This Quarter we are exploring Huck Finn.

Important documents and links for this unit:

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Day 1 (11-9-11):
Vocab.
Introduction To Unit with Incredibles & Seinfeld. Samaritan Laws. In class discussion of topic & worksheet.
Vocab Quiz next class. Independent Reading Log and a review next class.

11-11-11
Vocab Quiz.
Ind. Reading Wrap-Up (short essay & turn in Reading Log)
Homework - Select a new Independent Reading book for the 2nd Quarter by Thursday.
 
11-15-11
Vocab. Today we start the 3rd set of words. Nice job on the last set of quizzes! keep it up.
Grammar - GR17 worksheet on Quotation Marks. Done in class (homework if not finished)
Moving on with our Huck Finn Unit. Talked about Satire. (Handout here)
You need to understand what it is to 'get' this book.
Read and listened to "A Modest Proposal" - J. Swift  Text here

Audio of Modest Proposal Here

  Quick Write:
· How would you have reacted to his proposal if you had lived in 1729?

11-17-11
Vocab. Turn in answer to quick write.
Independent Reading book for 2nd Quarter due next class!!! 

Assign groups for Huck Finn pre-reading video assignment


 This document instructs what you need to do for this project. The rubric has been included.
Here are some samples of similar projects from YouTube. Sample 1  Sample 2 

 ASSIGNMENT DUE AND PRESENTATIONS BEGIN AT THE START OF CLASS ON 11-30-11

11-21-11
Vocab
Work on Group Presentations

11-30-11
Vocab
Group Presentations
Study materials from presentations for a quiz next time.

12-2-11
Vocab
One Last group Today & a Quiz on all presentations
Talk about dialect and start reading Huck Finn.
Homework is to translate the following passages into modern English (put it in your own words).
Click Here for Word Doc

1. (Jim) “I laid dah under de shavin’s all day.  I ‘uz hungry, but I warn’t afeard; bekase I knowed ole missus en de wider wiz goin’ to start to de camp-meet’n’ right arter breakfas’ en be gone all day end dey knows I goes off wid de cattle ‘bout daylight, so dey wouln’ ‘spec to see me roun’ de place, en so dey wouldn’ miss me tell arter dark in de evenin’.”

2. (Huck) Jim sucked and sucked at the jug, and now and then he got out of his head and pitched around and yelled; but every time he come to himself he went to sucking at the jug again.  His foot swelled up pretty big, and so did his leg; but by and by the drunk begun to come, and so I judged he was all right; but I’d druther been bit with a snake than pap’s whisky.



12-6-11
vocab
 Read Chapters 3 to 5 in class today.
Complete worksheet as a group

Then answer this question.
  Focus Question #1
Several of the characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn want to force Huck to become their vision of what he should be. Choose one person from your Character Influence Chart and, using examples from the text, show how that person tried to control Huck’s view of the world. Then, again using examples from the text to support your answer, tell how Huck responds to the views of others.

Answer Plan
1. Restate the question to introduce the answer.
2. Identify the character you have chosen and give examples from the text to show how that person tried to control Huck’s view of the world. Use quotations, if possible.
3. Conclude by telling how Huck responded to the views of others; give support from the text.


12-8-11

Quick Write question:

· Which of these three living situations would Huck say gave him the most personal freedom? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Read chapters 9-11 for homework.

12-12-11
Vocab - This was word #9 only one more and then we have a quiz
Grammar GR 18 worksheet

Discuss Chapters 9-11
Read Chapter 12 for homework
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Audio on line Here


12-14-11
Vocab word 10. If you missed any you can find them all on the vocab tab above.
Quiz next class.

Discussed Chapter 12
Read Chapters 13 to 15
Answer this Quick Write: (write for 8 minutes) Use examples from the text.
What is Solomon’s wisdom according to Jim?
What is Solomon’s wisdom according to Huck?

exit ticket: Grammar Practice
Write one sentence with the name of a song and CD.
Write a sentence with the name of a book.


12-16-11
Vocab Quiz

  Using Chapter 16 from the book, the excerpt from the Fugitive Slave Law, and your charts to guide your thinking, describe a situation from your  0wn life or one that you have read or heard about when a decision made had moral, financial,  and/or legal consequences.

Use the graphic organizer to answer the above focus question.

12-20-11
Grammar GR 23
Reading Chapters 17 & 18
Complete the Cause and Effect chart. Then use that chart to help you think about Focus Quesiton 3.

Using the outline provided write an essay on Focus Question 3.

12-22-11
Article of the Week ... Fashion Police (complete handout)
2nd Quarter Extra Credit

Grammar 25

Have a great break

1-5-12
Watch chapters 19-29. Complete Lie Chart from what you saw.

Keep up with your Independent Reading Log. This will be due on Wednesday 1-11-12.
Any missing or extra credit is due by 1-18-12.
Grammar Review Sheet GR24

1-9-12
Turn in GR 24
In class and in pairs we did Focus Question 6. Complete thoughtfully.

Read Twain's "On The Damned Human Race" and T4 it thoughtfully.
Complete the Compare Chart after reading (homework if not done in class)

For homework read Chapters 30-32. This overlaps part of what we saw on video. Be ready to compare the book and the film version of this section of the book.

1-11-12
Graphic Novel version of Huck Chapters 33-39 in class in small groups
Complete questions as a group.

1-13-12
Guided Highlighting in class for EC
Grammar Review with Mr. Guay  GR 27  Due Wednesday if not done in class

1-18-12
Finish Huck Finn & Discuss.
- finish Huck Finn!
- midterm study guide
- midterm reading piece: "Babbitt"
*Homework: read and annotate "Babbitt" (use the reading strategies provided to help you!)