Week of 10/14 to 10/18

Reminder: There is no school on Monday due to the Columbus Day holiday.


Audio Version of Huck Finn: http://archive.org/details/huckleberry_mfs_librivox

Etext version of Huck Finn: http://web.archive.org/web/20080906173618/http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Twa2Huc.html


Period 1: Chapters 10-11 are due Friday of last week. Chapters 12-13 are due Wednesday (even though our class will not meet due to the PLAN test). Chapters 15 and 16 are due Thursday (skip chapter 14 for now; we will be reading it in class).  Discussion of morality in Huck Finn as well as tone and deeper connotations in a whole class circle discussion on Thursday.

Period 4: Chapters 9-13 are due Tuesday. Discussion of morality in Huck Finn as well as tone and deeper connotations in a whole class circle discussion on Tuesday. Chapters 15 and 16 are due Thursday (skip chapter 14 for now; we will be reading it in class).



Periods 3 and 5: Continued peer editing on Tuesday, 10/15.

• Period 3 will be in the Library computer lab to do grouped peer editing/revision
• Period 5 will be in the room 180 regular classroom to do grouped peer editing read alouds.

Final Draft of the Description/Example essay is due on www.turnitin.com by 11:59 Tuesday night.




Period 7: Finish chapters 6-9 for homework, due Tuesday, and finish all questions from the study guide for chapters 4-7 and 8-9. We will be discussing influences on Huck's actions as well as Huck's independence.

Chapters 10 and 11 are due Thursday (with study guide questions).




Important information: The schedule for Wednesday 10/16 is for students to take the PLAN test for sophomores, the PSAT for juniors, or guidance run activities for seniors and freshmen. Also, Friday 10/18 will be a delayed opening to allow for teacher workshops in the morning. Regular classes will run on a delayed opening schedule, starting at 9:34. I will be at a teacher conference in Storrs, CT on that day so will not be present and available in school at all on that day.