Down the river
Sep 18, 2026
⋮⋮ Program
- 08.35 Southern American English
- 08.50 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Summary
- Reading
- 09.15 Break
- 09.30 Analysis
- 10.05 Creative writing
- 10.35 Break
- 10.45 Paragraph writing
Southern American English
- Read up on the elements of SoAE via link on edaptio. Read until the quiz and take the quiz.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Look up 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and find a summary and/or a review. What is the novel about? Write three sentences with the most essential points on a piece of paper. Pass the paper to the person next to you and receive one from the person from the other side. Add a new sentence to this paper and pass it on. Remember to read the other person's notes so you don't write the same things. Let the papers pass 6-8 times and before you get your own paper back and read the summary.
Reading
- Read the first chapter of Huckleberry Finn
Paragraph writing
Topic sentence: The author uses humor by making a disparity between what the character understands and what the reader understands.
- What is Huck talking about in lines 37-53? What does he learn and how is it different from what the reader understands?
- What is the effect of this?
- Find three examples of humor or irony.