Wednesday, 2/20/13
Warm Up. Copy. Answers will be spelling words.
  1. "together foldy" = ______
  2. "together fold thing" = _______
  3. "against build" = _____
  4. "feel thing" (2) =  _____
Vocabulary Sheet. Be sure to copy the definitions and parts-of-speech.
  1. Literally "together throw thing." POS: n  Def.: a guess with no proof.
  2. From Latin sub- + -cumbere, to lie down.  POS: v  Def.: To give in, to stop trying to resist.
  3. Sounds like what it means.  POS: adj  Def.: wrong, not correct.
  4. With a slightly different spelling, this word means a fabric used to make tents.  POS: v  Def.: to cover an area finding information.
  5. Stolen from the French word hagard. POS: adj  Def.: worn out and tired looking and skinny.
  6. Latin root meaning "before to write."   POS: v  Def.: to make illegal or not allow.
  7. From the Latin roots for "before to pray."   POS: adj  Def.: not safe, strong or steady.
  8. Latin root (scire - to know) plus a prefix that means all.   POS: adj  Def.: ALL knowing.
  9. Look at the prefixes. One prefix means together, the other one means two.   POS: v/v  Def.: come together/split apart.
  10. Latin prefix + root meaning "not to feel."   POS: adj  Def.: showing little emotion or interest.
  11. Hmmm. We stole this from the French who stole it  from the Italians. Oddly, the original word, vogare, meant to row (like a boat).   POS: n  Def.: something that is in style or popular.

 

 Tom Sawyer 11 and 12. (11p) Write the answers in your notebook.

  1. When Injun Joe tells his version of the events in the graveyard, Tom and Huck are amazed that something doesn't happen. What?
  2. What do they think the reason behind this is?
  3. "They inwardly resolved to watch him, nights, when the opportunity should offer, in the hope of getting a glimpse of his dread master." (p79) What does this mean? 
  4. (2) "It's blood, it's blood, that's what it is!" (p80)  Who's talking and what is going on?
  5. How does Tom try to ease his conscience about Muff's situation? 
  6. Why did Aunt Polly think Tom had been taking the Painkiller all that time?
  7. What was he really doing with it?
  8. On p85, reread from when Tom says, "I done it out of pity..." until the line that ends "...on Tom's head and said gently:" What is the point Tom is trying to make to Aunt Polly?
  9. What does Tom do when Becky finally comes back to school?
  10. How does she respond?

TS 13.