Wednesday, 2/20/13
Warm Up. Copy. Answers will be spelling words.
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"together foldy" = ______
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"together fold thing" = _______
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"against build" = _____
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"feel thing" (2) = _____
Vocabulary Sheet. Be sure to copy the definitions and parts-of-speech.
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Literally "together throw thing." POS: n Def.: a guess with no
proof.
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From Latin sub- + -cumbere, to lie down. POS: v
Def.: To give in, to stop trying to resist.
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Sounds like what it means. POS: adj Def.: wrong, not correct.
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With a slightly different spelling, this word means a fabric used to make
tents. POS: v Def.: to cover an area finding information.
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Stolen from the French word hagard. POS: adj Def.: worn
out and tired looking and skinny.
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Latin root meaning "before to write." POS: v Def.:
to make illegal or not allow.
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From the Latin roots for "before to pray." POS: adj
Def.: not safe, strong or steady.
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Latin root (scire - to know) plus a prefix that means all.
POS: adj Def.: ALL knowing.
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Look at the prefixes. One prefix means together, the other one means two.
POS: v/v Def.: come together/split apart.
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Latin prefix + root meaning "not to feel." POS: adj
Def.: showing little emotion or interest.
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Hmmm. We stole this from the French who stole it from the Italians.
Oddly, the original word, vogare, meant to row (like a boat).
POS: n Def.: something that is in style or popular.
Tom Sawyer 11 and 12. (11p) Write the answers in your notebook.
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When Injun Joe tells his version of the events in the graveyard, Tom
and Huck are amazed that something doesn't happen. What?
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What do they think the reason behind this is?
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"They inwardly resolved to watch him, nights, when the opportunity should
offer, in the hope of getting a glimpse of his dread master." (p79) What
does this mean?
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(2) "It's blood, it's blood, that's what it is!" (p80) Who's
talking and what is going on?
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How does Tom try to ease his conscience about Muff's situation?
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Why did Aunt Polly think Tom had been taking the Painkiller all that
time?
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What was he really doing with it?
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On p85, reread from when Tom says, "I done it out of pity..." until
the line that ends "...on Tom's head and said gently:" What is the point
Tom is trying to make to Aunt Polly?
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What does Tom do when Becky finally comes back to school?
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How does she respond?
TS 13.