Assignment
Answer the following chapter 24-31 comprehension and connection questions

1. In your opinion, what’s the worst thing the King and the Duke do. Explain your answer in comparison to some of the other vile actions they take.
2. Explain the scenario in which Huck openly defies the King and the Duke for the first time. What does Huck do and why does he do it?
3. Mr. Restad believes chapter 31 should have been the climax of the novel. Alas, Twain went on for another 10 chapters. But, looking at chapter 31 explain why might Mr. Restad think this is the high point of tension and a turning point in the story. Back up your answer with at least two reasons from the chapter.

Mr. Restad summarizes chapter 32-40

Continue reading chapters 41 and chapter the last.

Here is a somewhat lewd (you have been forewarned) but pretty accurate summary and analysis of Huck Finn in five minutes or less.

SSR to finish through chapter 31

Begin writing HATMAT intro for our essays (see Tuesday's youtube)

Writing Essays - Organizing introductions
Check out the video below.

Assignment
Select your topic and post your ideas in the Google Classroom question "Essay topic"
Write your intro using HATMAT

SSR
Finish questions from Chapters 19-23 (see Friday's post)

Lecture on essay organization and resources.

Assignment:
Check out essay resources posted on Google Classroom, "Huck Finn Literary Analysis"
Fill out 6 weeks self-evaluation on Google Classroom

Finish Colonel Sherburn close reading started yesterday.

SSR

Chapter 19-24 Comprehension/Connection assessment questions:
Answer each question thoroughly:

•  using a topic sentence to make a claim,
•  back that answer up with reference to the text,
•  and provide reasoning as to why your support is valid.

1. Huck soon realizes the King and Duke are con men and liars, yet why doesn’t he confront them or tell Jim they are frauds? (Chapter 19)
2. Thinking back to the message of Colonel Sherbern’s speech, why should Sherbern’s ideas about bravery resonate with Huck (whether Huck realizes it or not)? (Chapter 22)
3. The Duke and the King lead Huck and Jim on a series of frauds and cons. After a particularly lucrative con, Jim mentions, “Doesn’t it surprise you the way them kings carry on?” to which Huck responds, “No.”

• What do the Duke and the King represent?
• What does Twain’s satire of the Duke and the King and Jim and Huck’s discussion on page 154 reveal about actual people of political power? (Chapter 23)

Close Reading:
is a thoughtful, critical analysis of a text that focuses on:
 significant details
 development of precise understanding of the text's form, craft, meaning.

To closely examine and "unpack" a text follow these steps:

1. Know the purpose: examining argument
2. Read once: summarize, comprehend main ideas
3. Break it up: annotate what each paragraph’s point is
4. Identify Claims, look for support
   

​Assignment:
Follow directions listed in the Google Classroom assignment "Close Reading - Colonel Sherber's Speech"

Listen to ch. 19 and discussed the Duke and the King.

Time in class to work on:
SSR
Read in Huck Finn
Compile evidence in "notecather"

SSR
Discussed chapter 12-16 assessment questions
Examined elements of Satire

• Absurd characters
• Flawed Logic
• Exaggeration 
• Parody/mocking

.Assignment:
Read "Society's Stupidity" and complete "Purpose of Satire" assignment in Google Classroom

Chapter 12-16 Comprehension/Connection assessment questions:
Answer each question thoroughly:

•  using a topic sentence to make a claim,
•  back that answer up with reference to the text,
•  and provide reasoning as to why your support is valid.

1. What lessons from Pap does Huck consider during his moral dilemmas with Jim? (chapter 12)
2. How successful do you feel Mark Twain is in creating the character of Jim? Does Jim seem like a real person to you? Explain why or why not? (chapter 14, 15)
3. Huck has many personal ideals that cause conflict within himself. Infer two conflicting values Huck holds and explain why they trouble his conscience. (chapter 16)
4. Huck runs away down the Mississippi to the river to find freedom and escape from people and situations that restrict him. What are some ways that people today can find personal freedom? Is Huck’s way still possible? Explain your answer.

Discussed the following chapters in regards to the development of morals and values of Huck:
• Chapter XV
• Chapter XVI

Read SSR/Huck Finn for 20 minutes

Period 6:
Complete "Huck Finn Essay Support" Google Classroom assignment. 

Making Decisions:
Discuss
How do you go about making important decisions? Do you tend to follow your heart or your head?

Write a personal journal entry about the following:
 In your journal, write about a time when you had to make an important decision. Briefly describe how you decided what to do.

Discuss
 What does Huck mean when he says the following:
“What’s the use you learning to do right when it’s troublesome to do right and ain’t no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?”

Read Huck Finn for 20 minutes
​
Assignment:
Review "Essential Chapters" for our purpose of studying this novel (though there are many essential chapters and other ways to read this great book)
Use the notecatcher (attached below) to find supports in chapters VIII, X, XII, and XIII

Begin identifying and cataloging passages that could be used to support ideas raised by the essay assignment (also attached below). 

NOTE:
You can find an online (copy & paste-able version) of Huck Finn online here.

Read 20 minutes in Huck Finn

Discussed our DICE from yesterday.

​Read ch 13 aloud.

Finished Huck Finn context research  projects and presented findings to the class.

Create a DICE for chapters 1-11
Make notes on Huck Finn regarding scenes/ideas/themes that:

• Disturb
• Interests
• Confuses
• Enlightens

The class will discuss answers on Tuesday.

Read through chapter 11 in Huck Finn

Complete the following questions by Friday:

1. How and why does Huck stage his own murder rather than simply running away? What repercussions does this choice have on those who care about him? (chapter 7)
2. Why does Huck find Jim also hiding on the island? What does Huck decided to do? And, what does this reveal about Huck’s character? (chapter 8)
3. Huck and Jim both seek freedom. Compare and contrast their reasons for running away.

ASSIGNMENT Practicing Research:
See Google Classroom assignment "Huck Finn context research"

Objectives
• Develop skills to research and find credible sources quickly using Google
• Learn more about the historical context of Huck Finn and literary devices used by Twain.
• Present our findings using Google slides

In Google Classroom:
• Research your topic
• Find 2 credible sources (beyond Wikipedia)
• Create 1 google side (in the file below) that will be presented with the class on Thursday
• Create 1 google side listing your sources and a sentence description of why they are credible (listed in MLA format)

If we can find apps that do algebra and lectures from Harvard online, what do we really need to know? What is education about?

Research skills focus for this week:
1.Search Terms
2.Keyboard short cuts
3.Credible sources

Task:
See Google Classroom assignment "Google Keyword Searching"