Day: April 24, 2024

Wednesday, 4/24: Warm Up, Husker Du, Vocab, TS, Works Cited

Due Tomorrow: SMYK’s.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1246807622/runaway-horses-central-london

“Warm Up, 4/24.” List, in order, the 6 parts/paragraphs your essay should have.

“Husker Du, 4/24.”
Period 1: Test #12: 12-16
Period 3: Test #14: 16-20
Period 4: Test #20: 8-13
Period 5: Test #16: 13-18
Period 6: Test #13: 16-20

“Vocab, 4/24.” Let’s try NO COLLABORATION!
spite, perplex, serene, incense, surge, alibi, idyllic, sprawl, dismay, instigate
 

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. “A(n) _____ is a reason with a bad reputation.”
  6. The root of this word meant “to urge on.”_____
  7. The root of this word meant “entangled or interwoven.” _____
  8. The root of this word meant “clear, fine, calm.” _____
  9. The root of this word meant “set fire to.” _____
  10. The root of this word meant “picture.” _____
  11. (2) The team ____(ed) from behind in the last two minutes and pulled out a win; much to the _____ of the people who bet on the other side.
  12. (2) His _____ was proven false when the security cameras caught him _____(ing) the riot and then running away.

“TS Quiz, 4/24.” First Period: You can use your answers from yesterday. Answer, not letter.

  1. Most of the adventures in this book really happened to Mark Twain. a) True  b) False
  2. The character of Huck Finn is based on a real person. a) True  b) False
  3. The character of Tom Sawyer is based on a real person. a) True  b) False
  4. Which of these is not a purpose MT had in mind when he wrote this book?  a) Entertainment.  b) Education.  c) To remind adults that they were kids once.  d) To tell a good story.  e) He had all of these in mind.
  5. About when does this book take place?
  6. What is Mark Twain saying Aunt Polly is trying to do here?  “While Tom was eating his supper, and stealing sugar as opportunity offered, Aunt Polly asked him questions that were full of guile, and very deep—for she wanted to trap him into damaging revealments.”
  7. What is it about the new boy that bugs Tom so much?
  8. What does the last paragraph of chapter one say Tom’s punishment will be for sneaking in late and with his clothes all torn and dirty?
  9. Bonus: What is Mark Twain saying about Aunt Polly in this paragraph?
    “Like many other simple–hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most transparent devices as marvels of low cunning.”

 

Read aloud Chapter 2.

 

Time? Arg Essay Rubric.