Thusday 12/15 Vocab 8

Learning Target

Vocabulary Development

Daily Activity:

Vocab unit 8: due at the end of the hour

Reminders/Due Dates:

Bring your reading materials tomorrow. Pecha Kucha presentations, start Monday--for sure. Get them done on your own time if it is incomplete and be sure to practice!

Wed 12/14 Reading Immersion

Learning Target

Read self-selected texts

Daily Activity:

Reading immersion.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Bring reading materials on Fridays. To make up Friday reading, read for 35 minutes in Hornet Hour, Study Hall, or at home. Have your teacher or parent verify by note or email that you spent quality time reading! This reading should be self-selected texts, not school work, unless you have  consulted me prior.

Thurs-Tues 12/8-13 Pecha Kucha

Learning Target

Research selected topics on the Medieval Age for presentation

Daily Activity:

Sign up for a topic, review the handout, view at least one example and visit the suggested "help links" as you put together the presentation.
• This presentation should be done in "Prezi" so that the slides can be auto-advanced at 20 seconds each.
• Go to www.prezi.com and sign up for a free student/educator account. You should use your school email and password for this account.
• When you start the Prezi, choose a blank prezi, no template, and an "invisible" frame (drop down arrow in the upper right corner).
• Once you have completed the work, there is a "gear" symbol in the lower right corner to choose a 20-second slide.
• This presentation will have image only slides. Your delivery is to be conversational and the image should enhance the content. You may use a note card with 2-3 bullet points to remind yourself about main points you wish to cover for each image.
• There is a share option if you have a partner (10 slides required)
• Individuals must create 6 slides

Reminders/Due Dates:

Presentations are due and begin Wednesday, 12/14

Wed 12/7 Unit 7 Vocab, Intro: Pecha Kucha Research

Learning Target

Explore the concept of loyalty. Apply qualities of the medieval romance to "Le Morte d'Arthur.

Daily Activity:

Complete vocabulary unit 7. Skip parts one and four. Submit. 

Review the handout that explains the "pecha kucha" research method. Sign up for a topic.

Reminders/Due Dates:

The unit 7 vocab test will be next Thursday, 12/15. The pecha kucha research presentations will begin (due) on Tuesday, 12/ 13. Lab time for this assignment: Thurs-Mon.

Mon/Tue Dec 5, 6 First Knight

Learning Target

Explore the Medieval Romance genre. Apply qualities of the medieval romance to First Knight and submit.

Daily Activity:

Journal, Mon 12/5: Choice

Write about any topic you wish. If absent, you should generate a minimum of 3/4 page. Plan to freewrite for 5-7 minutes continuously.

Viewing: complete "First Knight" and apply the conventions of the romance 

Reminders/Due Dates: