Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Plot Sort Review



Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Plot Sort Review

Understanding the novel begins with comprehending the basic plot of the story. For this activity, you will unscramble the provided plot points to place them in the correct sequence of events.

Practice:

Directions: Number the following plot points correctly using numbers 1-4.

______ Huck's dad shows up when he learns that his son has money and takes Huck away to a cabin.

______ In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huck and Tom came into some money.

______ Judge Thatcher manages Huck's money and gives the boy an allowance.

______ Since Huck's father, Pap, is usually drunk and abusive, Huck is sent to live with the Widow

Douglas who plans to civilize the boy.

Unscramble the Plot

Directions: Using the provided story strips, sort the plot events into the appropriate order to match the book. To help you in your sorting, take note of reading clues, such as: page numbers, transition words, and relations between events. Once you are finished, use the below list of the provided plot points and place the appropriate ordinal (1-13) next to each text summary to reflect your plot order. The letters from the plot strips are provided at the end of each text summary to assist you as you transfer your order.

____ Huck fakes his own death and escapes from the cabin. (A)

____ Next, the pair board a wrecked steamboat and discover a band of robbers who are about to kill one of their members. Huck and Jim escape unnoticed but must take the robbers' small boat because their raft has broken loose and drifted away. Huck shows his humanity when he becomes concerned that the robbers will drown on their sinking ship. Huck persuades a ferry watchman to rescue the men on the ship, but to do so he lies to the man, telling him that a young, rich lady is on the wreck. (B)

____ In the final adventure, Huck finally is able to separate from the Duke and King, Unfortunately, when Huck returns to the raft, Jim is gone. Further investigation reveals that the King sold Jim for forty dollars. (C)

____ While traveling down the river the two experience many adventures, the first is a dead man in a house that has been washed into the river. Jim refuses to let Huck see the dead man. (D)

____ Huck and Jim become separated one foggy night with an island between them. When Huck rejoins Jim, he plays a trick on Jim, telling Jim that he dreamed the incident. Jim s hurt by the lie rather than fooled. He tells Huck he was very worried, and a guilt-ridden Huck apologizes. This is a turning point to their relationship; now, they are friends. (E)

____ Huck and Jim agree to travel down the Mississippi River together to gain their freedom-- Jim from slavery & Huck from his father. (F)

____ In chapter XIX, Huck and Jim meet two shady con men who are running away from an angry crowd. The Duke and King do not know each other, but both claim to be royalty. They travel with Huck and Jim and land in a small town where Huck witnesses the town drunk be shot by Colonel Sherburn. Sherburn has no patience for Bogs, the drunk. The town's people decide to take matters into their own hands and storm to Sherburne's house to lynch (hang) him. When Sherburn points a shotgun at the crowd, they back down and he calls them cowards. (G)

____ Huck runs into Jim, Miss Watson's slave who is running away because he thinks he is going to be sold. (H)

____ The Duke and King decide to "earn" some money by putting on a play for the townspeople in the next town. The play is called "The Royal Nonesuch." The play is short and the people get angry. (I)

____ Back on the river, Huck and Jim are almost run over by a large riverboat. They dive to opposite sides and are separated again. (J)

____ The next scam the Duke and King try to carry out involves a dead man named Peter Wilks. (K)

____ A tense moment occurs when a boat of slave hunters paddles toward the raft. Huck cuts them off and sends them running by lying  again. This time he says that his ill father is on the raft and needs help. The men give Huck forty dollars and paddle away before they catch Jim's illness. (IRONY... Huck is rewarded for lying!) (L)

____ Huck ends up at the Grangerford home. They are a southern family who have been feuding with the Sheperdsons for years, although they do not know why. IRONICALLY, they go to church to learn about brotherly love, but keep their guns with them during the sermon. Miss Sophia Grangerford elopes with Harney Sheperdson, which incites another gun battle between the warring families. As bullets fly, young Buck Grangerford is shot and killed. Huck moves on to a new adventure, angered over the foolishness of feuding. (M)

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Plot Sort Review KEY

Practice:

Directions: Number the following plot points correctly using numbers 1-4.

___3___ Huck's dad shows up when he learns that his son has money and takes Huck away to a cabin.

___1___ In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huck and Tom came into some money.

___2___ Judge Thatcher manages Huck's money and gives the boy an allowance.

___4___ Since Huck's father, Pap, is usually drunk and abusive, Huck is sent to live with the Widow Douglas who plans to civilize the boy.

Unscramble the Plot

Directions: Using the provided story strips, sort the plot events into the appropriate order to match the book. To help you in your sorting, take note of reading clues, such as: page numbers, transition words, and relations between events. Once you are finished, use the below list of the provided plot points and place the appropriate ordinal (1-14) next to each text summary to reflect your plot order.

__1__ Huck fakes his own death and escapes from the cabin. (A)

__5__ Next, the pair board a wrecked steamboat and discover a band of robbers who are about to kill one of their members. Huck and Jim escape unnoticed but must take the robbers' small boat because their raft has broken loose and drifted away. Huck shows his humanity when he becomes concerned that the robbers will drown on their sinking ship. Huck persuades a ferry watchman to rescue the men on the ship, but to do so he lies to the man, telling him that a young, rich lady is on the wreck. (B)

__13__ In the final adventure, Huck finally is able to separate from the Duke and King, Unfortunately, when Huck returns to the raft, Jim is gone. Further investigation reveals that the King sold Jim for forty dollars. (C)

__4__ While traveling down the river the two experience many adventures, the first is a dead man in a house that has been washed into the river. Jim refuses to let Huck see the dead man. (D)

__6__ Huck and Jim become separated one foggy night with an island between them. When Huck rejoins Jim, he plays a trick on Jim, telling Jim that he dreamed the incident. Jim s hurt by the lie rather than fooled. He tells Huck he was very worried, and a guilt-ridden Huck apologizes. This is a turning point to their relationship; now, they are friends. (E)

__3__ Huck and Jim agree to travel down the Mississippi River together to gain their freedom-- Jim from slavery & Huck from his father. (F)

__10__ In chapter XIX, Huck and Jim meet two shady con men who are running away from an angry crowd. The Duke and King do not know each other, but both claim to be royalty. They travel with Huck and Jim and land in a small town where Huck witnesses the town drunk be shot by Colonel Sherburn. Sherburn has no patience for Bogs, the drunk. The town's people decide to take matters into their own hands and storm to Sherburne's house to lynch (hang) him. When Sherburn points a shotgun at the crowd, they back down and he calls them cowards. (G)

__2__ Huck runs into Jim, Miss Watson's slave who is running away because he thinks he is going to be sold. (H)

__11__ The Duke and King decide to "earn" some money by putting on a play for the townspeople in the next town. The play is called "The Royal Nonesuch." The play is short and the people get angry. (I)

__8_ Back on the river, Huck and Jim are almost run over by a large riverboat. They dive to opposite sides and are separated again. (J)

__12__ The next scam the Duke and King try to carry out involves a dead man named Peter Wilks. (K)

__7__ A tense moment occurs when a boat of slave hunters paddles toward the raft. Huck cuts them off and sends them running by lying  again. This time he says that his ill father is on the raft and needs help. The men give Huck forty dollars and paddle away before they catch Jim's illness. (IRONY... Huck is rewarded for lying!) (L)

__9__ Huck ends up at the Grangerford home. They are a southern family who have been feuding with the Sheperdsons for years, although they do not know why. IRONICALLY, they go to church to learn about brotherly love, but keep their guns with them during the sermon. Miss Sophia Grangerford elopes with Harney Sheperdson, which incites another gun battle between the warring families. As bullets fly, young Buck Grangerford is shot and killed. Huck moves on to a new adventure, angered over the foolishness of feuding. (M)

PLOT STRIPS FOR SORT ACTIVITY: CUT APART AND SCRAMBLE BEFORE GIVEN TO KIDS (recommended: color stripe)

A) Huck fakes his own death and escapes from the cabin.

B) Next, the pair board a wrecked steamboat and discover a band of robbers who are about to kill one of their members. Huck and Jim escape unnoticed but must take the robbers' small boat because their raft has broken loose and drifted away. Huck shows his humanity when he becomes concerned that the robbers will drown on their sinking ship. Huck persuades a ferry watchman to rescue the men on the ship, but to do so he lies to the man, telling him that a young, rich lady is on the wreck.

C) In the final adventure, Huck finally is able to separate from the Duke and King, Unfortunately, when Huck returns to the raft, Jim is gone. Further investigation reveals that the King sold Jim for forty dollars.

D) While traveling down the river the two experience many adventures, the first is a dead man in a house that has been washed into the river. Jim refuses to let Huck see the dead man.

E) Huck and Jim become separated one foggy night with an island between them. When Huck rejoins Jim, he plays a trick on Jim, telling Jim that he dreamed the incident. Jim s hurt by the lie rather than fooled. He tells Huck he was very worried, and a guilt-ridden Huck apologizes. This is a turning point to their relationship; now, they are friends.

F) Huck and Jim agree to travel down the Mississippi River together to gain their freedom-- Jim from slavery & Huck from his father.

G) In chapter XIX, Huck and Jim meet two shady con men who are running away from an angry crowd. The Duke and King do not know each other, but both claim to be royalty. They travel with Huck and Jim and land in a small town where Huck witnesses the town drunk be shot by Colonel Sherburn. Sherburn has no patience for Bogs, the drunk. The town's people decide to take matters into their own hands and storm to Sherburne's house to lynch (hang) him. When Sherburn points a shotgun at the crowd, they back down and he calls them cowards.

H) Huck runs into Jim, Miss Watson's slave who is running away because he thinks he is going to be sold.

I) The Duke and King decide to "earn" some money by putting on a play for the townspeople in the next town. The play is called "The Royal Nonesuch." The play is short and the people get angry. 

J) Back on the river, Huck and Jim are almost run over by a large riverboat. They dive to opposite sides and are separated again.

K) The next scam the Duke and King try to carry out involves a dead man named Peter Wilks.

L) A tense moment occurs when a boat of slave hunters paddles toward the raft. Huck cuts them off and sends them running by lying  again. This time he says that his ill father is on the raft and needs help. The men give Huck forty dollars and paddle away before they catch Jim's illness. (IRONY... Huck is rewarded for lying!)

M) Huck ends up at the Grangerford home. They are a southern family who have been feuding with the Sheperdsons for years, although they do not know why. IRONICALLY, they go to church to learn about brotherly love, but keep their guns with them during the sermon. Miss Sophia Grangerford elopes with Harney Sheperdson, which incites another gun battle between the warring families. As bullets fly, young Buck Grangerford is shot and killed. Huck moves on to a new adventure, angered over the foolishness of feuding.

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Steps:

1. Purpose/Preview

2. Practice

3. Sort Plot Strips

4. Transfer Plot Order to Worksheet—Number Correct Order of Text Summaries (use letters as guide in transfer)

Students will sort the provided plot strips, if you want to check the order before they transfer it to the student sheet:

A, H, F, D, B, E, L, J, M, G, I, K, C

When students transfer the ordinal numbers to the student worksheet, it will look like the key below:

1, 5, 14, 4, 6, 3, 10, 2, 11, 8, 12, 7, 9

This allows individual students to keep activity information after collecting the group’s plot sorting materials.

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