https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018 Login to Padlet (You should not be ANONYMOUS!) Research Mark Twain's background and write 5-10 facts on him. en-us 2018-03-13 17:27:27 UTC 2018-03-16 17:15:42 UTC hello@padlet.com jerry_burke https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242370091 1. He was born on November 30, 1835, in Florida..
2.Clemens wrote under the pen name Mark Twain and went on to author several novels, including two major classics of American literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyerand Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
3.He was also a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur and inventor. Twain died on April 21, 1910, in Redding, Connecticut.
4.John Clemens worked as a storekeeper, lawyer, judge and land speculator, dreaming of wealth but never achieving it, sometimes finding it hard to feed his family.
5.Hannibal inspired several of Mark Twain's fictional locales, including "St. Petersburg" in Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
6.In July 1861, Twain climbed on board a stagecoach and headed for Nevada and California, where he would live for the next five years. At first, he prospected for silver and gold, convinced that he would become the savior of his struggling family and the sharpest-dressed man in Virginia City and San Francisco.
7.Twain became one of the best-known storytellers in the West. He honed a distinctive narrative style—friendly, funny, irreverent, often satirical and always eager to deflate the pretentious.
8.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published in 1876, and soon thereafter he began writing a sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ]]> 2018-03-15 14:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242370091 alyssa_agnew https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242409501 Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835.
He was born in Florida.
Two of his major classics were named: The Adventure of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 
Clemens wrote under the pen name "Mark Twain" .
He died on April 21, 1910 in Redding , Connecticut.]]> 2018-03-15 15:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242409501 zachary_smith10 https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242476390 1. Born on November 30
2. Died on April 21
3. A popular short story of his is The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
4. The secret of getting ahead is getting started, is his quote.
5. The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, is one of his books. ]]> 2018-03-15 16:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242476390 zahria_allers https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242477576 1. Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, Samuel L. Clemens wrote under the pen name Mark Twain and went on to author several novels, including two major classics of American literature.
2. Then, in 1857, 21-year-old Clemens fulfilled a dream: He began learning the art of piloting a steamboat on the Mississippi.
3. Twain became one of the best-known storytellers in the West.
4. At 34, this handsome, red-haired, affable, canny, egocentric and ambitious journalist and traveler had become one of the most popular and famous writers in America.
5. Mark Twain's last 15 years were filled with public honors, including degrees from Oxford and Yale.

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He was born on November 30, 1835, in Florida..
Clemens wrote under the pen name Mark Twain and went on to author several novels, including two major classics of American literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyerand Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
He was also a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur and inventor. Twain died on April 21, 1910, in Redding, Connecticut.
John Clemens worked as a storekeeper, lawyer, judge and land speculator, dreaming of wealth but never achieving it, sometimes finding it hard to feed his family.
Hannibal inspired several of Mark Twain's fictional locales, including "St. Petersburg" in Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
In July 1861, Twain climbed on board a stagecoach and headed for Nevada and California, where he would live for the next five years. At first, he prospected for silver and gold, convinced that he would become the savior of his struggling family and the sharpest-dressed man in Virginia City and San Francisco.
Twain became one of the best-known storytellers in the West. He honed a distinctive narrative style—friendly, funny, irreverent, often satirical and always eager to deflate the pretentious.

]]> 2018-03-15 16:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242481498 samuel_juskiewicz https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242489282 1) born on November 30th, 1835
2) died on April 20th 1910
3) born in Florida, Missouri
4) Wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/ Huckleberry Finn
5) real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens]]> 2018-03-15 17:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242489282 daniella_quinn https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242924682 1) He was born on November 30th, 1835
2) He died on April 20th 1910
3) He was born in Florida, Missouri
4) He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/ Huckleberry Finn
5) His real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens]]> 2018-03-16 17:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242924682 jalen_moss https://padlet.com/christina_zacharias/EngIIPer5_Twain_2018/wish/242929665 1) born on November 30th, 1835
2) died on April 20th 1910
3) born in Florida, Missouri
4) Wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/ Huckleberry Finn
5) real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens
6) Mark Twain's last 15 years were filled with public honors, including degrees from Oxford and Yale.


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