Middle Ages Week 32

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Thursday Cohorts

Grammarians
PreK-4th graders

History: In 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh sent ships to sea to North America to start new Virginia colony. It was difficult to survive the winter and work with native tribes. But they grew potatoes and tobacco there; they thought that they might thrive. Colonists were starving on Roanoke Isand as John White had feared; he returned from England with provisions for them, but they had disappeared.

Learn more about the Lost Colony on Khan Academy.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 40 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.

Geography: Memorize these countries of South America:
Columbia
Venezuela
Guyana
Suriname
French Guiana
Brazil

Practice memorizing the countries of South America with this game!

Science: A supernova is the explosion of a star due to either thermal runaway (type Ia) or core collapse (either types I or II)

Learn more about supernovas on Khan Academy.

Math: For the complex number a + bi, a is a real number, and b is an imaginary number where i^2=-1

Learn more about complex numbers on Khan Academy.

Greek: Memorize Greek vocabulary:
ἡ εὐθεῖα the straight line
τό κέντρον the center, the sharp tip
ὁ διάμετρος the diameter
ἡ πλευρά the side
τό τετραγώνον the square

English:irregular verbs
begin-began-begun
come-came-come
eat-ate-eaten
find-found-found
get-got-gotten
give-gave-given

Learn more about irregular 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: Write introduction and conclusion for Chronos Capstone.
Diagram Week 32 sentences.
 

Dialecticians (5-8th grades)

Writing: After reading Michel de Montaigne’s essay on Fear, choose a common emotion and define it in three paragraphs using characters from (1) books or video, (2) simile/metaphor and (3) personal experience. As always, be sure to include all dress-ups (ly adverb, who-which clause, www.asia.b adverbial clause, quality adjective, strong verb), all openers (subject, preposition, www.asia.b, ly adverb, -ing participle, very short sentence), and one decoration (conversation, alliteration, simile, metaphor or 3 short staccato sentences) in each paragraph in your essay.

Maisy - Rage
Luca - Hatred
Maggie - Disgust
Eva - Relief
Gino - Indolence
Catalina - Gratitude
Cooper - Anger
Jocelyn - Bliss
Savannah - Excitement
Phoebe - Excitement
Henry - Boredom

Capstone: You’ve already picked a person from the Middle Ages for your Capstone and researched him/her in an encyclopedia, wikipedia or text book and chosen 3 interesting areas of his/her life or study to focus on, for example, da Vinci’s art, inventions & physiological study. You found 3 easy resources (like Eye Witness books), completed a merged key word outline on each of your 3 topics and a Bibliography!

The next step is to write your 3 body paragraphs. As you write, challenge yourself to include 1-3 stylistic techniques in each sentence. This is much easier then editing them in later!  Be sure to include all dress-ups (ly adverb, who-which clause, www.asia.b adverbial clause, quality adjective, strong verb), all openers (subject, preposition, www.asia.b, ly adverb, -ing participle, very short sentence), and one decoration (conversation, alliteration, simile, metaphor or 3 short staccato sentences) in each paragraph in your essay.

Have an adult edit it with you, and then type your final draft!

Geography quiz: We’ll take our practice geography quizzes on Europe & Africa to prepare for our final World Map Test in two weeks. Don’t forget to review geographical features as well. Study Lizardpoint or test yourself on paper!

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!  We did not choose topics in class, so please choose from one of the topics below by Monday!

History - Exploring the new world with Mr. Hakluyt. We read pages 293-301. Keep reading to find out how pearl divers found white or black pearls.
Philosophy - Michel Montaigne’s essay on Fear.
Art/Literature - Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queen as prose. As the epic poem.
Science - Tycho Brahe. Some pages from his book. His Supernova today.
Math - Rafael Bombelli. A video series about Complex Numbers. A great audio piece about it.
Geography - research a country in South America

History: In 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh sent ships to sea to North America to start new Virginia colony. It was difficult to survive the winter and work with native tribes. But they grew potatoes and tobacco there; they thought that they might thrive. Colonists were starving on Roanoke Isand as John White had feared; he returned from England with provisions for them, but they had disappeared.

Learn more about the Lost Colony on Khan Academy.

Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 40 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.

Geography: Memorize these countries of South America:
Columbia
Venezuela
Guyana
Suriname
French Guiana
Brazil

Practice memorizing the countries of South America with this game!

Science: A supernova is the explosion of a star due to either thermal runaway (type Ia) or core collapse (either types I or II)

Learn more about supernovas on Khan Academy.

Math: For the complex number a + bi, a is a real number, and b is an imaginary number where i^2=-1

Learn more about complex numbers on mathisfun or Khan Academy.

Greek: Memorize Greek vocabulary:
ἡ εὐθεῖα the straight line
τό κέντρον the center, the sharp tip
ὁ διάμετρος the diameter
ἡ πλευρά the side
τό τετραγώνον the square

English:irregular verbs
begin-began-begun
come-came-come
eat-ate-eaten
find-found-found
get-got-gotten
give-gave-given

Learn more about irregular verbs on Grammar Revolution.

Diagramming: Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 31 sentences:

  1. American colonists mysteriously disappeared from Roanoke Island, the Lost Colony.

  2. The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, the Women's Suffrage Amendment, granted women the right to vote!

  3. The Great Depression began after Black Friday, the day of the stock market crash of 1929.

  4. Hitler's autocracy The Third Reich caused World War II.

  5. In World War II, the Allies: Great Britain, France, United States and Russia, fought the Axis Countries: Germany, Italy and Japan.

  6. After World War II, an international coalition the United Nations formed to prevent another world war.

  7. Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution, received the Nobel Peace Prize for saving a billion people from starvation!

  8. A supernova, an explosion of a star, is due to either thermal runaway or core collapse.

  9. Which irregular verbs are most commonly misused?
     

Tuesday classes

Book Club: We have discussed several themes in our books this year: God, family, role of women, heroism, victims & enemies, racism, classism, etc.  Pick a theme and write a paragraph on evidences you found of that theme in either The Kite Rider and Crispin Cross of Lead. Then write a second paragraph on the same theme in a book you’ve checked out from the Book Club Library and read this year. Be ready to share your paragraphs in class this Tuesday. We will act out more Shakespeare in class.

MAKE: History: We’ll read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapter 40 and make pirate ships.

Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll continue Book 5 definitions. Don’t forget to solve for the smallest set of values for V.6!

Greek: Complete any unfinished sections in your Greek workbook and continue translating the New Testament passage distributed in class. We’ll translate Euclid in class.

 

Wednesday classes

Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about the Brahe family.

Math Club: Learn about Bombelli and the complex number system.

Art Appreciation: Learn about Native American art and make dream catchers.

Writing Club Homework: Writing Club Homework: DUE ON  MAY 30, 2018

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

IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:
CAPSTONES!  You are in the home stretch!  You should have your three body paragraphs completed.  If you have not completed them, do it by next week. You will also add an INTRODUCTION paragraph and a CONCLUSION paragraph to the BODY paragraphs. Read the page 210 to review what we went over in class.  You can use page 211 to make your notes. Follow the checklist on page 214 to be sure you have followed instructions. Come up with an interesting TITLE.
Be ready to present next week!

Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 30 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 weeks!

Upper Grammarians (3-4):

IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:  
CAPSTONES!  You are in the home stretch!  You should have your three body paragraphs completed.  If you have not completed them, do it by next week. You will also add an INTRODUCTION paragraph and a CONCLUSION paragraph to the BODY paragraphs. Read the page 210 to review what we went over in class.  You can use page 211 to make your notes. Follow the checklist on page 214 to be sure you have followed instructions. Come up with an interesting TITLE. Be ready to present next week!

Fix it! Grammar:
Complete Week 30 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!