For Monday, November 18th

1- You will finish your writing piece about "What you shall do...." in response to Whitman's writing (see previous assignments if you need a copy of this assignment).
2- You will begin to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Here is a reading schedule

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Reading Schedule

Date                                        Chapters to FINISH by that date

November 19                                      1-5

November 20                                      6-11

November 21                                      12-15

November 22                                      16-19

THANKSGIVING BREAK--- CONFERENCES

November 23 THROUGH December 1st     

Finish the Book--

We will discuss/digest “Chapter the Last” in class on December 2nd (a Monday).

Good Information: Please read and heed..

1- The best policy is to read ahead when you have time.  This way you will not get stuck with a huge reading assignment that you can’t finish because of other obligations.

2- The “N” word. This grossly offensive word is used liberally throughout the text.  Mark Twain is from the literary tradition called “realism,” and he goes to great pains to tell us that he is writing dialogue EXACTLY the way these people would speak. At the time when this was written, “N” was, especially in the south, a very common slang word.  No one, in Twain’s time, would have been surprised or offended.  However, the use of this word is not acceptable today. As we read the text aloud or quote it aloud, we will not pronounce this word.  We will substitute the word “person.”  This might be a helpful thing for you to do “inside your head” as you read silently on your own.