Homework 8/31-9/4

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 Homework 8/31-9/4

1. Take a pic of Seymour Snake and send to Mrs. Oster ASAP

2. Read chapters 1-3 SOTW and answers these questions

Chapter 1

The Holy Roman Empire

        1. What three thrones did Charles inherit while he was still a teenager?

        2. What OTHER title did Charles want?

        3. What is the name of the leader who brought peace to France, and who first held the title "Holy               Roman Emperor"?

        4. Who did Charles hire to march down and attack Rome?

        5. Name one problem that Charles had within his kingdom.

The Riches of Spain

        1. What were Spanish adventurers called?

        2. What was an encomienda?

        3. How did the Spanish get gold?

        4. How much money in gold and silver did the Spanish take from South America?

Chapter 2

The Dutch Revolt

        1. Where did Philip grow up? What faith was he taught?

        2. Where did William grow up? What faith was he taught?

        3. What did the people of the Netherlands spend so much time fighting against?

        4. What horrifying secret did William hear in the court of the French king?

        5. What did seven norther provinces of the Netherlands decide to do?

        6. How did Philip finally rid himself of William?

The Queen Without a Country



        1. Why did Mary of Guise send young Mary to France?

        2. What did Mary intend to do with the Protestants in Scotland?

        3. How did the Protestant Lords take control of the throne from Mary?

        4. Did Elizabeth help Mary in England?



 Chapter 3

James and His Enemies

        1. James was taught that a king had to listen to his people, but what did James come to believe instead?

        2. What was the name of the terrible sickness plaguing London when James went to his coronation?

        3. How did James make the English Catholics angry?

        4. Did James agree with what the Puritans wanted?

        5. For what accomplishment is James most famous?

King James' Town


       1. On which continent did James search for gold?

        2. What three ships set off for North America?

        3. At first, how did the Englishmen spend most of their time? Why did this frustrate John Smith?

        4. Who married Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas?



3. Read Don Quixote and write a response paragraph.

4. Read in Wonderstruck and write a story using three pictures and some amount of words.

5. Do the N/Adj/V Worksheet and write 3 sentences (about tennis tournament) and circle the nouns, draw a box around the verbs and underline the adjectives in each your own sentences.

6. Write a seven-sentence journal entry in your green journal about your summer.



At the school room table today we:

1. Talked about McLean's "About Me" page

2. Introduced Story of the World, read the first page and a half of Chapter 1, and colored in a map about Charles, Phillip, and Ferdinand.

3. Talked a bit about Don Quixote and the response paragraph format.

4. Discussed likes and dislikes of Hugo Cabret. We watched parts of this video of Brian Selznick describing some of his inspiration for writing the book

and watched a bit of "A Trip to the Moon," discussing the wonder of the birth of cinematography.


5. Chose Wonderstruck over Smile as the next Outside reading book and chose to use the next two weeks to read it. 

6. Reviewed nouns, verbs, and adverbs.




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