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October 29, 2007

"Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

Today we finished the HOMOPHONE TEST, then listened to another short story.

Click here to find the text for "The Celebrated Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain...
http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/frog.html

Click here to LISTEN to the story.  You have to play each SEGMENT one at a time.
http://www.thoughtaudio.com/titlelist/0015-twain/index.html

HOMEWORK
Answer these questions about the story we read today:
1.  What is the moral of the story?
2. How does Mark Twain use setting, characters, language, and events to create humor?
3. How is the story different from the other (4) that we have read?