Early Thunder – Chap. 4 & 5
April 29, 2008 — Mrs. BEither before or after discussing chapters 4 and 5 with your Literature Circle, add your thoughts to the following questions. Also, comment on at least one other student’s posting.
Chapter 4-
Daniel compares Mr. Nicholls to what creature? Why?
What does submit mean? What does resist mean?
Why is Dr. West going to need a chaise for his trip to Boston?
Chapter 5-
What are some of the nice qualities of the Footes?
Describe the new mother.
Peter Ray says that Daniel will be sorry? Can you guess what he’ll do?
May 2, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Daniel compares Mr.Nicholls to a bee or a drone. He would hover from topic to topic. Then he would stop on a word and buzz. Then hed shout out a verb with no one expecting it.
May 2, 2008 at 1:46 pm
After the noon meal that day the whigs came back to school , each with a large R for “resist” chalked on the front of the Latin book.
May 2, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Daniel compares Mr. Nicholls as a bee because Mr. Nicholls would fly from one topic to another humming, no one bothered to follow his flight and then he would all the sudden land on a word and he would buzz. ” After the noon meal that day the Whigs came back to school, each with a large R for ” resist ” chalked on the Latin book”. Resist means they couldn’t pass it up.
May 2, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Chapter:4
Daniel compares Mr. Nicholls to a bee/drone because he would fly from topic to another and would hum and land on a word and buzz. He would pick up a verb and shout it out at a student asking him to conjugate it.
May 4, 2008 at 10:12 am
Chapter 4: Daniel compares Mr. Nicholls to a bee because he would fly from one topic to another, humming so monotonously no one bothered to follow his flight, and then all of a sudden he would lande on a word and buzz. Submit means to yield to the action, control, power, etc. of another to others. Resist means to oppose actively, fight, argue, or work against. Dr. west is going to need a chaise for his trip to Boston because he is going to bring someone back from Boston.
May 4, 2008 at 10:13 am
Chapter 5: Some of the nice qualities of the Footes are they didn’t backtrack they said and did what they believed, each one sensing what the others needed without having to ask or correct or give instructions. Daniel’s new mother is very nice and she’s a deciding woman and she’s a woman who puts on airs. When Peter Ray says that Daniel will be sorry I think that Peter Ray is going to get back at daniel.
May 12, 2008 at 11:13 am
4-5
Mr. Nicholas is compared to a bee because hes always flying to one topic to another
Dr. West needs a chaise for his trip to Boston because he’s going to bring home the new Misses West.
Daniel’s new mom is tall and skinny and sick.
May 12, 2008 at 11:14 am
Chapter 4:
1. Daniel compares Mr. Nicholas to a bee because he was flying from one topic to the other.
2. To submit means to yield to action.
3. To resist means to not do something.
4. Why Dr. West is going to need a chaise is because he is going to bring home a wife.
May 13, 2008 at 10:37 am
Chapter 5:
1. Some nice qualities of the Foote’s are they care about Daniel when he thought he was skipping school. They let him scrape the boat if he wanted to.
2. The new mother has high expectations for Daniel, she wants him to go to Harvard. She is not liked at all by Daniel, and she is a Tory. She has money.
3. When Peter Ray says that Daniel will be sorry I think he will dump trash on to his door step like the Liberty Boys.