Wednesday, 2/27/08 - Early Release Schedule  -- Test 10A is tomorrow. Jeopardy is on Friday. AWS's are due Friday, but there is a bonus for early turn in tomorrow.  TS Projects are due Tuesday!
Warm Up. Copy and Click.
POS Sentence III. To be exempt tomorrow: 26/30 total OR 10/10 today.
D'oh! I tripped very awkwardly, but luckily did not get my fat head stuck in the door.

1. D'oh   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
2. I   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
3. tripped   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
4. very   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
5. but   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
6. luckily   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
7. not   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
8. my   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
9. fat   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA
10. in   a) noun  b) pronoun  c) verb  d) adjective  e) adverb  f) preposition  g) NOTA

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.

1. After a while, interest in yoyos _________(ed) and some other fad took over.  a) jeer  b) clamor  c) bode  d) wax  e) wane
2. The echoes of Tom's shouts in the cave sounded like ________(ing) laughter that mocked them. a) clamor  b) jeer  c) wane  d) perishable  e) bode
3. Tom felt a little sorry for Injun Joe, "for he knew how this _________ had suffered." a) effusive  b) jeer  c) wretch  d) stupor  e) oppressive
4. Tom went behind the limestone "waterfall" in order to use his candle to light it up for Becky's __________.  a) imperishable  b) stupor  c) clamorous  d) gratification  e) bode
5. You should refrigerate ________(s) like milk and eggs, because they quickly go bad if you don't.  a) clamor  b) jeer  c) wretch  d) perishable  e) bode
6. As the month goes on, the moon will ________ until it is full, and then ________. a) wax, wane  b) wane, wax  c) jeer, bode  d) bode, jeer
7. When the boys came back from "the dead," Aunt Polly _________(ly) hugged and kissed Tom, and then embarrassed Huck by doing the same to him. a) effusive  b) jeer  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) oppressive
8. The sub didn't have much control over the class, and there was quite a(n) ________ when the principal walked in.  a) effusive  b) jeer  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) clamor
9. Tom thought that Huck's dream about rats was  __________(ing) that trouble was ahead.  a) effusive  b) jeer  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) bode
10. Some people find the heat in the tropics _______. They find it's too hot for them to do much of anything.  a) effusive  b) jeer  c) gratifying  d) stupor  e) oppressive

Read some Huck aloud
Last Tom Sawyer Quiz.

1. Once everyone found out about the treasure, what happened to every  "haunted" house in St. Petersburg?  a) They were bought.  b) They were seized by the government.  c) They were searched.  d) They were burned.  e) Nothing.
2. Which of the following was the only thing the widow would let Huck do, but only if he asked first? (p227)  a) smoke  b) go fishing  c) yell   d) scratch in front of people  e) She wouldn't let him do any of those things.
3. What is it Huck says he has to go into the attic to do every day ("just to git a taste in my mouth")?  (p227)  a) smoke  b) yell c) cuss  d) "chaw" tobacco  e) pray
4. Where does Tom find Huck when he runs away from the widow?  a) On the island.  b) In a boat.  c) In a barrel.  d) At the haunted house.  e) In the widow's woodshed.
5. Becky's dad compared Tom's lie that saved Becky from a whipping over the torn book to...? a) A man giving his life in war. b) George Washington saying he cut down the cherry tree. c) A heroic act by a fireman.  d) Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves.  e) None of the above.
6. Which one is NOT a complaint Huck had about the widow?  a) She wouldn't let him cuss.  b) He had to go to church.  c) She's mean to him.  d) He has to wash.  e) All are complaints he had.
7. Which quote shows how Huck feels about being rich?  a) "I had to shove, Tom -- I just had to."  b) "...derned if I hain't got to ask to do everything."  c) "...being rich ain't going to keep me back from turning robber."  d) "It's just worry and worry, and sweat and sweat, and a-wishing you was dead all the time."  e) None of the above.
8. What does Huck try to do with his share of the money? a) Spend it all very quickly.  b) Give it away.  c) Save it.  d) Hide it.  e) None of the above.
9. How does Tom get Huck to go back to the widow?  a) He tells him he can have a bigger share of the money.  b) He tells him he won't be his friend any more.  c) He tells him he has to be more respectable to be a robber in the gang.  d) He tells him that the widow is heartbroken and misses him. e) None of the above.
10. Why does Mark Twain stop the story where he does?  a) Because that's all the adventures he could remember from his childhood.  b) Because there isn't really any story left to tell.  c) Because he wants to tell Huck's story now.  d) Because Tom is close to being grown up.  d) Because he got sick of the character.