the lost
miners.
In The Outsiders, Ponyboy was a **________-person,
limited narrator. He can tell us only what he sees and hears. In Tom
Sawyer, Mark Twain is a **______-person, ___________ narrator, who
knows everything about everybody.
There were many _________(ent) opinions about what
should be done. No one could agree.
(2) For two roads form a diamond shape, they must first _________,
then ___________.
For the prank, the bucket was ____________(ly) balanced on
the top of the door.
(2) After Becky rejected him yet again, Tom was ___________
and _________, and thought nobody cared for him.
The class discussion was not very lively; the students were
__________ about the topic.