3 SEPTEMBER

-Course overview

-Name cards

-Tour of room

-Weekly schedule

4

-Indep Reading

-Bookmarks/talks

-Registering books

-Share brainstorms

5

-Register books

-Into Quiz

-SSR

-3 Respects Wksh.

-Share

-HW Brainstorm funny, scary, proud moment (narrative)

-Syllabus Quiz Friday

- Bring SSR book for Friday

-Issue Textbooks

-Writing sample

-HW Cover by Monday

-Medieval Heraldry HW Shield and paragraph due Tues.

8

-Check book covers

-Vocab/Spelling

-Plot Map—intro

-do w/simple story

9

“7^th Grade”

Review plot during story

How sim/diff than your 7^th grade?

10

SSR/Book talks

Grammar-verbs

11

-“Boy and Man”

-External conflict

HW Postcard Due Fri.

12

-Review for quizzes

-Vocab/Spell Quiz

-SSR

-Papers

STAR Test

Fall of Roman Empire—problems?

c/c historical maps—why the changes

Europe Map

HW Map due Thursday

GEO Challenge #1

Discuss GEO #1

Intro Timeline

Time for research (textbook)

Finish timeline

Present

15

Start Catherine

-Vocab

-Disc. Questions

-Background

-Start Reading

16

Manor Simulation

17

-Disc. Sept./Oct.

-Sept./Oct. Quiz

18

Life in Middle Ages

Read some December

19

-Disc. Nov./Dec.

-Nov./Dec. Quiz

Language Quiz (vocab/spelling)

SSR

-Medieval life centers on loyalty.

Freewrite on loyalty

-Read 2.1

-Compare graphic organizer and painting

-Read 2.2, take notes

Read 2.3-2.4

Take notes

-SSR/Book talks

-Grammar

Read 2.5, notes

Read 2.6-2.7, notes

Hardships and benefits of each class?

How to be a   . .

(poem due Tuesday)

22

-Vocab/Spelling #3

23

-Discuss

-Hotseat prep

24

-Verbs

-Jan./Feb. Quiz

-SSR/Booktalks

25

Hotseat

26

-March/April Quiz

-Spell/Vocab Quiz #3

-SSR

Catholicism in Middle Ages

Monk DVD

Start reading/notes

3.1-3.2

3.3-3.4

Reader’s Theater:  Canterbury Tales

3.5

Stained Glass

3.6-3.8

Latin 101

Illuminated Script

Illuminated text poem on THE CHURCH

29

Vocab/Spell #4

Read CCB

30

Rehearse/Plan Skits

October 1

Grammar

May/June Quiz

2 All-School Write?

3

Vocab/Spell Quiz SSR/Papers

Analyze painting

Do 4.2, notes

Drama groups

Practice Skits

4.3/skit

4.4-/skit

4.5-4.6/skits

4.7-4.8/skits

6

Vocab/Spell #5

7

Intro CCB essay

Brainstorm list of descriptive anecdotes about Catherine’s personality

8

-Grammar

-July/Aug./Sept. Quiz

9

Share anecdotes (support)

Choose best 2 and write thesis (in-class)

10

Spell/Vocab Quiz

SSR/Papers

-Creating a Medieval Family Album Intro

-Work Period

-SS Test Chap 4

-Work Period

Work Period

Work Period

Final Work Period

Due Tuesday

13

Vocab/Spell #6

Body Paragraphs

14

All-School Write Feedback

15

-Grammar

-SSR/Booktalks

16

Body Paragraphs

--Revising

17

Vocab/Spell  Quiz

SSR

Read 5.1-5.2/Notes

Magna Carta Simulation

Read/Notes 5.3

Plague Simulation

Read 5.4/Notes

Review for test

-SS Quiz