Middle Ages Week 3
/Middle Ages, Week 3 Homework for Chronos Cohorts
Grammarians
PreK-4th graders
• Memorize: “Before Justinian became Emporer of Byzantium in 527, he met and married Theodora. Together they ruled the empire justly, establishing the Code of Justinian, rebuilding Constantinople after riots between blue and green teams. He reconquered the Roman Empire, but when he died, all but Rome was lost again.”
• Learn about Emporer Justinian and Empress Theodora., or check out this interview about Justinian’s Code.
• Memorize all subjects through song, motions, pictures, games, etc.
• Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 4 and do the activities in the activity guide.
• Draw Africa and label the West African countries: Western Africa: Cape Verde, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia
• Memorize “Two forces in any structure are tension and compression. A tension force pulls materials apart. A compression force squeezes material together.” Learn about Isodore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles.
• Memorize “The surface area of a cone is πr2+πrl (pi times the radius squared plus pi times the radius times the slant height). The surface area of a sphere is 4πr2. (four times pi times the radius squared).”
• Practice some Greek nouns:
ὁ νόμος the law
ὁ βίος the life
ὁ θεός the God
ὁ ἀγρός the field
ὁ ἀπόστολος the apostle
ὁ θάνατος the death
ὁ οἶκος the house
ὁ υἱός the son
ὁ κύριος the lord
ὁ λίθος the stone
• Memorize the 7 sentence patterns are
subject verb intransitive
subject verb transitive direct object
subject verb linking predicate nominative
subject verb linking predicate adjective
subject verb transitive indirect object direct object
subject verb transitive direct object object complement noun
subject verb transitive direct object object complement adjective
• Investigate patterns of a sentence on Grammar Revolution.
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 Unit One, Lesson 3.
Diagram Week 3 sentences.
Lower Dialecticians (5-6h grades)
Writing & Literature: Write a one paragraph essay comparing two poems by Agathius: “My Partridge” & “To a Cat…” (We did a key word outline in class.)
Presentation: Do a presentation on the following topics. Do a lilttle research online or at the library. Do a key word outline and present from that! Don’t write it out word for word. See links below for ideas!
Cooper: science (compare tension & compression)
Sabine: history (Justinian’s Code compared to Twelve Tables law of Ancient Rome or check out this interview about Justinian’s Code.)
Gino: history (Justinian’s Code compared to US law or check out this interview about Justinian’s Code.
Catalina: art (icons)
Jocelyn: literature maybe point of view?
Phoebe: history (green vs. blue chariot teams)
Henry: math maybe Hagia Sophia’s triangle shaped supports for the nave?
History: Memorize “Before Justinian became Emperor of Byzantium in 527, he met and married Theodora. Together they ruled the empire justly, establishing the Code of Justinian, rebuilding Constantinople after riots between blue and green teams. He reconquered the Roman Empire, but when he died, all but Rome was lost again.” Check out this interview about Justinian’s Code.
Math: Finish the worksheet on the commutative and associative property. Do grade level math on Khan Academy or in your own curriculum.
English: Do Question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 3 sentences:
1. Obey faithfully.
2. Run quickly.
3. Rule skillfully.
4. Reign victoriously!
5. Enter carefully.
6. Lead confidently!
7. Unite Egypt!
8. Melt metals!
9. Factor 60.
10. Draw the Nile River!
Greek: Complete lesson 3 in your workbook.
Science: Finish annotating Procopius’ description of the Hagia Sophia.
Geography: Draw Africa and label the North & Western African countries from memory.
Northern Africa: Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco,
Western Africa: Western Sahara, Cape Verde, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia
Upper Dialecticians7th-9th Graders
From our session Thursday 9/14/17 - Carefully read the WHOLE list, then get started.
Draw Africa and label the North African countries for Week 3: Western Africa: Cape Verde, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia
Memorize: “Before Justinian became Emporer of Byzantium in 527, he met and married Theodora. Together they ruled the empire justly, establishing the Code of Justinian, rebuilding Constantinople after riots between blue and green teams. He reconquered the Roman Empire, but when he died, all but Rome was lost again.”
Present the comparison essay given below. Present another topic from a keyword outline.
• History - Learn about Emporer Justinian and Empress Theodora.
Sports fandom gone wrong: The Nika Revolt.
Check out this interview about Justinian’s Code.
• Literature - Write a comparison essay on Agathias’ My Partridge and To a Cat Which Had Killed a Favorite Bird. Compare:
Emotion
Audience
Action
One of five other points of comparison that you discover.
Include an introduction and a conclusion.
• Philosophy - Learn about Damascius.
• Math - Learn more about Hagia Sofia. Especially pay attention to the triangle shaped supports for the nave.
Work to fully understand how to reduce square roots.
• Science -
Learn about Isodore’s and Anthemius’ use of compression to build the Hagia Sofia.
Read and annotate Procopius’s description of the Hagia Sofia.
Turn all the Greek words with English letters back to Greek (on your own, no Google Translate!)
Math: Khan Academy,
Upper Dialecticians (7th-9th grades) master the Arithmetic subject, THEN start mastering Pre-Algebra OR Geometry, your choice!
Diagramming: Do Question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each, and diagram the (Simple S-Vi) sentences below and for a challenge, diagram the history sentences above
1. Obey faithfully.
2. Run quickly.
3. Rule skillfully.
4. Reign victoriously!
5. Enter carefully.
6. Lead confidently!
7. Unite Egypt!
8. Melt metals!
9. Factor 60.
10. Draw the Nile River!
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 2 in class and make chariots.
Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll construct Euclid’s Elements Proposition 4.2
Greek: Complete & study lesson 3 for our quiz! We’ll practice Greek Workbook Lesson 4.
Wednesday classes
Make Science: In class we’ll study architecture!
Math Club: Investigate the dome and pendentives of the Hagia Sophia and find the surface area of cones & spheres.
Art Appreciation: Paint Byzantine icons
Writing Club: Dialecticians 5-8: “Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons”: Complete Unit One, Lesson 4. Be prepared to present your COMPLETED paper from a printed copy. No computers allowed. One or two papers will be selected to be critiqued and returned the following week. “Fix it! Grammar”: Complete week four in your student book and copy the grammatically correct sentences into your notebooks.
