Block I
We read Chapter 4 in Tom Sawyer and made connections about "showing off" - we analyzed the chapter for connections between Chapter 2 and Chapter 4 and discussed the ending as a class. We went over our 8 vocab words for this week: please find and highlight them in your vocab packets! The words are:
animosity, despotic, transparent,derision, boisterous, clandestine, contempt and appease.
For Social Studies, we continued comparing and contrasting the political views of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Due tomorrow; the grid comparing these two men and the 6 quotations you received. Figure out if the quote came from Jefferson... or Hamilton and explain in your own words what each means.
Period 3:
We read Chapter 4 in Tom Sawyer and made connections about "showing off" - we analyzed the chapter for connections between Chapter 2 and Chapter 4 and discussed the ending as a class. We went over our 8 vocab words for this week: please find and highlight them in your vocab packets! The words are:
animosity, despotic, transparent,derision, boisterous, clandestine, contempt and appease.
Block 2:
We read Chapter 5 in Tom Sawyer and wrote about what we do when we are REALLY bored in a class and can't escape. We went over our 8 vocab words for this week: please find and highlight them in your vocab packets! The words are:
animosity, despotic, transparent,derision, boisterous, clandestine, contempt and appease.
In Social Studies, we analyzed 6 quotes to see if we could figure out if they were said by Hamilton or Jefferson and are in the process of completing the following assignement for tomorrow:
Answer question 1, 2 (only the Bank of the United States), 3, (you will be comparing H and J in real life situations – see how their philosophies impacted their ideas in each of the 6 topics listed) and 4.
