Thursday, February 27, 2014

2/27/14 - TH

ASHLAND PAYMENTS DUE THIS WEEK
Total is $320
Teacher will give outstanding credit/balances on THURSDAY
Do not have to pay all now
*make checks out to RWH

 SPIRIT WEEK COMING UP NEXT MON-FRI AND CANNED FOOD DRIVE
MO = DR. SEUSS DAY (shirts/hats/colors, etc.)


I.  HUNGER (quick write)
- Title:  "What am I hungry for?"
- One page, SS Spiral
- You interpret the title any way it strikes you
- Grade based on just writing writing writing...anything you can on topi
- QW means don't stop to worry about spelling
* that's a revision step

- Share with other students

II.  YES or NO categories
- present list of words one by one
- Is it a Yes or No word?
- Students guess; teacher confirms
- Guess the theme/category of Yes words
- create a few of your own Yes words as a class
* can you figure out the pattern/thought?
* think about our QW subject matter

III.  KNIGHT'S TALE video intro
* Starring Heath Ledger (not the Chaucer story)
- purpose of modern music for a medieval-based film
- Introduction of main characters
- What is the "landscape" at start of movie? What does William "hunger" for?
- How does this landscape change?
- What do we learn about our main character as a person in first few minutes?
- Comparing William Thatcher, Wat and Roland
- Road to Rouen/or, possibly, Road to Ruin

* * * * 
HOMEWORK - BLUE PRINT OF CASTLE IN LIEU OF CW AND ATLAS THIS WEEK
* * * *

_ VOCAB PACKET WK 17 SHOULD BE DONE AS OF LAST NIGHT
_  finish CASTLE DESIGN BLUE PRINT
_ finish sentences


KEEP ALL CASTLE HAND OUTS TOGETHER AS REFERENCE MATERIALS
WILL HAND THEM IN WHEN CASTLES ARE DUE




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