1. Huck Finn
chapters 8-11

2. Sequencing by groups QUIZ
Put the events in chronological order with your partner.
When you are done, raise your hand for me to come check your work
When you’ve been given a check, post the sequencing chart at the front of the room and complete the free write on the monitor.
To WIN all group members must be sitting quietly and working on the free write.
Questions?

3. “Do any of us truly know others as well as we insist
“Do any of us truly know others as well as we insist? Do we even truly know ourselves? How many times have we done something, said something we were ashamed of later, and we wonder in secret, “how could I have done that? Said that? Whatever got into me?” When all the time it wasn’t what got into us, but what was already there, deep inside the soul, lodged like a root from a giant oak tree just waiting for the right season to sprout.” –Linda Chaikin
Think of a time when you did something out of character—describe the incident.
Do you agree with the statement that it is impossible to truly know yourself?
In what ways do we, as individuals, try to know ourselves?
What do teenagers do to try to “find themselves”?

4. Jim as the Father Figure
Separates Huck from society—How so?
Jim won’t let Huck look at the face of the dead man—solidifies his standing as father figure.
Who could the dead man be?
Who would have to die for Jim’s place to be secured?
Jim’s intelligence:
Realizes he is wealthy now: owns himself and he is worth…
$800

5. Superstition—motif Spiders in chapter one—what happens?
Hairball in chapter 4—what’s the deal?
How does it show Jim’s intelligence?
Snake skin in chapter 10—
Practical joke turned wrong—how so?

6. Whoooooooo are you? Who—who? Huck’s search for his identity
At this point, Huck has removed himself from society.
Jim thinks Huck is a ghost
Huck has faked his own death so in a sense he has officially killed his old self.
Huck does not know who he is. The adventure of Huck Finn is the discovery of self.

7. New Identities
Huck begins to take on new identities, but he can’t keep them straight.
Interview with Mrs. Loftis
He can’t establish gender or name
Sarah Williams
Mary Williams
Sarah Mary Williams
George Peters
Does Huck know who he is?

8. Huck’s Resolutions Further separation from society
He decides not to turn Jim in.
He decides he and Jim are a team.
“They’re after us!”