Wednesday, 2/8/06 -- Early Release Schedule
Warm Up. Copy into notebook with title and date.
  1. * "again carrier" = ________
  2. * "carryable" = _________
  3. * "carrier" = _________
  4. * "forward throw thing" = _______ (2)
  5. * "against stand thing" = _________ 
Tom Sawyer. Chapter 13 (15p)
  1. 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.)
  2. (4) "The other pirates envied him this majestic vice, and secretly resolved to acquire it shortly." (p93) Explain. (A vice is a bad habit.)
  3. Why does Huck get sad for a while?
  4. Why are the boys' consciences bothering them at the end of chapter 13?
  5. 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.)
  6. (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
  1. The sub was slow to realize when something was _______; he thought everything was fine.
  2. A person cannot be convicted on ___________; there must be evidence to back up the accusation.
  3. The NFL head coach's position is rather _____________. If the team doesn't do well next week, he might lose his job.
  4. Many countries ____ television and music. They claim those things are against the laws of Islam.
  5. The ________ river was difficult to navigate because of all its twists and turns.
  6. The searchers _________(ed) the cave, looking for the lost miners.
  7. 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.
  8. There were many _________(ent)  opinions about what should be done. No one could agree.
  9. (2) For two roads form a diamond shape, they must first _________, then ___________.
  10. For the prank, the bucket was ____________(ly) balanced on the top of the door.
  11. (2) After Becky rejected him yet again, Tom was ___________ and _________, and thought nobody cared for him.
  12. The class discussion was not very lively; the students were __________ about the topic.