Periods 1, 3, & 6 Word of the Week: Ecumenism

Yesterday, periods 1, 3, and 6 chose ecumenism as their word of the week.

We used www.dictionary.com to look up the word ecumenism, and then we had to follow the link to the definition of ecumenical to really understand these terms.  Based on the two definitions we reviewed, here is our classroom definition of ecumenism:

1. general or universal thinking;

2. a philosophy promoting unity among the whole Christian church.

Next, our classes came up with sentences to use ecumenism, or one of its forms, correctly.  We decided to make sentences using the first definition, rather than the second one.  Here are the sentences we devised:

1. Scientists think ecumenically.

2. Scientists are ecumenical thinkers.

3. To make his choice, the judge thought ecumenically.

4. Psychologists solve people's problems using principles of ecumenism.    

Period 4 Word of the Week: Climacteric

This week, period 4 chose climacteric as its word of the week.  We used www.dictionary.com to look up the word, and here is the definition we found:

1. any critical period,

2. a year in which important changes in health, fortune, etc. occur.

There were also some scientific definition of the word climacteric, but we chose to use the more universally-applicable definitions.

We then devised a sentence using the word climacteric:

The teenage years are the most climacteric period in a person's life.