Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

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Lesson Plans for Huckleberry Finn

Lesson Plans for Tom Sawyer

Chapters Vocabulary Skills
    Lesson 1  (Word Study)
SPI 0601.1.17 Use dictionaries, thesauruses, electronic sources, and glossaries as aids in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.
SPI 0601.1.14 Select appropriate synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms within context.
SPI 0601.1.20 Use knowledge of root words, affixes, syllabication, and/or spelling patterns as aids in determining meaning within context.
(example - skillfully)
SPI 0601.1.15 Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of multi-meaning words.
SPI 0601.1.16 Use context clues and prior knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
(example - predisposed)

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    Lesson 2  Text Formats
SPI 0601.3.12 Select the most appropriate format for writing a specific work-related text (i.e., instructions, directions, letters, memos, e-mails, reports).
SPI 0601.6.7 Recognize that purpose determines text format.
(examples-outline, newspaper article, flyer, photograph)
SPI 0601.6.4 Interpret factual, quantitative, technical, or mathematical information presented in text features (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, time lines, tables, and diagrams).

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    Lesson 3   Text Features
SPI 0601.6.3 Use text features to locate information and make meaning from text (e.g., headings, key words, captions, footnotes).

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Chapter 1
"The Great White Wash"
hookey (hooky) Lesson 4    Audience
0601.2.2 Identify the targeted audience of a speech.
0601.3.2 Identify the audience for which a text is written.

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Chapter 2
"Tom Gets a Bible" pages 14-15
disciples Lesson 5    Purpose
SPI 0601.2.1 Identify the purpose of a speech (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade, to entertain).
0601.3.1 Identify the purpose for writing (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade).
0601.8.10
Determine the author’s purpose for writing.

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Chapter 3
"Tom Wins Becky's Love"
superstition Lesson 6   Supporting Ideas
SPI 0601.3.5 Select illustrations, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas.

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Chapter 4
"A Killing in the Graveyard"
oath News Article 1
Tell students they are going to act as reporters and write a newspaper called "The St. Petersburg Gazette". The first article is going to describe the murder scene.

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Chapter 5
"Tom, Joe, and Huck Become Pirates"
den Proofread the first newspaper article.

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Chapter 6
"Their Funeral and Life as Heroes"
mutiny Type the first newspaper article.

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Chapter 7
"Tom Saves Muff Potter"
relapse News Article 2
Write the second article for the newspaper. The second article will describe the trial of Muff Potter.

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Chapter 8
"Buried Treasure in the Haunted House"
venture Proofread article then type.

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Chapter 9
"A Picnic of Adventure"

wonder

wander

News Article 3
Write the third article for the newspaper. The third article will describe Becky and Tom getting lost in the cave.

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Chapter 10
"Heroes and Friends-To the End"
jubilant Complete analogies  http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading46/vocabulary_practice.htm

Proofread article then type.

Add illustrations, captions for each illustration, and a text box with key ideas to newspaper.