Lesson 39

Today’s Agenda 1. SAT Question of the Day #13 (period 1) 2. SAT Question of the Day #14 3. TAHF 1. Annotations 2. Quiz over 1-3 HW: Read and annotate chapters 4-6

SAT Question of the Day #14  (A)After hours of futile debate, the committee has decided (B)to postpone further discussion (C)of the resolution until (D)their next meeting. (E) No Error. Pronoun (their)– antecedent (committee) agreement error

GIVE ONE-GET ONE  Stand up  Hand up  Pair up  Share one of your annotations from chapters 1-3.  Explain WHY you annotated it while the other person listens and then annotates his/her own.  Repeat the process.

MOTIF  What is MOTIF?  recurring idea  What is a MOTIF from chapters 1-3?  Superstition  Spider  Witches  Genie lamp

Answering Multiple Choice Questions  Underline key words & phrases in the stems and answers.  Anticipate the answer before looking at the answer choices. This forces you to focus on the question, not the answer.  Read all answer choices.  Mark out answers you know are incorrect.  If you think there is more than one correct answer, read closely and determine which is the BEST answer.  When a question directs you to a specific word or line, plan to read a bit before and after the reference in order to understand the context.  Look for those only, except, always, never questions.  Easy questions are worth the same value as difficult ones. Circle the difficult questions and return to them at the end

 As it is used twice in the first paragraph, the word without is best understood to mean a. Outside b. Unless c. Until d. Lacking

 Tom Sawyer’s offer at the end of paragraph 2 is ironic because a. He considers himself a leader b. He wants Huck to do something Huck does not want to do c. Robbers are not usually considered respectable d. Tom would not want to live with the widow himself.

 Which of Huck’s statements most clearly shows that he is understanding and tolerant of others? a. “but she never meant no harm by it” b. “you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little” c. Here she was a-bothering about Moses, which was no kin to her” d. “I said I wished I was there”

 What is the main idea of paragraph 3? a. The widow is angry yet relieved when Huck returns home. b. Soon after Huck’s return, he begins to feel cramped and restricted again. c. Huck does not appreciate the way food is served at the widow’s house. d. Huck does not understand that the widow is praying before the meal.

 Huck does not “take no stock in dead people” because he a. Never knew if stories about them were true or not b. Is not interested in stories about the lives of other people c. Is somewhat frightened by stories about dead people d. thinks stories about dead people serve no practical purpose

 The Widow Douglas’s attitude toward snuff could be described as a. Logical b. Understandable c. Hypocritical d. Scornful

 Which of the following is NOT an example of dialect? a. “It was an awful sight of money” b. “There warn’t really anything the matter” c. “here she was a-bothering about Moses” d. “I made up my mind that I wouldn’t try for it”

Quiz over Chapters 1-3

HOMEWORK: Read and annotate chapters 7-8 for Lesson 40