The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Vocabulary
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Lesson Plans by Bridget Baudinet
Mark Twain’s classic story of a mischievous small-town boy, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has entertained readers for nearly 150 years. Though set in a bygone era, Tom’s desires for fun and freedom still resonate with young readers today.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Vocabulary lesson plan
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- SKIFF
- MELANCHOLY
- RENDEZVOUS
- Let's meet on Jackson's Island at midnight.
- n. a type of boat small enough for sailing or rowing by one person "There were a great many skiffs rowing about or floating with the stream in the neighborhood of the ferryboat..."
- n. a gloomy state of mind adj. mournful, depressed "Aunt Polly had drooped into a settled melancholy, and her gray hair had grown almost white."
- n. an arranged meeting between two or more persons at a certain time and place "...there was a long, narrow, wooded island, with a shallow bar at the head of it, and this offered well as a rendezvous."
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