Monday

Review quiz:
1. What object does Jim use to tell people's fortune?
2. Who is described as having greasy black hair that hangs down like vines and as having skin that is "a white to make a body sick, a tree toad white, a fish belly white"?
3. List two pieces of evidence that reveal that the Widow Douglas is a good person (1/2 each)
4. Explain why Pap Finn is able to trick the new judge and his wife into believing that he is "reformed." There's a good chance that you would know better. What clouds their perspective?
5. What does Huck put on the axe blade? Be specific.
6. Tom and Huck play a practical joke on Jim by taking his hat off his head while he is sleeping and hanging it on a tree branch. Later, after Jim claims that witches did it and he tells his friends the story, Huck says that after the experience Jim would never be a good slave again. Why is that?

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Discuss "Jim and the ghost"
HOMEWORK: Read chapters 11, 12

November 20

Quiz quesions
1. What object does Jim use to tell people's fortune?
2. Who is described as having greasy black hair that hangs down like vines and as having skin that is "a white to make a body sick, a tree toad white, a fish belly white"?
3. List two pieces of evidence that reveal that the Widow Douglas is a good person (1/2 each)
4. Explain why Pap Finn is able to trick the new judge and his wife into believing that he is "reformed." There's a good chance that you would know better. What clouds their perspective?
5. What does Huck put on the axe blade? Be specific.
6. Tom and Huck play a practical joke on Jim by taking his hat off his head while he is sleeping and hanging it on a tree branch. Later, after Jim claims that witches did it and he tells his friends the story, Huck says that after the experience Jim would never be a good slave again. Why is that?

Huck Finn online AUDIO version of Huck Finn
Listen to chapter 8 as a class: Huck Finn

Quiet reading time for independent reading of books that you checked out from the library.
If you don't have a book, borrow one from the book cart at the front of the room.


BOOK REPORT due last Monday before final exams.
See BOOK REPORT EXAMPLES. Note: This are the book report requirements for last year. I will change them a bit and give you a handout when we get back from Thanksgiving.

November 17

Huck Finn online AUDIO version of Huck Finn 

BOOK REPORT due last Monday before final exams.
See BOOK REPORT EXAMPLES. Note: This are the book report requirements for last year. I will change them a bit and give you a handout when we get back from Thanksgiving.

Transition Sentences exercises due next time.
Quiz of Huck Finn chapters 1-7 next time.
Huckleberry Finn 30 Terms
Quiz over first 15 on Monday.

HOMEWORK: TYPE your rough draft.
You must add sentences with transitional words and phrases   Transitions
In the margin, you need to handwrite the category of the transition type.
Continue working on your ROUGH  DRAFT. It should be closer to two pages when you come to class next time. Eventually it has to be 2-3 typed, so you should probably type it now.-

Huck Finn online AUDIO version of Huck Finn 

MONDAY WE WILL GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR BOOK TALKS BY OUR LIBRARIAN, MR. RICK. REMIND ME IF I FORGET. 25 MINUTES. IT'S FUN

Huckleberry Finn 30 Terms
Quiz over first 15 on Monday.

HOMEWORK: TYPE your rough draft.
You must add sentences with transitional words and phrases   Transitions
In the margin, you need to handwrite the category of the transition type.
Continue working on your ROUGH  DRAFT. It should be closer to two pages when you come to class next time. Eventually it has to be 2-3 typed, so you should probably type it now.-

Thur/Fri

MONDAY WE WILL GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR BOOK TALKS BY OUR LIBRARIAN, MR. RICK. REMIND ME IF I FORGET. 25 MINUTES. IT'S FUN

Huckleberry Finn 30 Terms
Quiz over first 15 on Monday.

HOMEWORK: TYPE your rough draft.
You must add sentences with transitional words and phrases   Transitions
In the margin, you need to handwrite the category of the transition type.
Continue working on your ROUGH  DRAFT. It should be closer to two pages when you come to class next time. Eventually it has to be 2-3 typed, so you should probably type it now.

Wed/Thur

MONDAY WE WILL GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR BOOK TALKS BY OUR LIBRARIAN, MR. RICK. REMIND ME IF I FORGET. 25 MINUTES. IT'S FUN

Huckleberry Finn 30 Terms
Quiz over first 15 on Monday.

HOMEWORK: TYPE your rough draft.
You must add sentences with transitional words and phrases   Transitions
In the margin, you need to handwrite the category of the transition type.
Continue working on your ROUGH  DRAFT. It should be closer to two pages when you come to class next time. Eventually it has to be 2-3 typed, so you should probably type it now.

Monday/Tuesday

Huckleberry Finn 30 Terms
Quiz over first 15 on Monday.

HOMEWORK: TYPE your rough draft.
You must add sentences with transitional words and phrases   Transitions
In the margin, you need to handwrite the category of the transition type.
Continue working on your ROUGH  DRAFT. It should be closer to two pages when you come to class next time. Eventually it has to be 2-3 typed, so you should probably type it now.

Go over rough draft of Garbage Man essay.
*A rough draft is a full essay that hasn't been revised, yet. You know that, right? It's not an outline and it's not 1/2 of a page. In other words, it's NOT what most students hand in. We will make them better.

November 3/4

HOMEWORK: Continue working on your ROUGH  DRAFT. It should be closer to two pages when you come to class next time. Eventually it has to be 2-3 typed, so you should probably type it now.

Go over rough draft of Garbage Man essay.
*A rough draft is a full essay that hasn't been revised, yet. You know that, right? It's not an outline and it's not 1/2 of a page. In other words, it's what most students hand in. We will make them better, though.
Read one Pete letter and discuss how to elaborate.
Read one Byron letter and discuss how to elaborate.

PSAT and examining how essays elaborate upon their evidence.

DEBATES start 20 min. into the period tomorrow.