8th grade art.
Students started the mold for the mask and continued to paint. They should be working on Mid-term sculptures. Due on the 15th of April.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Friday 4/3
Starter: Write a paragraph (8-9 sentences) showing ways you connect to the story. Use as many examples as possible.
Audio: Chapters 25-27 with notes (The notes will be needed for the upcoming assignment, so get as much information as you can).
Chapter 25 summary
- Tom and Huck decide to look for a buried treasure.
- They talk about where people might hide them - islands, under dead trees that have one limb sticking out, or in haunted houses.
- Since they've already been to Jackson's Island, they decide to start with a particular dead tree a few miles from town.
- Huck says he would use the treasure to have pie and a glass of soda every day, and go to the circus as much as possible. Tom says he's going to use his share of treasure to buy a drum, a "sure-'nough sword," a tie, a dog, and, to get married.
- They start digging at the tree, and then “realize" that you have to dig in the shadow of the dead branch, but it has to be done in the right shadow at midnight.
- They return at night and still no treasure.
- They go to look at the haunted house.
Chapter 26 Summary
- The next day they go to the haunted house at noon.
- They go back to the dead tree for their tools.
- Huck remembers that it's Friday, an "unlucky" day, and they put off treasure-hunting until later.
- Tom teaches Huck all about Robin Hood, and they spend the rest of the afternoon playing around.
- They meet at the same place, same time the next day, to go the haunted house.
- They look around on the first floor and then head upstairs.
- They hear someone walking toward the house.
- Two men enter the house – a man they know as the "old deaf and dumb Spaniard" and someone they've never seen before.
- The “deaf and dumb” Spaniard speaks and they recognize the voice as Injun Joe.
- Injun Joe and the other guy talk about a "job".
- Joe curses "those infernal boys.” Tom and Huck think he is talking about them.
- Injun Joe decides he's going to go into town to “finish the job," before heading out to Texas.
- They fall asleep but Tom and Huck are afraid they will wake them up if they try to leave.
- The men wake up again, and they start talking about "swag."
- Injun Joe lifts up a stone on the fireplace and takes out a bag of silver coins.
- Each man takes some of the money then Injun Joe starts digging a new hole to stash it in.
- Injun Joe strikes something hard in the ground and finds a chest filled with gold coins.
- Injun Joe's buddy notices the pick and shovel sitting in the corner.
- Injun Joe is suspicious, but he's distracted by the thousands of dollars in the box.
- Injun Joe notices the dirt on the pick. They decide to bring the coins to Injun Joe's den, "Number Two – under the cross."
- Injun Joe picks up his knife and walks toward the stairs where Tom and Huck are hiding.
- The stairs collapse.
- Joe gives up looking, and the two men pack up and leave.
- Tom and Huck decide to figure out where "Number Two" is and get the money.
- Tom thinks Injun Joe is going to look for him to get revenge.
Chapter 27 Summary
- Tom tosses and turn all night and then decides the previous evening's events were just a dream, but since Huck remembers it too, Tom realizes it wasn’t a dream.
- Tom and Huck plan to figure out where the money is hidden.
- Tom decides that "Number Two" refers to a room number in one of the town's two taverns.
- Tom finds out one of the taverns is occupied by a lawyer, but the other is one is a mystery.
- Tom tells Huck he's sure the treasure's hidden in the "mystery" room.
- They plan on breaking into Number Two that evening by gathering up keys as many keys as they can to open the lock.
- They are on constant look out for Injun Joe.
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