Thursday, 1/19/06
Warm Up. Copy.
1. * method : technique :: trickery  : __________
2. * obvious : furtive :: idol : _______
3. (1) Match the expression with the corresponding word: a) "...the other foot" =  b) "...turn the other cheek" =  a) forgiveness  b) revenge
Tom Sawyer, Chapter 2. 
(Copy the bold-faced parts. 10p)
  1. (copy) The Outsiders : Tulsa :: Tom Sawyer : ________
  2. When Tom is showing Jim his sore toe, what happens?
  3. 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? 
  4. What was Ben Rogers pretending to be when he saw Tom whitewashing?
  5. Who is the "great and wise philosopher" that Mark Twain refers to in the second-to-last paragraph of Chapter 2?
  6. (choose 2) According to Mark Twain in Chapter 2... (copy) 

    7. 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
  7. (3) Slang: a) "...it's a bully taw." (A taw is a type of marble.)  b) "Ben, I'd like to, honest Injun, but..."  c) "That's a mighty gay marvel." (Marvel is marble.)
Correct Vocabulary Homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. You will use one word twice. blather, pariah, impudent, guile, ecstatic, vanquish, furtive, odious, loathe, condescending, adamant
  1. It's hard for Pony to understand the _________(ing)* that Socs have for greasers.
  2. discreet : savvy :: patronizing : ________
  3. The greasers were ___________(s) in the eyes of the Socs.
  4. Tom _________(ed) his opponent in the sword fight.
  5. Aunt Polly was ___ that Tom be punished for his misbehavior; she had to do her job as a parent.
  6. History is just __________ to me; I don't see how all those names and dates matter now.
  7. (2) If there's one thing teachers ___________, it's __________ behavior.
  8. The players mobbed each other ___________(ally) after they won the World Series.
  9. She _________(ly) passed the note during class so the teacher wouldn't see.
  10. Jimmy was a _________ on the team after he blew the game.
  11. It was Dally's quick thinking and _______ that sent the fuzz to Texas looking for the boys.
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