Middle Ages Week 19

Thursday Cohorts

Grammarians
PreK-4th graders

History: Memorize “In the early 1400s, Tahuantinsuyu, the Incan empire, grew out from Cuzco, Peru. King Pachacuti conquered land from Columbia to Chile. Francisco Pizarro conquered them in 1572.“

Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 32 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.

Learn more about the Incas on Khan Academy.

Geography: Draw Asia and label these Central Asian countries:
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan

Practice memorizing the countries with this game!

Science: Memorize “Scientific theories must be independently verified in order for them to hold authority.”

Learn more about making gunpowder….don’t try this at home without a parent!

Math: Memorize “The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where a number is found by adding up the two numbers before it. Starting with 0 and 1, the sequence goes 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, and so forth. Written as a rule, the expression is xn = xn-1 + xn-2”

Find out more on Khan Academy: Doodling in Math Vi Hart video & Golden Ratio

Greek: Memorize this vocabulary and Complete lesson 19 in your workbook.

ἡ μαρτυρία the testimony
ὁ ὀφθαλμός the eye
τό στάδιον the stadium
ἡ κώμη the village
ἡ σωτηρία the salvation

English: Memorize “Interrogative pronouns ask a question: what which who whom whose”

Investigate pronouns 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 20, “Knights, Part 2”

Diagram Week 19 sentences.

Lower Dialecticians (5-6th grades)

***Study countries & geographical features of Europe - Quiz 2 next week

Writing Assignment:  After reading St. Erkenwald, write an alliterative poem. Suggestion: use the letters of your first name for each line and write a poetic story about yourself.

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 2/8/18 - Please read these, watch the videos and choose one topic for your presentation:

Geography - Sabine - Europe

History - Gina, Catalina, Jocelyn - Incas on Khan Academy, Lots of information in this artlcle. Incan Hymns by the creator of Tawantinsuyu, Pachacutec. Good pictures in this article.

Science - Cooper & Henry - A little art about Roger Bacon’s gunpowder. A detailed biography. How to make gunpowder

Art - Phoebe - Incan Art

Literature - A good article in Wikipedia (especially check out the stuff about the yogh). Here’s the original text.

Math - Khan Academy: Doodling in Math Vi Hart video & Golden Ratio. Learn about Leonardo of Pisa.

History: Memorize “In the early 1400s, Tahuantinsuyu, the Incan empire, grew out from Cuzco, Peru. King Pachacuti conquered land from Columbia to Chile. Francisco Pizarro conquered them in 1572.“

Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 32 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.

Learn more about the Incas on Khan Academy.

Geography: Draw Asia and label these Central Asian countries:
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan

Practice memorizing the countries with this game!

Science: Memorize “Scientific theories must be independently verified in order for them to hold authority.”

Learn more about making gunpowder….don’t try this at home without a parent!

Math: Memorize “The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where a number is found by adding up the two numbers before it. Starting with 0 and 1, the sequence goes 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, and so forth. Written as a rule, the expression is xn = xn-1 + xn-2”

Find out more on Khan Academy: Doodling in Math Vi Hart video & Golden Ratio

Greek: Memorize this vocabulary and Complete lesson 19 in your workbook.

ἡ μαρτυρία the testimony
ὁ ὀφθαλμός the eye
τό στάδιον the stadium
ἡ κώμη the village
ἡ σωτηρία the salvation

English: Memorize “Interrogative pronouns ask a question: what which who whom whose”

Investigate pronouns on Grammar Revolution.

Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-9 or 10-11 challenge sentences below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 19 sentences:

1. After the Yuan collapse, Hongwu founds China the Ming dynasty.
2. Chaucer wrote the King's Court the Canterbury Tales in 1387!
3. Fra Angelico, who painted The Annunciation, left us his masterpieces.
4. Henry the Navigator sponsored explorers who founded Portugual new colonies.
5. Durer and Bruegel painted when the Renaissance was changing Europe.
6. Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by the British.
7. In the early 1400s, Tahuantinsuyu expanded from Cuzco, Peru because King Pachacuti conquered land from Columbia to Chile.
8. Aristotle taught Alexander the Great physics and philosophy.
9. Aristotle founds the Peripatetic School in the Lyceum Temple after he studies for 20 years at Plato's Academy.
***Challenge***
10. In the early 1400s, Tahuantinsuyu, the Incan empire, expanded from Cuzco, Peru because King Pachacuti conquered land from Columbia to Chile, but then Francisco Pizarro conquered them in 1572.
11. Scientific theories must be independently verified in order for them to hold authority.

 

Upper Dialecticians 7th-9th Graders

***Study countries & geographical features of Europe - Quiz 2 next week

Writing Assignment:  After reading St. Erkenwald, write an alliterative poem. Suggestion: use the letters of your first name or a secret message for each line and write a poetic story about yourself.

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 2/8/18 - Please read this, watch the videos and choose one topic for your presentation:

Geography - Europe
History - Incas on Khan Academy, Lots of information in this artlcle. Incan Hymns by the creator of Tawantinsuyu, Pachacutec. Good pictures in this article.
Science - A little art about Roger Bacon’s gunpowder. A detailed biography. How to make gunpowder
Art - Incan Art
Literature - A good article in Wikipedia (especially check out the stuff about the yogh). Here’s the original text.
Math - Khan Academy: Doodling in Math Vi Hart video & Golden Ratio. Learn more about Leonardo of Pisa.
History: Memorize “In the early 1400s, Tahuantinsuyu, the Incan empire, grew out from Cuzco, Peru. King Pachacuti conquered land from Columbia to Chile. Francisco Pizarro conquered them in 1572.“

Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 32 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.

Learn more about the Incas on Khan Academy.

Geography: Draw Asia and label these Central Asian countries:
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan

Practice memorizing the countries with this game!

Science: Memorize “Scientific theories must be independently verified in order for them to hold authority.”

Learn more about making gunpowder….don’t try this at home without a parent!

Math: Memorize “The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where a number is found by adding up the two numbers before it. Starting with 0 and 1, the sequence goes 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, and so forth. Written as a rule, the expression is xn = xn-1 + xn-2”

Find out more on Khan Academy: Doodling in Math Vi Hart video & Golden Ratio

Greek: Memorize this vocabulary and Complete lesson 19 in your workbook.

ἡ μαρτυρία the testimony
ὁ ὀφθαλμός the eye
τό στάδιον the stadium
ἡ κώμη the village
ἡ σωτηρία the salvation

English: Memorize “Interrogative pronouns ask a question: what which who whom whose”

Investigate pronouns on Grammar Revolution.

Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-9 or 10-11 challenge sentences below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 19 sentences:
1. After the Yuan collapse, Hongwu founds China the Ming dynasty.
2. Chaucer wrote the King's Court the Canterbury Tales in 1387!
3. Fra Angelico, who painted The Annunciation, left us his masterpieces.
4. Henry the Navigator sponsored explorers who founded Portugual new colonies.
5. Durer and Bruegel painted when the Renaissance was changing Europe.
6. Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by the British.
7. In the early 1400s, Tahuantinsuyu expanded from Cuzco, Peru because King Pachacuti conquered land from Columbia to Chile.
8. Aristotle taught Alexander the Great physics and philosophy.
9. Aristotle founds the Peripatetic School in the Lyceum Temple after he studies for 20 years at Plato's Academy.
***Challenge***
10. In the early 1400s, Tahuantinsuyu, the Incan empire, expanded from Cuzco, Peru because King Pachacuti conquered land from Columbia to Chile, but then Francisco Pizarro conquered them in 1572.
11. Scientific theories must be independently verified in order for them to hold authority.
 

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 comic strip: Take a character from your reading and imagine him/her as an animal.  Use the Story Sequence to create a short story in three frames: 1. Setting and Characters, 2. Conflict, 3. Climax and Resolution.

MAKE: History: We’ll read Story of the World chapter 32 in class and make Incan "bolas".

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 19 for our quiz!  We’ll start Greek Workbook Lesson 20.

Wednesday classes

Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about Roger Bacon and make gunpowder.

Math Club: Learn about Fibonacci and his sequence.

Art Appreciation: Study the Cuzco School.

Writing Club Homework: Week 17  DUE ON FEBRUARY 14, 2018

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

IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:

Complete Lesson 20, “Knights, Part 2" Read “The Assignment” on page 139.  Do your TWO  Keyword Outlines after reading the topic about ‘Code of Chivalry"” from  Source Text 1 and Source Text 2 on pages 128-131 .You only need to read the paragraphs about “Code of Chivalry”. You will be working with TOPIC B:“Code of Chivalry”. Chose interesting and/or important facts about the Code of Chivalry.  DO NOT USE SOURCE TEXT 3. Next, do your FUSED OUTLINE  on Topic B using the most interesting or important facts from your Keyword Outline. Use page  140 to write your FUSED OUTLINE for TOPIC B ONLY.  Next, do your TWO Keyword Outlines after reading the topic about “Training” from Source Text 2 on page 130-131 AND from Source Text 3 on page 132. DO NOT USE SOURCE TEXT 1.  You will be working with TOPIC C: “Training”.  Chose interesting and/or important facts about training of knights. Next, do your FUSED OUTLINE on Topic C with the most interesting or important facts from your Keyword Outline.  Use page 140 to write your FUSED OUTLINE for TOPIC C only. Use the checklist on page 142 to be sure you have included appropriate structure and all of the elements style for this week.  We have a new one this week; # 2 Sentence opener. Read about it on page 138!

Try to include some vocabulary words in your essay!   

Be ready to present from your Final Draft for Topic A, Topic B, and Topic C.   The draft you present needs to be in MLA format double spaced.

Fix it! Grammar:

Complete Week 18 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 20, “Knights, Part 2" Read “The Assignment” on page 139.  Do your TWO  Keyword Outlines after reading the topic about ‘Code of Chivalry"” from  Source Text 1 and Source Text 2 on pages 128-131 .You only need to read the paragraphs about “Code of Chivalry”. You will be working with TOPIC B:“Code of Chivalry”. Chose interesting and/or important facts about the Code of Chivalry.  DO NOT USE SOURCE TEXT 3. Next, do your FUSED OUTLINE  on Topic B using the most interesting or important facts from your Keyword Outline. Use page  140 to write your FUSED OUTLINE for TOPIC B ONLY.  Next, do your TWO Keyword Outlines after reading the topic about “Training” from Source Text 2 on page 130-131 AND from Source Text 3 on page 132. DO NOT USE SOURCE TEXT 1.  You will be working with TOPIC C: “Training”.  Chose interesting and/or important facts about training of knights. Next, do your FUSED OUTLINE on Topic C with the most interesting or important facts from your Keyword Outline.  Use page 140 to write your FUSED OUTLINE for TOPIC C only. Use the checklist on page 142 to be sure you have included appropriate structure and all of the elements style for this week.  We have a new one this week; # 2 Sentence opener. Read about it on page 138!

Try to include some vocabulary words in your essay!   

Be ready to present from your Final Draft for Topic A, Topic B, and Topic C.   The draft you present needs to be in MLA format double spaced.

Fix it! Grammar:

Complete Week 18 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!