Yesterday the 8th graders were given 5 novels to choose from for a novel study. Many of them chose "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain because it was something they were familiar with. Their teacher warned them that it's a rather difficult read. One of the assignments while reading is to come up with 10 words from the book that you don't know the meaning of. As one of my students was reading the book today she easily had her 10 words within the first 2 pages of the book. With sentences like this, is it any wonder:
"Like many other simple-hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most transparent devices as marvels of low cunning."
2 comments:
I knew there was a reason I never read Tom Sawyer.
Yikes! That sentence is complicated.
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