3/11/14 - TU

I.  MIDDLE AGES PLACARD READINGS
- read and memorize placard on some aspect of middle ages:
       Jousting, Knights, Medieval Women, Chaucer, Courtly Love
-  walk around and share/present
- find and sit with same subject cards; put into logical order of reading
- create a Cornell-style note page in your SS Spiral; one page only (must be selective)
** examples of the types of cards or ways you can take notes for home reading book
** subject matter also leads us back into Knight's Tale video

II.  KNIGHT'S TALE
-  review notes from last viewing
- discuss events from previous viewing & motivations of characters
- write a PREVIOUSLY paragraph in SS Spiral (2nd core didn't get to)
- why did events occur?  what caused what?  what leads to what?
* questions that should be able to be answered in reading Harris Burdick Mystery Short Story


III.  KNIGHT'S TALE continued

- rivalry with Count Adhemar heats up
- William attends a banquet
- David Bowie's Golden Years (make Outsider's poem connection)
- discuss author's intentions in various scenes
- how does music continue to reflect director's break with historical accuracy?

 

IV.  NON FICTION READING BOOK instructions
- write instructions into tracker (Cornell-notes page)
- teacher-led notes
 - middle ages placard activity showed examples of possible ways to write note cards
- MUST INCLUDE vocabulary cards (10, minimum)
* extra credit for more vocabulary note cards (with 3-5 details per card, not just one sentence definition)
* PACKET AND NOTE CARDS WILL BE HANDED OUT ON WEDNESDAY
* FINISH SHORT STORY MO-TU (for revising and polishing)

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HOMEWORK - no CW or ATLAS this week
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___  continue to preview NON-FICTION HOME READING BOOK (book report pckt Wed)
        take note of key/domain specific vocabulary-type words...

___  continue/finish/or begin rewriting HARRIS BURDICK SHORT STORY (due by next WED)
        TYPED (use computers here at school or find resources outside school)
        SINGLE - 1.5-SPACING, with margins
        THREE-MINUTES IN LENGTH (read out loud to yourself to see how long it is)
                     * imagine you read your story for a radio.  It should be 3 minutes long.
                     * minimum of 2 minutes long (talk to me if you are going over 3 min., though)