Monday morning, Tuesday through to Friday in the afternoon
THURSDAY MAY 2
Sentence Refresher Test tomorrow. Study simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. You've lots of study material in your notes, and the internet has lots, too.
FRIDAY APRIL 27
Students will have to re-read the stories and complete the worksheet for their preparation to write the comparative essay. We will do this on Tuesday and the double period on Wednesday in the computer lab. For those of you who don't have a copy of the worksheet, here it is: Comparative Essay.doc
If you are looking for the stories, you can find them by Googling these words. I'm afraid I haven't figured out how to create a link. Sorry.
"The Ruum" by Arthur Porges
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
FRIDAY APRIL 20
Many absences this week and next make for tricky scheduling of lessons. So, let's say this:
You should have completed a revised copy of your first narrative essay. Use the prompt: I Can't Believe I Did That.
You must aslo have a first draft of a second narrative essay. Please try to write it in under an hour. Use one of the following prompts: Tough Luck, Hard Work Pays Off, or Alone.
Many of you may not have been here for the following sections of the Renaissance. Please complete the following if you did not get these questions in class:
The Family.docThe Great Artsts.docThe Northern Renaissance.doc
Finally, remember to work on your Renaissance timeline. It will be due at the end of next week.
MONDAY, APRIL 16
Just a reminder to get your first draft of your five-paragraph narrative essay done for tomorrow.
FRIDAY. APRIL 13
Please read and finish "The Family" from the texbook for Monday, April 16. Start work on your timeline for the Renaissance. This one is not as involved as the one for the Late Middle Ages. See the assignment sheet.
THURSDAY, APRIL 12
First draft of your five-paragraph narrative essay is due Tuesday, April 17. The topic is "I can't believe I did that". It is only a prompt. Please follow the format as outline in your assignment sheet. Pay close attention to the example.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11
Timelines and Dialogues from the Late Middle Ages unit are due on Friday at the latest.
Please complete questions from the text "Introduction" and "Italy: The Right Conditions" (pages 209 - 217) for Friday, April 13.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
If you didn't finish your timeline in class, please finish cutting out your summaries and illustrations and gluing them on this weekend for homework. If all your work is done, it shouldn't take too long. Make sure you lay out all the cut-outs first before you glue them so that they all fit. You also need to finish your dialogue story if you didn't hand it in today.
WED. APRIL 4
All 18 summaries from groups 1 - 4 are due tomorrow. You need to choose nine summaries and have illustrations done for those. Also, your dialogue is due tomorrow. If you are running short on time, you should get your summaries and illustrations done. You can finish up your dialogue over the long weekend.
In class we will cut out summaries and illustrations and paste them on to the timelines. This is your final assignment for this chapter.
MONDAY, APRIL 2
Students will complete questions from the section called Social Upheaval as given in class. These are due tomorrow. Don't forget to work on your dialogues at home.
Friday, March 30
Students must have Women in the Middle Ages and The Church in the Middle Ages reading (p. 156 - 160) and questions done for Monday, April 2.
Students should also be working on summaries from groups 1, 2, and 3. If students wish, work may begin on group 4. Here are the summary groups: SummaryGroup 1 HundredYears War Longbow Henry V Burghers ofCalais Joan of Arc SummaryGroup 2 Beginning ofTrade Developmentof Towns Life in Town Guilds SocialChange SummaryGroup 3 Women in theMiddle Ages Pilgrimage New
ChurchArchitecture JohnWycliffe SummaryGroup 4 Black Death Effect ofthe Black Death on Economies (with a graph) Peasant Revoltin France Peasant Revolt in England
Don't forget, your dialogue is due on Thursday. You'll have more work this week, so don't leave the dialogue till the last minute!
MONDAY, MARCH 26
Please read pages 149 - 155 and complete the "Trade and Town" sheets for tomorrow, Tuesday, March 27.
Heraldry Assignment is due Friday, March 30.
Don't forget your dialogue-story, which should be worked on at home. Also, several of you have not handed in your first batch of summaries. They were due today.
FRIDAY, MARCH 23
We had a busy first week back. Students are now working on summarizing topics from the Hundred years War. Students must do this activity over the weekend and have it ready to be edited for Monday, March 26. There are four topics that students must summarize from the text and the supplemental material. The topics include The Longbow, Henry V, The Burghers of Calais, and Joan of Arc (bless her).
Students can also start working on their dialogue between some combination of knights, ladies, pages, and squires. This assignment is a four-page minimum and must usee the conventions of dialogue. See the worksheet "Using Dialogue to Enhance Writing" for a refresher on proper use of quotation marks and paragraphing. This is due April 5th, but it must be of top quality and should have a undergone a number of revisions. Start working!
OK, Here goes...
Feb. 8 - Please have all redbook pages from p. 108 - 126 finished for Friday. Writing Territories were due last Monday. We've done some work on quotation marks and editing. You can check the tracking sheet to see what you still need to hand in.
Feb. 10 - No Homework other than finishing off the Redbook (see above) for those who are not yet finished.
Feb. 22 -Redbook p. 146-147. - Using Dialogue to Enhance Writing - due tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 23.
Feb. 28 - Redbook up to page 153 should be finished by now.
Mar. 1 - Redbook should be finished to p. 166. That's the end of the book. For those that were in class on Thursday, your test is due when you return from March Break on the 19th of March. As for the rest of you, I hope this post ofthe test works. Get it, finish it, and hand it in on the 19th. Early Arab World Final Assignment.doc
HAVE A GOOD BREAK!
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