 Please have out your completed outline and vocab pictures  What are some important lessons you have learned in life? How have you learned them?  8L  Table of Contents: Theme…………….p.8

 Do Now (10mins)  Theme: What is it? Notes (25mins)  Author’s background: Video Clip (5mins)  Thank you Ma’am p Questions (30mins)  Reading Quiz #1(20)  Autobio Draft Write (20)  If Time: Chapter 7 of ATS  Reminder: Vocab Quiz 8/23-8/24  Second Composition Book 8/30-8/31  Rough Draft 8/27-8/28

 1. After reading Thank you Ma’am, what connections can you make between the author’s life and the story?  2. What elements of the Harlem Renaissance do you see in the story?  3. What is the theme of the story? (A sentence not a word)  4. How does the author’s background influence the theme of the story?

 Standards: 3.7, 3.4, 3.2  Answer in complete sentences. You can use the novel, but make sure you cite your evidence. Example: “Tom and Huck spoke” (Twain, p.32). If you do not properly cite then you will not receive credit for your response. NO TALKING.  1.Describe the character Huckleberry Finn. What kind of person is he? (Please use evidence from the text to support your answer).  2.Read through page 69. What is the mood of this scene?( Please use evidence from the text to support your answer). How does Twain create mood in the novel?  3.During what time period and where is the novel set? How will the setting influence what happens in the novel? (Think about what was going on during this time)  4.How does Mark Twain’s background influence the text? Be specific. (3-4 sentences)  5.What types of conflicts have occurred in the novel so far? Please identify at least 1 external conflict and describe it and 1 internal conflict.

 Table of Contents: ATS………………….p.9  Copy these questions down:  1. What connections between the novel and the author’s life can you make?  2. What theme is coming out as the novel progresses? Conflicts?  3. How does the setting affect the action of the novel?  4. What do you notice about the formatting of the dialogue?

 Do Now  Vocab Review: Quiz 8/23-8/24  ATS Chapter 7

 Do Now: What is the definition of a theme? How can you identify a theme within a text? Why is it important for a text to contain a theme? What is a recurring theme? Give an example of either some stories or movies that have recurring themes.  Table of Contents: Theme Cont’d………..10

 Do Now (10)  5 min vocab review  Vocab Quiz/Correct (17mins)  Mark Twain: Author’s Background Notes  ATS- conflict, setting, theme (author’s background) (30) Chp.8/9  Finish up your drafts! (Due 8/27-8/28) (30)

 What connections between the author’s life and the novel can you make?  Where has most of the action taken place so far? (setting)  What is your opinion about Tom Sawyer? What is his philosophy on life?  How do you think the author’s life will influence the theme of the text?

 Two scores: Spelling: SP  Definitions: DEF  CB: Your Name  Convert both scores to the 4 point scale

 1. Bona-fide (D)10/10, 9/10=4  2. Balmy (H)8/10=3  3. Grandeur (B)7/10=2  4. Disconcerted (I)6/10 or lower=1  5. Scarify (J)  6. Edifice (C)  7. Contrived (E)  8. Prodigious (G)  9. Tallow (A)  10. Intrepid (F)