Middle Ages Week 17
/Thursday Cohorts
Grammarians
PreK-4th graders
History: Memorize “In 1347, the plague came from Asia to Sicily. 50 million people died, and 30 million Europeans survived. France and England fought for land for over one hundred years and then in 1429 teen Joan of Arc led a French victory.”
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 25 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Learn more about the Plague for kids.
Geography: Draw Asia and label these Western Asian Countries:
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Turkey
Syria
Cyprus
Lebanon
Palestine
Israel
Jordan
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize “Kinematics is the study of the geometry of motion through the action of forces on masses.”
Math: Memorize "The rule of three is the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given."
Investigate the Rule of Three on Smartick and practice on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this vocabulary and Complete lesson 17 in your workbook.
ἀνοίγω I open
ἐλέγχω I rebuke
σπείρω I sow
παραλαμβάνω I receive
πάλιν again
English: Memorize “A helping verb helps another verb portray time in the sentence.”
Investigate helping verbs 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 18, “Medieval Cathedrals."
Diagram Week 17 sentences.
Lower Dialecticians (5-6th grades)
Writing Assignment: After reading the Decameron, write a 3 paragraph story following the story sequence from a Key Word Outline. (1. Setting and Characters, 2. Conflict/Problem, 3. Climax & Resolution) Include stylistic elements such as ly words, quality adjectives, strong verbs, who/which clauses, www.asia.b clauses, varied openers, conversation, alliteration, simile/metaphor, etc. Imagine that you and your friends are stuck in a secret location while a deadly epidemic plagues the world. You tell stories as if around a campfire or at a slumber party.
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 Thursday 1/25/18 - Please read this, watch the videos and choose one topic for your presentation:
Math: Bhaskara: Here is his daughter’s story with embellishments, and some comments about his mathematics. Two more word problems from Lilavati: One and Another. Try them!
Science: John Sacrobosco: His book Sphaera was a scientific best seller for centuries. Look at some of the pages here.
Philosophy: Maimonides: Good article here.
Good Video.
History:
Bubonic Plague on Khan Academy
Black Death & a fresco on Khan Academy
Plague for kids
Literature: The Decameron by Boccaccio influences many, many of the greatest writers and artists. Like Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well.
History: Memorize “In 1347, the plague came from Asia to Sicily. 50 million people died, and 30 million Europeans survived. France and England fought for land for over one hundred years and then in 1429 teen Joan of Arc led a French victory.”
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 25 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Learn more about the Plague for kids.
Geography: Draw Asia and label these Western Asian Countries:
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Turkey
Syria
Cyprus
Lebanon
Palestine
Israel
Jordan
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize “Kinematics is the study of the geometry of motion through the action of forces on masses.”
Math: Memorize "The rule of three is the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given."
Investigate the Rule of Three on Smartick and practice on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this vocabulary and Complete lesson 17 in your workbook.
ἀνοίγω I open
ἐλέγχω I rebuke
σπείρω I sow
παραλαμβάνω I receive
πάλιν again
English: Memorize “A helping verb helps another verb portray time in the sentence.”
Investigate helping verbs on Grammar Revolution.
Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-9 or 10-12 challenge sentences below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 17 sentences:
1. Who translated Aristotle in Spain, so that he could give Europe his ancient ideas?
2. Where did the Maori arrive around 1200 AD?
3. Did Fibonacci publish Liber Abaci?
4. Did Genghis Khan win the Mongols China, and did he conquer Asia?
5. Who gave King John the Magna Carta before he signed it?
6. Was Marco Polo an explorer since he journeyed to China?
7. When the plague came from Asia to Sicily, how many people died?
8. Did Plato teach people his model of the universe so that they could live good lives?
9. Eudoxus developed which theory of proportion?
***Challenge***
10. In 1347, when the plague came from Asia to Sicily, 50 million people died, and 30 million Europeans survived.
11. France and England fought for land for over one hundred years and then in 1429 teen Joan of Arc led a French victory.
12. Kinematics is the study of the geometry of motion through the action of forces on masses.
Upper Dialecticians 7th-9th Graders
Writing Assignment: After reading the Decameron, write a 3 paragraph story following the story sequence from a Key Word Outline. (1. Setting and Characters, 2. Conflict/Problem, 3. Climax & Resolution) Include stylistic elements such as ly words, quality adjectives, strong verbs, who/which clauses, www.asia.b clauses, varied openers, conversation, alliteration, simile/metaphor, etc. Imagine that you and your friends are stuck in a secret location while a deadly epidemic plagues the world. You tell stories as if around a campfire or at a slumber party.
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 Thursday 1/25/18 - Please read this, watch the videos and choose one topic for your presentation:
Math: Bhaskara: Here is his daughter’s story with embellishments, and some comments about his mathematics. Two more word problems from Lilavati: One and Another. Try them!
Science: John Sacrobosco: His book Sphaera was a scientific best seller for centuries. Look at some of the pages here.
Philosophy: Maimonides: Good article here.
Good Video.
History:
Bubonic Plague on Khan Academy
Black Death & a fresco on Khan Academy
Plague for kids
Literature: The Decameron by Boccaccio influences many, many of the greatest writers and artists. Like Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well.
History: Memorize “In 1347, the plague came from Asia to Sicily. 50 million people died, and 30 million Europeans survived. France and England fought for land for over one hundred years and then in 1429 teen Joan of Arc led a French victory.”
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 25 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Learn more about the Plague for kids.
Geography: Draw Asia and label these Western Asian Countries:
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Turkey
Syria
Cyprus
Lebanon
Palestine
Israel
Jordan
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize “Kinematics is the study of the geometry of motion through the action of forces on masses.”
Math: Memorize "The rule of three is the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given."
Investigate the Rule of Three on Smartick and practice on Khan Academy.
Greek: Memorize this vocabulary and Complete lesson 17 in your workbook.
ἀνοίγω I open
ἐλέγχω I rebuke
σπείρω I sow
παραλαμβάνω I receive
πάλιν again
English: Memorize “A helping verb helps another verb portray time in the sentence.”
Investigate helping verbs on Grammar Revolution.
Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-9 or 10-12 challenge sentences below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 17 sentences:
1. Who translated Aristotle in Spain, so that he could give Europe his ancient ideas?
2. Where did the Maori arrive around 1200 AD?
3. Did Fibonacci publish Liber Abaci?
4. Did Genghis Khan win the Mongols China, and did he conquer Asia?
5. Who gave King John the Magna Carta before he signed it?
6. Was Marco Polo an explorer since he journeyed to China?
7. When the plague came from Asia to Sicily, how many people died?
8. Did Plato teach people his model of the universe so that they could live good lives?
9. Eudoxus developed which theory of proportion?
***Challenge***
10. In 1347, when the plague came from Asia to Sicily, 50 million people died, and 30 million Europeans survived.
11. France and England fought for land for over one hundred years and then in 1429 teen Joan of Arc led a French victory.
12. Kinematics is the study of the geometry of motion through the action of forces on masses.
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.
MAKE: History: We’ll read Story of the World chapter 25 in class and make a Medieval village.
Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll continue Proposition 4.11: circumscribe a pentagon about a circle. This will take us a few weeks and we'll review several other propositions from the first four books.
Greek: Complete & study lesson 17 for our quiz! We’ll start Greek Workbook Lesson 18.
Wednesday classes
Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about Johannes de Sacrobosco and make a Quadrant.
Math Club: Learn about Bhaskara II and the rule of three.
Art Appreciation: Create a fresco, like Giotto.
Writing Club:
Writing Club Homework: Week 16 DUE ON JANUARY 31, 2018
Great work on Unit 6 everyone! Let’s see what you can do with Unit 7!
Upper Dialecticians (7-9) and Lower Dialecticians (5-6):
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
Complete Lesson 18, “Medieval Cathedrals" Read “Multiple Source Research Reports” on page 119. Do your TWO Keyword Outlines after reading Source Text 1 and Source Text 2 on pages 120 and 212. Next, do your FUSED OUTLINE. Use the checklist on page 125 to be sure you have included appropriate structure and all of the elements style for this week.
Remember we have a new one this week: www.asia.wub. Try to include some vocabulary words in your essay! Be ready to present from your final draft. The draft you present needs to be in MLA format double spaced.
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 16 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 18, “Medieval Cathedrals" Read “Multiple Source Research Reports” on page 119. Do your TWO Keyword Outlines after reading Source Text 1 and Source Text 2 on pages 120 and 212. Next, do your FUSED OUTLINE.
Use the checklist on page 125 to be sure you have included appropriate structure and all of the elements style for this week.
Remember we have a new one this week: www.asia.wub. Try to include some vocabulary words in your essay! Be ready to present from your final draft. The draft you present needs to be in MLA format double spaced.
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 16 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!
