This week, all of Ms. B's English classes had contemptuous as our word of the week because it was the only word posted!
We looked up contemptuous and found that it means "showing or expressing contempt or disdain."
In order to understand this definition, we had to understand the word contempt, so we discussed that to have contempt for something is to have a strong dislike or hatred for it.
Next, we clarified the difference between the words "content" and "contempt."
Finally, we wrote sentences to demonstrate our understanding of the word contemptuous:
1. The students at the school were contemptuous of having to wake up so early.
2. Many people have contemptuous feelings about racism but don't do anything about it.
3. The man felt so contemptuously about traffic that he ran a red light and swerved past several cars.
4. He felt contemptuously about school.
