Middle Ages Week 18
/Thursday Cohorts
Grammarians
PreK-4th graders
History: Memorize “Though sailors sailed for thousands of years, Prince Henry funded new research in shipbuilding and trade winds and cartography. Europe began the Exploration Age in 1415.“
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 28 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Learn more on Khan Academy:
Origins of European Exploration of the Americas video
Motivation for European conquest of the New World
Geography: Draw Asia and label these Western Asian Countries:
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Bahrain
Kuwait
Iraq
Iran
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize the Simple Machines and explore on Khan Academy:
Lever
Wheel and axle
Pulley
Inclined plane
Wedge
Screw
Math: Memorize "A positive exponent is how many times to multiply by the number. A negative exponent is how many times to divide by the number. 2^3=8 but 2^(-3)=⅛."
Investigate exponents on Khan Academy
Greek: Memorize this vocabulary and Complete lesson 17 in your workbook.
τό πρόβατον the sheep
ὁ ἥλιος the sun
Αβραάμ Abraham
ὁ δῆμος the people
ὁ γάμος the wedding
English: Memorize the helping verbs to the tune of Yankee Doodle: Helping verbs, helping verbs there are 23: am are is was were being been be have has had do does did shall should will & would. There are 5 more helping verbs: may must might can could
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 19, “Knights, Part 1"
Diagram Week 18 sentences.
Lower Dialecticians (5-6th grades)
Writing Assignment: After reading “The Priest’s Tale” from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, identify literary devices (for example simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, imagery, irony, allusion, etc.) and write a paragraph about the author’s technique and how it helps convey the story.
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 2/1/18 - Please read these, watch the videos and choose one topic for your presentation:
Math: I like this article on al-Samawal the best. Check out the equation for the sum of square numbers! Watch this video if you’re curious about what you can and can’t do with zero.
Science: Catalina & Henry escapement theory, lego escapement perpetual motion teeter totter, Is perpetual motion possible? The escapements we watched in science on Thursday. Also, Villard de Honnecourt’s sketches.
Philosophy: Thomas Aquinas, the dumb ox.
History: Gino - quadrant, Origins of European Exploration of the Americas video
Motivation for European conquest of the New World
Literature: Sabine - personification
Art: Jocelyn & Cooper - You made Linear Perspective so learn more about it. Watch both videos and read the article.
Phoebe: Greek
History: Memorize “Though sailors sailed for thousands of years, Prince Henry funded new research in shipbuilding and trade winds and cartography. Europe began the Exploration Age in 1415.“
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 28 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Learn more on Khan Academy:
Origins of European Exploration of the Americas video
Motivation for European conquest of the New World
Geography: Draw Asia and label these Western Asian Countries:
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Bahrain
Kuwait
Iraq
Iran
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize the Simple Machines and explore on Khan Academy:
Lever
Wheel and axle
Pulley
Inclined plane
Wedge
Screw
Math: Memorize "A positive exponent is how many times to multiply by the number. A negative exponent is how many times to divide by the number. 2^3=8 but 2^(-3)=⅛."
Investigate exponents on Khan Academy
Greek: Memorize this vocabulary and Complete lesson 17 in your workbook.
τό πρόβατον the sheep
ὁ ἥλιος the sun
Αβραάμ Abraham
ὁ δῆμος the people
ὁ γάμος the wedding
English: Memorize the helping verbs to the tune of Yankee Doodle: Helping verbs, helping verbs there are 23: am are is was were being been be have has had do does did shall should will & would. There are 5 more helping verbs: may must might can could
Investigate helping verbs on Grammar Revolution.
Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-11 or 12-13 challenge sentences below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 18 sentences:
1. After Thomas Aquinas reinterprets Aristotle, give me a copy.
2. Found the Ottoman empire for the Turks!
3. Write me a parody of Heaven like Dante.
4. Be wealthy in Mali because Mansa Musa gave you gold!
5. Build the Aztecs a city which was called Tenochtitlan.
6. Do not give your people Black Plague when you arrive in Europe by boat!
7. Though sailors sailed for thousands of years, Prince Henry funded new research in shipbuilding.
8. Assemble a clock, as you illustrate Plato's theory of the Demiurge.
9. Plato founded Greece his Academy in Athens.
10. Draw me the islands of Greece, since you are learning them.
11. Name all twenty-three helping verbs!
***Challenge***
12. Though sailors sailed for thousands of years, Prince Henry funded new research in shipbuilding and trade winds and cartography, and Europe began the Exploration Age in 1415.
13. The simple machines are lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw.
Upper Dialecticians 7th-9th Graders
Writing Assignment: After reading “The Priest’s Tale” from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, identify literary devices (for example simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, imagery, irony, allusion, etc.) and write a paragraph about the author’s technique and how it helps convey the story.
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 from class Thursday 2/1/18 - Please read this, watch the videos and choose one topic for your presentation:
Math: I like this article on al-Samawal the best. Check out the equation for the sum of square numbers! Watch this video if you’re curious about what you can and can’t do with zero.
Science: Catalina & Henry escapement theory, lego escapement perpetual motion teeter totter, Is perpetual motion possible? The escapements we watched in science on Thursday. Also, Villard de Honnecourt’s sketches.
Philosophy: Thomas Aquinas, the dumb ox.
History: Gino - quadrant, Origins of European Exploration of the Americas video
Motivation for European conquest of the New World
Literature: Sabine - personification
Art: Jocelyn & Cooper - You made Linear Perspective so learn more about it. Watch both videos and read the article.
Phoebe: Greek
History: Memorize “Though sailors sailed for thousands of years, Prince Henry funded new research in shipbuilding and trade winds and cartography. Europe began the Exploration Age in 1415.“
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 28 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.
Learn more on Khan Academy:
Origins of European Exploration of the Americas video
Motivation for European conquest of the New World
Geography: Draw Asia and label these Western Asian Countries:
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Bahrain
Kuwait
Iraq
Iran
Practice memorizing the countries with this game!
Science: Memorize the Simple Machines and explore on Khan Academy:
Lever
Wheel and axle
Pulley
Inclined plane
Wedge
Screw
Math: Memorize "A positive exponent is how many times to multiply by the number. A negative exponent is how many times to divide by the number. 2^3=8 but 2^(-3)=⅛."
Investigate exponents on Khan Academy
Greek: Memorize this vocabulary and Complete lesson 17 in your workbook.
τό πρόβατον the sheep
ὁ ἥλιος the sun
Αβραάμ Abraham
ὁ δῆμος the people
ὁ γάμος the wedding
English: Memorize the helping verbs to the tune of Yankee Doodle: Helping verbs, helping verbs there are 23: am are is was were being been be have has had do does did shall should will & would. There are 5 more helping verbs: may must might can could
Investigate helping verbs on Grammar Revolution.
Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-11 or 12-13 challenge sentences below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 18 sentences:
1. After Thomas Aquinas reinterprets Aristotle, give me a copy.
2. Found the Ottoman empire for the Turks!
3. Write me a parody of Heaven like Dante.
4. Be wealthy in Mali because Mansa Musa gave you gold!
5. Build the Aztecs a city which was called Tenochtitlan.
6. Do not give your people Black Plague when you arrive in Europe by boat!
7. Though sailors sailed for thousands of years, Prince Henry funded new research in shipbuilding.
8. Assemble a clock, as you illustrate Plato's theory of the Demiurge.
9. Plato founded Greece his Academy in Athens.
10. Draw me the islands of Greece, since you are learning them.
11. Name all twenty-three helping verbs!
***Challenge***
12. Though sailors sailed for thousands of years, Prince Henry funded new research in shipbuilding and trade winds and cartography, and Europe began the Exploration Age in 1415.
13. The simple machines are lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw.
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. Finish your quick write story: Take a character from Medieval literature and imagine him/her in today’s context, at your house, etc. Use the Story Sequence to create a short story: 1. Setting and Characters, 2. Conflict, 3. Climax and Resolution.
MAKE: History: We’ll read Story of the World chapter 28 in class and make compass bracelets.
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 18 for our quiz! We’ll start Greek Workbook Lesson 19.
Wednesday classes
Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about Villard de Honnecourt and make an escapement.
Math Club: Learn about Al-Samawal and exponents.
Art Appreciation: Study Ghiberti and the Baptistery doors in Florence.
Writing Club Homework: Week 17 DUE ON FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Upper Dialecticians (7-9) and Lower Dialecticians (5-6):
IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
Complete Lesson 19, “Knights, Part 1" Read “The Assignment” on page 127 Do your TWO Keyword Outlines after reading the topic about ‘DUTIES” from Source Text 1 and Source Text 2 on pages 128-131 You only need to read the paragraphs about “Duties”. You will be working with TOPIC A “Duties of Knights" Next, do your FUSED OUTLINE on page 134 for TOPIC A ONLY. DO
NOT USE SOURCE TEXT 3 for this assignment!
Use the checklist on page 135 to be sure you have included appropriate structure and all of the elements style for this week.
Try to include some vocabulary words in your essay!
Be ready to present from your Rough Draft of TOPIC A ONLY. The draft you present needs to be in MLA format double spaced.
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 17 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 19, “Knights, Part 1" Read “The Assignment” on page 127 Do your TWO Keyword Outlines after reading the topic about ‘DUTIES” from Source Text 1 and Source Text 2 on pages 128-131 You only need to read the paragraphs about “Duties”. You will be working with TOPIC A “Duties of Knights" Next, do your FUSED OUTLINE on page 134 for TOPIC A ONLY. DO NOT USE SOURCE TEXT 3 for this assignment!
Use the checklist on page 135 to be sure you have included appropriate structure and all of the elements style for this week.
Try to include some vocabulary words in your essay!
Be ready to present from your Rough Draft of TOPIC A ONLY. The draft you present needs to be in MLA format double spaced.
Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 17 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!
