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Written in 1876, this book about a young boy growing up along the
Mississippi River if full of adventure, mischief, wit and wisdom.
Tom is full of fun, adventure
and imagination. Sometimes these
___________ are useful
and sometimes they get him
in _____________.
One day, he plays hooky from
school and gets his clothes dirty in
a __________. As punishment,
Tom has to whitewash a fence.
Tom soon ____________ out how
to trick his friends into
whitewashing the fence for him by
making the ____________ job
seem like a lot of fun!
In
the
book,
Tom
falls
for
the
new
girl
in
town,
Becky
Thatcher.
He
talks
her
into
getting
"engaged"
to
him.
At
first
she
likes
the
idea
and
agrees.
But
then,
something
happens
to
change
her
mind.
Replace
the
missing
vowels
to
find
out
why
Becky
ended
her
"engagement"
to
Tom.
Unscramble
the
letters
to
discover
what
Tom
gave
Becky
as
an
engagement
gift.
T_m
h_s
b_
_n
"_ng_g_d"
t_
_n_th_r
g_rl
n_m_d
Amy.
Schoolmaster Dobbins challenged
Tom to spell every state in the union.
What was Tom's answer?
To find out, write the letter of the alphabet
that comes before each letter below.
F W F S Z T U B U F
J O U I F
V O J P O
Tom and his friend Huck and Joe run
away to an island to become pirates. They
stay away so long that the townspeople
think they have drowned in the river.
Imagine the surprise and joy when the
boys show up at their own funerals!
Standards Link: Visual Arts: Know how subject matter,
symbols and ideas are used to communicate meaning.
Design a priate flag
for Tom Sawyer.
Whoops! Tom's friends
whitewashed over
some of the words.
Find where each
word belongs.
