Thursday and Friday; February 4 & 5

We had a quiz over chapter 24. If you missed the quiz, write a paragraph over some important aspect of the chapter. Make a claim, support with quoted evidence, explain how the evidence proves your claim, and explore how this will affect the book.

Example:

Mark Twain's mother is affecting how the character Mary Jane is portrayed in Chapter 26. Mary Jane says to treat Huck "kind, and not be saying things to make him remember he ain't in his own country and amongst his own folks" (142). This tells Joanna to be kind, no matter what someone says or does. This reminds me of when Mark Twain's mom tells her son to treat the black boy kind and let him sing. When he sings, he forgets that he is not with his own family. I see Mark Twain's mother reflected in Mary Jane's personality. When Huck decides he shouldn't be a part of defrauding the Wilks sisters, it hearkens back to the message Samuel Clemens got from his mother.


If you miss class, keep up with the reading.

All periods read chapters 25 and 26 in class. The homework is to read chapter 27 at home. Yes, there will be a quiz on this chapter.

If you have not finished page one of the new grammar packet, have it ready to be graded next class.




New rules were discussed in class regarding passes. For the semester, passes have been increased to 13. Each one is worth two extra credit points, if not used. Tardies and unexcused absences will be subtracted from the passes.

Phone rules are the same: If your phone is being used for other than class activities with the approval of the teacher, you can pick it up after the next period. IF you are fourth period, it can be picked up thirty minutes after school, or sooner if you put me in touch with your parents.


We discussed the use of dialect and accent. The book about Huck Finn is written in dialect. Discuss what differences it makes. Watch this video and decide what effect accent has on the humor. IF this were a written story, how would the writing in accent be necessary to the humor?



As the king and duke continue their con, acting like Peter Wilk's British brothers, we try to picture the duke making up sign language since he is supposed to be deaf and mute. When Nelson Mandela spoke a few years back, a fake sign language expert was exposed. See Jimmy Kimmel's take on this: