Huck Finn Chapters 8,9,10 By: Morgan R, Reed R, Vance O

The Great Flood of 1844

Minstrel Shows

Superstition in the 1800s

Vocabulary ● “I see a bunch of smoke laying on the water a long ways up - about abreast the ferry.” (pg. 51) ○ Side by side or alongside ● “When breakfast was ready we lolled on the grass and eat it smoking hot.” (pg. 58) ○ To relax or be lazy ● “People would call me a lowdown abolitionist and despite me for keeping mum- but that don't make no difference.”(pg.59) ○ A person was favored an end to slavery

Vocabulary Cont. “And so, take it all around, we made a good haul.” (pg. 69) To pull with force or drag “Don't you go get too peart. It's a-comin’.” (pg. 70) o Lively, brisk, cheerful

Lower Level Questions Who does Huck find in the woods sleeping by the fire?(pg.57) Answer: Jim Why was Jim in the forest? (pg. 59) Answer:He ran away because he overheard Miss Watson saying she was going to sell him down to New Orleans Where do Jim and Huck hide their traps? (pg.65) Answer: In the caverns What came floating down the west side of the river? (pg.68) Answer: A house

Lower Level Question Cont. According to Jim what gives the worst bad luck in the world? (pg.70) Answer: Touching a snake-skin with your bare hand What was Jim bit by? (pg.71) Answer: A rattlesnake What does Huck dress up as so no one will recognize him? (pg.73) Answer: A Girl

Higher Level Questions Do you think Huck was secretly happy to see that people were searching for him and caring about his well-being when he was trying to hide in the log? Why do Jim and Huck feel like they can trust each other with their plans of escape? Since Jim’s first instinct of first seeing Huck was that he was a ghost, do you think Jim still believes he is one? DO you think that Tom would have been a better partner for Huck to live on the island with?

Higher Level Questions cont. On page 62, they bring up good luck charms to become rich. Why do you think they still want to be rich even though they aren’t in contact with anybody? Does it seem like Jim has had an influence on the way Huck lives his life? Why or why not? Does Jim use his fear of bad luck as a way to get out of talking about subjects he doesn’t like? Or does he really mean it? Explain. Does Huck secretly miss living in a civilized town with friends and family that he knew?

Literary Analysis Why does Mark Twain have Huck find Jim when he runs away? Who could the dead body in the floating house be? What kind of person does Twain make Jim sound like when hides Huck from seeing the body?

Writing Prompt With all the intense detail of the island and cavern that Huck and Jim live on, do you think he is using his imagination from when he was a child to make his own dream fort?