Middle Ages Week 12

Thursday Cohorts

Grammarians
PreK-4th graders

History: Memorize “The Steppe People of Central Asia united under one Mongol king, Genghis Khan, in 1206. He conquered the largest land empire. ”

Learn about Genghis Khan through this video on Khan Academy

Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapters 21 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.

Geography: Draw Europe and label these countries of Eastern Europe:
Hungary
Serbia
Slovenia
Croatia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Montenegro
Kosovo
Albania
Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia

Practice memorizing the countries with this game!

Science: Memorize "Lodestones and other permanent magnets are objects made from material that is magnetized to create their own persistent magnetic fields.”

Math: Memorize “The side lengths of a 30°-60°-90° triangle are x, 2x & x√3”

Greek: Memorize some new vocabulary and complete lesson 12 in your workbook.
κηρύσσω I preach
πείθω I pursuade
ἡ φυλακή the prison
ἡ δίκαιοσύνή the righteousness
οὐ not

English: A preposition relates a noun or a pronoun to another word.

Investigate prepositions on Grammar Revolution.

Presentation: Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next week!
 

Writing Club (3-4th)

“Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons”:  Complete Lesson 12 Charlemagne, Part I.
Diagram Week 12 sentences.
 

Lower Dialecticians (5-6h grades)

Writing: Write 3 stanzas of a quatrain poem in iambic pentameter in AABA structure with words of advice for a younger student much like Omar Khayyám’s The Rubáiyát.

Presentation: Research and prepare a notecard keyword outline for your presentation this week.  Don’t write it out word for word, and do bring a note card of your key word outline - you’ll forget what you learned!  Here are some of the topics you picked in class:

Henry - Genghis Khan video  or the making of the Mongol empire was based on rain and a lot of people died. Mongolian culture remains strong today.
Gino, Phoebe, Jocelyn - We read chapter 7 from Marco Polo’s account during art. Paizas for safe passage. Archaeology of Paizas, more paiza awesomeness !
Catalina - Petrus Peregrinus
Cooper - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam
Sabine - The math of al-Wafa Buzjani affects art today. More from these artists. Photos of the silk road today - much of it never came back after Genghis Khan.

History: Memorize “The Steppe People of Central Asia united under one Mongol king, Genghis Khan, in 1206. He conquered the largest land empire. ”

Learn about Genghis Khan through this video on Khan Academy

Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapters 21 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.

Geography: Draw Europe and label these countries of Eastern Europe:
Hungary
Serbia
Slovenia
Croatia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Montenegro
Kosovo
Albania
Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia

Practice memorizing the countries with this game!

Science: Memorize "Lodestones and other permanent magnets are objects made from material that is magnetized to create their own persistent magnetic fields.”

Math: Memorize “The side lengths of a 30°-60°-90° triangle are x, 2x & x√3”
Do grade level math on Khan Academy!

Greek: Memorize some new vocabulary and complete lesson 12 in your workbook.
κηρύσσω I preach
πείθω I pursuade
ἡ φυλακή the prison
ἡ δίκαιοσύνή the righteousness
οὐ not

English: A preposition relates a noun or a pronoun to another word.

Investigate prepositions on Grammar Revolution.

Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-10 or 11-12 challenge sentences below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 12 sentences:
1.    Constantine the Great was Christian, and he was also powerful.
2.    India became wealthy in the Golden Age, for Sri Gupta was shrewd.
3.    Augustine was contrite, so he wrote his Confessions!
4.    The Roman Empire seems weaker, for it became two separate empires!
5.    The Visigoths were ruthless, for they looted Rome.
6.    The Steppe People of Central Asia were Mongolian, and Genghis Khan was their leader.
7.    Lodestones are magnetic!
8.    The sides lengths of special right triangles are proportional!
9.    The countries of the Scandinavian Penninsula are Norway, Sweden and Finland!
10.    A preposition relates a noun or a pronoun to another word!
11.    In 1206 the Steppe People of Central Asia united under one Mongol king, Genghis Khan, who conquered the largest land empire!
12.    Lodestones and other permanent magnets are objects which are made from material that is magnetized to create their own persistent magnetic fields!

Upper Dialecticians 7th-9th Graders

From our session Thursday 11/30/17 - Please read this, watch the videos and choose one topic for your presentation and one for your writing assignment. BEFORE next 12/4/17 Monday:

History: Genghis Khan video  or the making of the Mongol empire was based on rain and a lot of people died. Mongolian culture remains strong today.
Science: Petrus Peregrinus
Math: The math of al-Wafa Buzjani affects art today. More from these artists.
Art: We read chapter 7 from Marco Polo’s account during art. Paizas for safe passage. Archaeology of Paizas, more paiza awesomeness! Photos of the silk road today - much of it never came back after Genghis Khan.
Literature: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam

Writing: Write 3 stanzas of a quatrain poem in iambic pentameter in AABA structure with words of advice for a younger student much like Omar Khayyám’s The Rubáiyát.

Review these topics:

History: Memorize “The Steppe People of Central Asia united under one Mongol king, Genghis Khan, in 1206. He conquered the largest land empire. ”

Learn about Genghis Khan through this video on Khan Academy

Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapters 21 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.

Geography: Draw Europe and label these countries of Eastern Europe:
Hungary
Serbia
Slovenia
Croatia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Montenegro
Kosovo
Albania
Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia

Practice memorizing the countries with this game!

Science: Memorize "Lodestones and other permanent magnets are objects made from material that is magnetized to create their own persistent magnetic fields.”

Math: Memorize “The side lengths of a 30°-60°-90° triangle are x, 2x & x√3”
Do grade level math on Khan Academy!

Greek: Memorize some new vocabulary and complete lesson 12 in your workbook.
κηρύσσω I preach
πείθω I pursuade
ἡ φυλακή the prison
ἡ δίκαιοσύνή the righteousness
οὐ not

English: A preposition relates a noun or a pronoun to another word.

Investigate prepositions on Grammar Revolution.

Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-10 or 11-12 challenge sentences below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 12 sentences:
1.    Constantine the Great was Christian, and he was also powerful.
2.    India became wealthy in the Golden Age, for Sri Gupta was shrewd.
3.    Augustine was contrite, so he wrote his Confessions!
4.    The Roman Empire seems weaker, for it became two separate empires!
5.    The Visigoths were ruthless, for they looted Rome.
6.    The Steppe People of Central Asia were Mongolian, and Genghis Khan was their leader.
7.    Lodestones are magnetic!
8.    The sides lengths of special right triangles are proportional!
9.    The countries of the Scandinavian Penninsula are Norway, Sweden and Finland!
10.    A preposition relates a noun or a pronoun to another word!
11.    In 1206 the Steppe People of Central Asia united under one Mongol king, Genghis Khan, who conquered the largest land empire!
12.    Lodestones and other permanent magnets are objects which are made from material that is magnetized to create their own persistent magnetic fields!

Tuesday classes

Book Club: Read at least 20 pages in your Medieval library book, annotate on sticky notes as you read, then make notes in your Book Club journal (title, author, copyright date, main characters, plot summary & new vocabulary) and be ready to present on what you’ve read so far. Tell us how one of the characters in your book is similar to a character in White Stag or Beowulf or One Thousand One Arabian Nights.

MAKE: History: We’ll read Story of the World chapter 21 in class and make yurts 

Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll construct Muslim tessellations.

Greek: Complete & study lesson 12 for our quiz!  We’ll start Greek Workbook Lesson 13.

Wednesday classes

Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about Shen Kuo and Pierre Peregrine and design a magnetic perpetual motion machine.

Math Club: Learn about Abu’l Wafa, trigonometry and 30-60-90 triangles

Art Appreciation: Weave a tapestry like this one.

Writing Club:
Upper Dialecticians (7-9) and Lower Dialecticians (5-6)

IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons: 

Complete Lesson 13 Charlemagne, Part II. Read “The Assignment” on page 91.  Remember to us the topic-clincher rule and use the checklist on page 93 for the “Rough Draft” to be sure you have all the elements of style you need for this week. Next, read page 94 to learn how to “Put it All Together” using “The Introductory Statement and “The Final Clincher” Practice vocabulary from Lessons 1-13 and try to include some vocabulary in your essay!  There will be a quiz next week!     

Fix it! Grammar: 

Complete Week 12 in your book and copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook.  Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help!  Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech.  Review in preparation for next week!

Upper Grammarians (3-4)

IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:  

Complete Lesson 12 Charlemagne, Part I. Read “The Assignment” on page 89.  We have a new “decoration” this week: Similes! Remember to us the topic-clincher rule and use the checklist on page 87 for the “Rough Draft” to be sure you have all the elements of style you need for this week. Next class, we will do Part II and put it all together.  Practice vocabulary from Lessons 1-12 and try to include some vocabulary in your essay!

Fix it! Grammar: 

Complete Week 12 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook.  Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook.  They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!