The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Phelps' Plantation

Greetings!
I am in Boston for the next several days at the National Council of Teachers of English conference.

Today and tomorrow you will be working in your groups.
Find the directions here: Huck Finn Phelps's Plantation group work

Found poetry!

Today our activity was to create a "found poem" - a poem made up (almost) entirely from words and phrases found in the novel.

For starters we looked at the concept of mob mentality, specifically as it is shown on pages 159-162.  I asked you to gather words and phrases from the book and then craft them into a poem.  Remember from our work with the poetry of Walt Whitman that a poem does not need to rhyme ("I Hear America Singing") but it can rhyme and have a sing-song structure ("O Captain! My Captain!").   For this poem I asked you to use all of the words and phrases you found, plus no more than three of your own.  It is ok to repeat words if you'd like to use that structure.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - quiz 2 and group work

Greetings and happy Thursday!

We'll start today with an individual piece of writing - a quiz.  Please go to this link:  Huck quiz 2

• Please complete your response in a new Google Drive document - use the title "quiz 2 response"
• Be sure to share your work with me

After the quiz you will work with your group.  I'll provide those directions when we are ready to begin.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Quiz 1

For this quiz you may use your book, the notes you created with your group today, or your own annotations.

Click on this link for the quiz.

You may want to cut and paste the directions into a new document and type your answer there.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - small group work begins

Today you will meet with a small group that will stay together for this unit.

You can find a listing of those groups and today's assignment here.

Group 1 Billy Celestina Charlie K Nate	Group 2 Jack B Penelope Matt Charlie T	Group 3 Alleman Emma Elizabeth Andrew Nir
Group 4 David Ashley Jacob Chloe Ying	Group 5 Jack D Nicolette Rachel Julian	Group 6 Evan Alyssa Kevin Kellen

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Calendar

I have posted the calendar for our unit on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn under the "calendars" tab.

Be sure to note the nightly journal entry assignment described on the bottom of that page.

Transcendentalism - In-Class Essay

Here is a link to the essay assignment for today:  Transcendentalism In-Class Essay

I highly recommend taking a few minutes to read through all of the directions and ask me questions to clarify anything before you start.

Good luck!