Wednesday, 11/07/01
Warm Up A.
  1. *vagrant : loiter :: burglar : ________
  2. *others : speech :: self : _________
  3. *thermometer : temperature :: barometer : _________
  4. *books : literature :: stuff : __________
Warm Up B.
1a. a newcomer
1b. of St. Petersburg
1c. of any age
1d. in the shabby little village
1e. was an impressive curiosity
1f.  or either sex		 2a) a wilder, heartier interest
2b) if she had built
2c) the boy could not
2d) a fire
2e) have shown
2f) under him		 3a) Norman stubbed
3b) a huge vat
3c) his toe
3d) of Jell-O
3e) jumping into
Correct Vocabulary practice.
Vocabulary Pretest. Yes, you will use a word(s) more than once.
loiter, soliloquy, vagrant, purloin, eloquence, repulsive, eloquent, zenith, appall, omniscient
  1. The minister spoke very ______(ly) about the poor, dead boys, and everyone was touched by his words.
  2. The thief was caught red-handed with the __________(ed) merchandise and was arrested for shop-lifting.
  3. The fire chief blamed the fire on two men who were _____(ing) outside the building, smoking cigarettes and looking suspicious.
  4. "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" is a line from a famous __________ by Juliet on her balcony.
  5. (2) The _________ and smelly _________ was last seen accosting people and demanding money outside the liquor store.
  6. The politician's ___________ disguised the fact that he wasn't really very bright.
  7. "I wonder if I should?" I ____________(ized).
  8. Parents today would find Tom's rat-on-a-string very _______.
  9. In Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain is a _______-person, ___________ narrator. He knows everything about everyone in the story.
  10. His mom was ______(ed) by the amount of violence in the video game.
  11. The towering fly ball reached its _________ at about 400 feet.
  12. Give an example of something you would want to do inconspicuously.
  13. EXTRA CREDIT: What does Juliet's line mean? (Hint: Wherefore doesn't mean where.)
  14. EXTRA CREDIT: What is "spunkwater"?

 
 

Tom Sawyer...


1.What happens to Tom's pulled tooth?
2.What are Tom and Huck going to do with the dead cat?
3.What does Tom say to the schoolmaster that makes him so angry?
"The master's arm performed until it was tired and the stock of switches notably dimished."
4.Why does Tom say it?
5.What does Tom do to get Becky's attention and interest?
6. Why does Becky slap his hand? What happens next?
7. "He had contemplated a good part of the performance before he contributed his bit of variety to it." (p52b, 48w)