11/18/14 - TU

* * MS. CONLEY STILL SICK, so she can't get further into her Tall Tales unit


I.  MIDDLE AGES - FEUDALISM
- review video notes (prepping for an on-demand essay)
- discuss/share in groups, as class
- continue Life In the Middle Ages: Social Structure (Schlessinger video)


II.  DEVELOPMENT OF FEUDALISM
- HA packet, wksht pages 11-14
- start with page 12
- work in groups; share and discuss
* not homework

III.  THE FEUDAL SYSTEM 
       IN WESTERN EUROPE 
       DURING THE MIDDLE AGES

- write an on-demand one-to-two-page quick write essay
- use the above title (tells reader exactly what they are about to read)

- share/pass around; see what others wrote
- pay attention to opening and closing; what does the writer do?

* * *
HOMEWORK - no CE, CW or ATLAS today
* * * *

___    continue reading "McBroom Tall Tales (3 stories)," first McBroom story
          * should have been done by Monday
          * (finish by no later than Friday to be on track)

___    begin first few (4-6) VOCAB WORDS FROM FIRST MCBROOM TALL TALE
          (due FRIDAY)

          Include:
___   WORD (boxed)
___   word part (in parenthesis)
___   definition (as thorough as possible -- do not use word IN the definition)
___   sentence in quotation marks FROM the story (with page number in parentheses)

* should lead to stronger word choice and writing style for your own Tall Tale