Language Arts 4/16 study guide chp. 29-32 32 summary

Thursday, 4/16

Starter:  When Huck first knocks on the Welshman’s door, and identifies himself as Huck Finn, he is told, “It ain’t a name to open many doors, I judge!  The next time he knocks on the Welshman’s door he says, “It’s only Huck Finn!”  The Welshman’s response – “It’s a name that can open this door night or day, lad! – and welcome!”   Write a paragraph (8-9 sentences), explaining what the word “only” implies when Huck says, “It is only Huck Finn!”  Include in your response how cause and effect plays into this – (cause is what happens, effect is the result).

Reading:  Finish novel Chapters 31 and 32

Assignment:  Study Guide Handout - Chapters 29-32 

Upcoming:  Summative - Chapters 29-32 tomorrow

                                                         

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Study Guide Chapters 29-32

Objective:  Students will compare and contrast chapters 29-31 (RL 8.5), showing how dialogue and character motivations drive plot (RL 8.3), and how details support central ideas (RL 8.2).     

Directions:  Think about the following chapters as an outline for a short story.  Use your notes to fill in the details that would make up each paragraph.  At the end draw a Venn Diagram that compare and contrast Tom and Becky, Huck, and the townspeople in all four chapters.      

Chapters 29, 31 and 32:    Becky and Tom

Paragraph 1 – Becky comes back to town and her and Tom plan how they will spend time together

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Paragraph 2 -  Tom and Becky explore the cave, and get separated from the rest of the party.

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Paragraph 3 - Tom and Becky realize they are lost, and try to find their way back.

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Paragraph 4 - Tom meets Injun Joe as he tries to find a way out of the cave.

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Paragraph 5 - Tom’s final attempt to find a way out of the cave is successful. *

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Chapters 29, 30 and 32 – Huck Finn

Paragraph 1 -  Huck is out on his “watch” when two men brush by him, carrying something under their arm.

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Paragraph 2 -  Huck listens to the two men talk about revenge.

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Paragraph 3 – Huck sped down the hill to the Welshman’s.

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Paragraph 4 – Huck returns to the Welshman’s the next morning.

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Paragraph 5 – Huck becomes ill.

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Chapters 30, 31 and 32  – the towns people

Paragraph 1 – At church Becky’s mom says to Mrs. Harper, “Is my Becky going to sleep all day?

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Paragraph 2 – Aunt Polly says to Mrs. Harper, “I’ve got a boy that’s turned up missing.  I reckon my Tom stayed at your house last night. 

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Paragraph 3 – The kids all said they had not noticed whether Tom and Becky were on board the

Ferry boat on the homeward trip.

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Paragraph 4 – The alarm swept from lip to lip…and before the horror was half an hour old, two hundred men were pouring down toward the cave…Early in the forenoon parties of jaded men began to straggle into the village, but the strongest of the citizens continued searching…

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Paragraph 5 – …n a moment the streets were swarming with frantic half-clad people, who shouted, “Turn out! Turn out!  They’re found! They’re found!”

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• Draw a Venn Diagram that compares and contrasts Tom and Becky, Huck and the townspeople in chapters 29-32. 

 Chapter 32 Summary

• It's Tuesday night and everyone's sad and tired. Mrs. Thatcher and Aunt Polly are overwhelmed by anxiety.
• In the middle of the night the bells start ringing: the kids have been found. Everyone runs out to meet them.
• Tom is the center of attention again.  He tells everyone how he stumbled upon a passage that led outside of the cave – how he and Becky escaped, hitched a ride on a passing boat, and made their way home.
• All the searchers are called back and given the good news.  Tom and Becky are given a few days to recuperate.
• When Tom feels better, he attempts to visit Huck, but Huck's laid up too.  There will be no Treasure hunting for a while.
• Injun Joe's companion has been found floating in the river.
• When Tom hears that Huck is feeling better, he checks on Becky before heading over to see Huck.
• When he gets to the Thatcher house he finds out from Judge Thatcher that the entrance to the cave was locked up with a big metal door.
• Tom tells Judge Thatcher that Injun Joe is in the cave.