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Tomorrow’s Test (Wha’? Already?!): Gramma (see Monday’s practice), Vocab, (duh), Tom Sawyer.

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“Gramma, 4/17.” (12p.) Copy and label.  noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, interjection, conjunction

He was a very scary bear, and we beat a hasty retreat from his lair.

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“Vocabulary, 4/17.” (12p)
swagger, sullen, inundate, indifferent, spiteful, repentant, becoming (adj), vivacious, incantation, vanquish

      

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. After he realized how much he hurt Aunt Polly, Tom was genuinely _____ for once.
6. After he was arrested for fighting, the soldier was reprimanded for “conduct (un)_____ an officer.”
7. The students liked the teacher because she was ______, exciting, and rarely boring.
8. His e-mail account was ______(ed) by so much spam, that it crashed the server.
9. (3) When Tom’s “army” _____(ed) Joe’s,  he walked with a cocky ________, which he thought was very ______ for a “general” like himself.
10. *After 25 years, the brothers finally ____(ed) their conflict and made up.

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Vocab Relay 2.0! True or False? Each mistake = +2 seconds.

1. Indifferent means uninterested.
2. A pirate might walk with a swagger.
3. When you are sullen, you are happy.
4. Spiteful and indifferent are similar in meaning.
5. The root of the word vivacious means life.
6. If you are repentant, you are proud of yourself.
7. If somebody tells you that your outfit is becoming, it’s a compliment.
8. Inundation only happens with water.
9. A motto and an incantation are similar.
10. Vanquish is a verb.
11. Giving a thumbs down means you are indifferent.
12. Being called vivacious would usually be a compliment.
13. If you were repentant, you would swagger.
14. If you vanquished someone, you might swagger.
15. Noah needed an ark because of an inundation.
16. A magician might use an incantation.

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“Tom Sawyer Quiz, 4/17.” (10p)

1. (3) 
   Explain what’s happening here. Who are the two men who aren’t dead? Why does one appear to be begging or praying?
2. 

(7) Label a-g with the appropriate names from p66-67.

 

Chapter 10: “The Dire Prophecy of the Howling Dog!”

Time? Movie.

 

Wow! Awww.

Tomorrow’s Test: Vocab + SAWs, Gramma, TS.
Here’s a tip: Tonight, click the test link, open your Tom Sawyer book, and LOOK UP THE ANSWERS!
Here’s another tip: You can have Tom Sawyer read to you while you follow along here:
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/34/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/

 

“Vocabulary, 4/11.”  Once each.

1. Let’s hope that tomorrow’s test scores aren’t ______(ly) low.
2. You don’t have to be ______ to already know what’s going to be on tomorrow’s test.
3. You don’t have to _____ it to have a copy of tomorrow’s test in advance.
4. The sheriff came through, _____(ly) leading the suspected killer by the arm.
5. Please do not be a _____ and cheat on tomorrow’s test.
6. When we go over vocab, I am not just _____(ing), I am trying to help you get it right on the test.
7. Huck thought Tom was a(n) ______ writer after he heard the oath Tom wrote.
8. The movie star was at the _____ of her popularity when she died suddenly.
9. Among the mothers of St. Petersburg, Huck Finn is a _____.
10. The villagers thought the killer was being _____ for returning to the scene of the crime.

 

Gramma Relay! The class with the fastest time and fewest mistakes wins!
Stand up, line up, and count off 1-10.
noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, interjection, conjunction

1. The “Mr. Morton” of the sentence.
2. Answers the questions when, where, or how.
3. Answers the questions which one, what kind, how many.
4. A connecting word that joins words, phrases, or clauses.
5. An example is the word yours.
6. Always separated from the rest of the sentence by punctuation.
7. Can usually be turned into an adverb by adding -ly.
8. Has a past, present, and future.
9. Describes adjectives and adverbs.
10. What Mr. Morton does.

 

Tom Sawyer.

1. What does Tom fantasize about twice in Chapter 3?
2. How does Tom get revenge for the maid dumping water on him?

“The window went up, a maid–servant’s discordant voice profaned the holy calm, and a deluge of water drenched the prone martyr’s remains!

The strangling hero sprang up with a relieving snort. There was a whiz as of a missile in the air, mingled with the murmur of a curse, a sound as of shivering glass followed, and a small, vague form went over the fence and shot away in the gloom.”

Chapter 4: Movie excerpt from 1938. (14:05-18ish)

Chapter 5: Tom is bored in church.

Chapter 6: Let’s meet Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher (“The Adored Unknown”).