Wednesday, 2/15/06 -- Early Release Schedule
"It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open one's mouth
and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain
Warm Up I. (No need to copy these.)

1. Ponyboy : the church :: Tom : ___________
2. Ponyboy : Bob :: _________ : Doc Robinson (2)
3. Many cough medicines contain an expectorant. What is it supposed to do?

Warm Up II. Paragraph Scramble.
Figure out the best order to put these sentences into. Write out the resulting paragraph. Remember to indent and punctuate. Circle the topic sentence.
(Counts for 600 -- 60 words. Put it on the same sheet as yesterday's sentence scrambles.)

1. It is also necessary to pay for utility bills, rent, transportation, and clothes.
2. In order to buy food for daily consumption, we must have money.
3. Finally, for a person’s peace of mind, entertainment is needed, but it costs money too.
4. Money is necessary for survival in the United States.
5. In addition, the cost of education and taxes are soaring.

MT Paragraphing. Due next Thursday, 2/23
Tom Sawyer, Chapter 16. (10p)

1. How does Tom keep the other boys from leaving the island?
2. (3) What three things does he first try, that don't work, to keep them on the island?
3. What does Tom claimed to have done "hundreds of times"?
4. (2) The boys had two reasons to be thankful after the big storm. What were they?
5. What made it an "extremely satisfactory day" playing Indians?
6. (2) "Two of the savages almost wished they had remained pirates." (p116) Explain what this means.

Correct Test #15.
Chapter 17 aloud.
Music: "Old Hundred" is the song they sing at the boys' funeral.
Tonight: Chapter 18.
Thursday night: Chapters 19, 20