I'll be posting at various times through the day so it's best to check at the end of the school day or first thing in the morning. I'll be managing my blog much the way I do my classes; I won't usually assign ELA and SS homework on the same day. I do expect the work to be done according to the due dates and as discussed in the classroom, I will still collect homework. Should your name be called for homework, you can send it via email. It can be typed into the email, attached via a Word document, or you can take a picture of it and send that. When school resumes, I'll be picking up where the last blog posting ended; I won't go backwards to yesterday and review. Please maintain your school work.
8ELA-Reading Class--This is an assignment you can maintain. Obviously, I can't do Status of the Class daily so on Fridays, please send me an update on your reading (title and page number). If you finish a book, tell me and tell me how many pages were it and your new title. Please read for 40 minutes to an hour everyday--like in class.
NEW UNIT--While I was very excited to continue working on our Love poems, it's not practical at this point in time; we'll come back to them. Our unit now is WAR AND CONFLICT. See Lesson Plan below.
WAR AND CONFLICT
- Let's think about what we think we know.
- What is "war"? What is "conflict"?
- Are there wars/conflicts going on today? If you think there are, what countries or parts of the world will we find them?
- Do you know about any wars/conflicts from the past? Don't think about ancient history--focus on the last 100 years.
- Before we start our novel study, we want to look at literature written about conflict. Understanding what war looks like beyond the soldiers and battlefields, will help us appreciate the characters in our upcoming novel. We'll read about parts of the world that have struggled with war and conflict but our focus will be before the war, the consequences/aftermath of a war, and daily life for non-soldiers.
- Read "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty. ( https://www.classicshorts.com/stories/sniper.html )
- Things to think about before reading: what might the story elements be? Who are the characters? What is the setting? What might the story/plot be?
- Questions will be assigned tomorrow.
8SS-JULIUS CAESAR AND THE START OF AN EMPIRE
- Last class we learned how the republic of Rome turned into a dictatorship; the idea of democracy being lost. Today we'll focus tighter on this idea and we'll learn about one of ancient Rome's well-known leaders.
- Useful Latin Phrases: Veni, vidi, vici: these famous words were uttered by Roman emperor Julius Caesar after a short war. They translate to "I came, I saw, I conquered." Another well-known phrase of his is Et tu, Brute? These are the famous last words of Caesar as he is murdered by his friend Marcus Brutus in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar". They translate to "Even you, Brutus?"; they are used poetically today to mean an utmost betrayal.
- watch the video about Caesar and the Roman gov't. Remember what we've learned about it so far: patricians had two consuls to manage the senate BUT because of civil war that changed to three and it was called the First Triumvirate (Magnus, Crassus, and Caesar)
- Read p. 150 of the text (The Death of Julius Caesar, The Beginnings of the Empire, plus the blue and green boxes)
- Update your Who's Who list and Date Chart.
- Assignment
Is Julius Caesar a Terrible Tyrant or a Delightful Dictator?
This single question is a Pink Question. It must be written in that format. Feel free to do additional research (beyond your text book and the Youtube video). I want to know if you think Caesar was a "good guy" or a "bad guy". Why do you think this way? DUE DATE: TOMORROW, MARCH 18, WEDNESDAY--EMAIL YOUR WORK.
7SS-UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
-Last week we started reading the handout Background:Universal Human Rights and highlighting it. Continue this and finish highlighting both sides.
-Watch the following videos:
-Questions will be assigned tomorrow based on the handout and the videos.
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