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=Monday, September 24=
 * review vocab
 * crossword - Extra Credit - 5 pts.
 * quiz tomorrow
 * due tomorrow:
 * vocab list - 5 pts.
 * vocab exercises pp 21 - 24
 * Frederick Douglass - "If I Had a Country, I Should be a Patriot"
 * vocab for Douglass - Chapter VII

=Tuesday, September 25=
 * =====Vocab work due:=====
 * =====vocab exercises - 15 pts.=====
 * =====vocab list and definitions - 5 pts.=====
 * =====extra credit crossword - 5 pts.=====
 * =====Vocab quiz - 25 pts.=====
 * Frederick Douglass - Chapter VII
 * work on questions
 * Turn in questions for "If I had a Country . . ."

=Wednesday, September 26=
 * =Check out //Huck Finn//=
 * =vocab warm-up Unit 2!=
 * =1. accost, v. - to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging way=
 * =2. animadversion, n. - a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval=
 * =3. avid, adj. - intensely eager; desirous to the point of greed=
 * =4. brackish, adj. - having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink=
 * go over Frederick Douglass questions
 * turn in Douglass questions for Chapter VII
 * Douglass writing assignment
 * due tomorrow

=Thursday, September 27=
 * interested in a trip to Ashland in April for //Streetcar Named Desire//?
 * =vocab warm-up=
 * =5. celerity, n. - swiftness, rapidity of motion or action=
 * =6. devious, adj. - straying or wander from a straight course; done in a sneaky way=
 * =7. gambit, n. - in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice to gain a later advantage; any opening of this type=
 * =8. halcyon: n. - a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher. adj. - calm, peaceful; happy; prosperous affluent=
 * Twain slide show
 * take C-notes:
 * http://www.slideshare.net/ingridbodtker/twain-w-blue
 * get Huck Finn reading schedule

=Friday, September 28= >> ======** 20. undulate, v. – to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance **====== >>
 * Reading quiz on Monday!
 * vocab warm-up
 * ======** 17. summarily, adv. – without delay or formality; briefly, concisely **======
 * ======** 18. suppliant, adj. – asking humbly and earnestly. n.- one who makes a humble request. **======
 * ======** 19. talisman, n. – an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers; an amulet, a fetish **======
 * finish Twain slide show
 * work on left column of C-notes
 * homework: summary
 * What about the first few chapters?
 * characterization of Jim
 * Tom vs. Huck
 * romanticism vs. American realism
 * Huck on religion
 * Reading quiz on Monday!