- Link to audio version of Huck Finn: http://loudlit.org/works/hfinn.htm
- Students should be prepared for a Huck Finn reading quiz on any/all of the following dates: 12/4, 12/6, 12/9, and 12/11 (see reading schedule below).
- Huck Finn in-class journal on Th 12/12 (Note: preparation is not required, but highly encouraged! See "River" handout below)
- Huck Finn test on M 12/16
- Review for final exam on T 12/17
- Final exams on T 12/17 - F 12/20
Mon 12/2:
- Intro to Huck Finn and reading time
- Discuss The River journal assignment (for class on 12/12)
- Discuss reading assignments and optional questions
- Discuss the dialects of the novel
- What to pay attention to (and possibly annotate) while reading chapters 1-3:
- difference between Widow Douglass and Miss Watson
- how Huck feels about each of these women
- how each woman views the “good place” and the “bad place”
- difference in personality between Tom and Huck
- role of superstitions
Tues 12/3:
- What to pay attention to while reading chapters 4-7:
- how Huck feels about school and civilization
- how Huck feels about the "signs" that Pap is back
- Pap! What he wants and how he tries to get it
- how Huck feels about the cabin in the woods
- Independent reading time
Wed 12/4:
- Reading schedule: Through chapter 7 by beginning of class today
- Pap activity (consider his physical, emotional, mental, psychological, and moral qualities)
Thurs 12/5:
- Finish Pap activity
- Reading time
Fri 12/6:
- Reading schedule: Chapters 8-11 by beginning of class today
- Read/discuss chapters 15-16 in class
- HW for Monday: Chapters 31-36 by beginning of class
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