Good Afternoon!
M O N D A Y , A P R I L 1 5 TH- F R I D A Y , A P R I L
SEVEN MORE MONDAYS UNTIL SUMMER
Agenda
Objectives: Cite textual evidence from Huck Finn, collaborate
with group members, continue to develop vocabulary
 BR#40
 Vocabulary 40
 Huck Finn
 Discuss 11-15
 Read 16&17
Homework
Read and answer questions for chapters 17&18
Vocabulary 40 quiz on Friday!
BR#40
 April 15th is the deadline to file taxes!
Do you have a job? Do you file your own taxes?
If you were getting a refund check of $3,000, what
would you do with it?!
*There are lots of freebies being offered today!
Word Within a Word
Unit 40
valediction (n.)
• farewell speech
vale: farewell
dict: say
*The student’s valediction was so
moving that almost all seniors cried.
protagonist (n.)
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leading person
proto: first
agon: actor
The protagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird is
Scout.
maladroit (adj.)
• clumsy
• mal: bad
• The basketball player’s maladroit handling of
the ball caused the team to lose.
stoicism (n.)
• indifference to sensation
• ism: doctrine/belief
• His stoicism was evident when he did not
show any emotion at his child’s funeral.
sarcophagus (n.)
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stone coffin
sarco: flesh
phag: eat
The pharaohs of Egypt were all buried in
ornamented sarcophaguses.
ignominious (adj.)
• disgraceful
• gno: know
• Bill was caught committing an ignominious
crime against the charity.
surrealistic (adj.)
• unrealistically imaginary
• sur: over
• Dali’s dreamy, surrealistic art is popular
around the world.
analects (n.)
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selected writings
ana: up
lect: gather
She loves reading The Analects of Confucious.
expository (adj.)
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explanatory
ex: out
pos: put
His essay was expository but not creativily
descriptive.
exegesis (n.)
• critical interpretation
• ex: out
• My teacher’s brilliant exegesis of the poem
inspired me.
magnum opus (n.)
• great work
• magn: great
• Dante’s magnum opus, The Divine Comedy, is
a classic.
moribund (adj.)
• dying
• mort: death
• The moribund economy affected the stock
market.
supercilious (adj.)
• scornful
• super: over
• His arrogant, supercilious manner irked us.
diction (n.)
• word choice
• dict: say
• Her scholarly Latin diction was impressive to
the students.
emissary (n.)
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messenger
ex: out
miss: send
An emissary sent out from the Queen
suddenly arrived.
Literature Circle: Chapters 11-15
 All group members should be participating
 Recorder
 Time Keeper
 Investigator(s)
 Record your answers to the questions
 Discuss with your group, but STAY FOCUSED!
You have twenty minutes to work on this!
 End time: 1:42 p.m.
Mississippi Map circa 1845
Steamboat
NEW SEATS!
EMBRACE IT
SIT DOWN
BE QUIET

Agenda
 BR #41
 Huckleberry Finn
 Nature vs. Nurture Think Pair Share
 Homework:
Read 19-22 and finish the questions for this section
Tuesday, April 16th
 BR#41: Creative writing.
 I give you a one word prompt and you can write
whatever about the word. A journal, a poem, a song,
free write, etc.
Hamburger
Wednesday, April 17th
Agenda
 BR #42
 Huck Finn (discuss 19-22, read in class)
 Satire
Homework
Read chapters 23-28 and continue answering
?s
Study vocabulary 40-quiz Friday!
BR #42
“It’s impossible to maintain one’s innocence in a
corrupt world.”- Mark Twain
 Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Thursday, April 18th
Agenda
 BR #43
 Review Vocabulary
 Huck Finnn
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Discuss chapters
Listen to 29
Satire
Homework
Read chapters 30-35 by Monday
Study for vocabulary quiz tomorrow!
BR #43
 Considering what’s been in the news lately about
bomb scares and school safety, what do you think is
the best way to go about creating a safe school
environment?
 Do we need more officers in school? Guns? Security
systems?
Satire in Huck Finn
 Satire: Genre of writing that makes fun of or mocks
individuals, and society through the use of techniques
such as exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, and/or
parody in order to make a comment or criticism about it.
 What is irony?
1. The use of words to express the opposite of what one
really means.
2. Incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of
events and the expected result.
Think pair share
With your partner answer on a sheet of paper:
1. At this point in the book, what aspects of
society do you think Mark Twain is targeting
with satire?
2. List as many ironies and objects of satire as
you can in the chapters thus far. With each
point on your list, state in one sentence its
main message.
3. What is the advantage of Twain delivering
the message through satire?
Vocabulary Review
 Find the person with the matching word or
definition to the index card you have
 When you find each other, come up with a “Rap,
Rhyme, or Jingle” to share with the class that will
help us remember the word and what it means!
Example:
Choose the wrong diction, and you may create
some friction.
Happy Friday!
Agenda
 BR #44
 Poetry
 Vocabulary quiz 40
Homework
Read chapters 30-35 by Monday
Make good choices and have fun if you’re going to
prom tomorrow 
BR #44
 Turn up, prom, something