1. English /25/16
Write about any ways the book may have influenced your thinking about such issues as slavery, lying, family, etc.
Why did the banker break up with his girl friend?
Tarantism – an irresistible urge to dance.
Goals - Discuss the author’s purpose and personal response sentences in the Body paragraph. Create those sentences for your body paragraphs.
Homework – Complete and save Huck Finn D4. Don’t forget to study for Quiz 15.
He lost interest.

2. English /26/16
What do you think Mark Twain wanted you to get out of the book?
Where did the king keep his little armies?
Phaneromania – the habit of picking at scabs, biting nails, or popping pimples.
Goals – Continue working on the paper. Focus on closing paragraph. Tying together the claims to share what you received from the book.
Homework – Complete a Huck Finn D5 that includes “personal connection.”
Up his little sleevies.

3. English /27/16
How does Huck change over the course of the story?
Why was Cinderella so lousy at baseball?
Theomania – belief that one is god.
Goals – Understand hooks and links back to hook. Add a hook to the beginning of the essay and a link back to your essay.
Homework – Complete a Huck Finn D6 that includes a hook and a link back.
She ran away from the ball and she had a pumpkin for a coach

4. English /28/16
Huckleberry Finn deals with some serious themes: murder, revenge, slavery, betrayal, conscience, abuse, and alcoholism. Is this really a book for high school students? Would a contemporary novel dealing with the same issues be assigned reading??
How many English teacher jokes are there?
Oedipus complex – the desire of a son to kill his father.
Goals – Learn to use transitions within and between sentences. Use key words to link paragraphs.
Homework – Complete a Huck Finn D7 that includes transition words and key word links.
One, the rest are all true.

5. English /29/16
Is this a racist book? Does it actually believe that black people are inferior— even if it doesn't believe that they should be slaves—or is it making fun of the racist culture it represents?
Why do bagpipers always walk when they play?
Orestes complex – The desire of a son to kill his mother.
Goals – Put final touches on your papers and turn them in by the end of the day.
Homework – Don’t forget to study for quiz 15 on Monday.
To get away from the sound.