December 16

Huck and Jim always have a light at night at the end of their raft to warn steamboats of their presence in the river.

A steamboat runs into the raft, and Huck and Jim are separated.

Huck and Jim are headed South because the raft cannot go against the current of the Mighty Mississippi.

For the Literary Analysis portion, you only have to write 2-3 paragraphs.

For the Literary Analysis portion, you MUST come up with the correct main idea of the passage or you will fail.

For the Literary Analysis portion, you must come up with "A" central idea, not "THE" central idea.

Huck and Jim are floating North on the Mississippi so that Jim can be free.

On the Argument Essay, there are four sources and you need to properly cite information from at least three of them.

Huck and Jim are the same age.

Huck never wavers in his desire to help Jim get to freedom.

There is almost always a fiction, non-fiction, and poetry passage.

For the Literary Analysis, it's important to identify every literary element or technique in the passage.

Huck implies to the slave catchers that his family has smallpox and is so convincing that the men give him gold coins.

The Common Core exam has four sections.

Huck's quick-thinking lies are never convincing.

Your midterm for English 11 is an old Common Core exam.

Huck never feels badly for hurting Jim because Jim is a slave who does not have feelings.

We had two snow days last week!

When Huck finally gets to shore, there are men with guns surrounding him. Dogs are barking, and he has to think fast.

All sections of the exam are worth the same amount of credit.

Passing the Common Core exam in English is not a graduation requirement.

Huck and Jim plan to stop at Cairo and head North, but they pass it in the fog and have to come up with another plan.

For the Literary Analysis, you should identify and focus on only ONE literary element or technique.

The Bills won over the Lions yesterday! What a great Super Bowl match-up that would be!

Jim never stands up to Huck because he knows that he needs Huck to get to freedom.

For the Literary Analysis, we recommend that you use FOUR citations.

Huck never plays tricks on Jim.

Only one teacher grades each writing portion of the exam.

There are 24 multiple-choice questions on the Common Core exam. All are the same level of difficulty.

Jim senses that Huck is feeling guilty about helping him and calls out to him that Huck is the best friend he's ever had