Thursday, 2/23/06
Warm Up.
  1. Yesterday, I spent all afternoon (call) the cable company.
  2. They said, "We (work) on that problem, even as we speak.

    3. The next two sentences contain what is called a "dangling participle." Fix the sentences by rewriting them.
  3. a) I saw a clown car skating today. b) Being in a run-down condition, I was able to buy the car cheaply.
Correct Verbs Sheet, p85. | Tom Sawyer.
A)   B)   C) 
  1. If the lawyer promised not to reveal Huck's name, why is Huck still worried about Injun Joe? a) They still need Huck to testify.  b) Huck thinks Injun Joe "has ways of finding out." c) Huck doesn't trust lawyers.  d) The lawyer didn't swear an oath.  e) Tom had also promised and still told.
  2. (2) a) What is A a picture of?  b) Who is B?
  3. Why does Huck think it wouldn't be smart for him to save any money they might find?
  4. Why does Huck think Tom is foolish for wanting to get married?
  5. True/False? "slathers" = "a raft"
  6. Why do they finally decide that they are digging in the wrong place? a) Witches.  b) Ghosts.  c) Neither of them has a watch. d) The tree had another dead limb.  e) It was Friday.
  7. (2) Huck is even more afraid of _________ than he is of ____________.
  8. (3) What is C a picture of? "It's the ________ _________ where the boys...
Correct Vocabulary Homework. | Vocabulary Pretest. You will use each word once.
exacting, vindictive, genial, regalia, mirth, rapt, yearn, indulge, temperance, melancholy, nigh
  1. Grandparents often spoil their grandkids, letting them ______ in candy and everything else.
  2. When Tom testified about the dead cat, "there was a ripple of _________" through the audience. Everyone thought that was funny.
  3. The chips used in computers have to be made to very __________ standards; the least flaw will ruin a chip.
  4. After Tom talked to Muff Potter, he was feeling very __________ about Muff's situation.
  5. Tom ________(ed) for the glory of winning the Bible prize, not the Bible itself.
  6. (2) The only reason Tom joined the Cadets of __________, was because he wanted to march in parades wearing the _______.
  7. When Tom testified at the trial, the audience was "_____ in the ghastly fascination of the tale."
  8. "Now the master, mellow almost to the verge of _______(ity)..."
  9. (2) Some groups of people are preparing for the end of the world, because they think the end is __________, and a __________ God will punish the nonbelievers.