Good morning everyone.

See above the announcement for our Farewell and Awards Ceremony.  

Because we cannot celebrate in person, we will be hosting a VIRTUAL event.  

It will be very similar to our annual celebration in the gym, except that we'll all be online.  

We'll be announcing the winners of various awards, the St. Boniface scholarship, and Honour Roll.  

It will be held on Meetings, just like I did for my classes, so you all know how to participate.  

I'll send out the invitations to parent and student emails closer to the actual date; 

we hope you'll be joining us to close this extraordinary school year!

8ELA

-In yesterday's class you read chapter 7.  Please do the questions that follow; I'll be collecting homework on Thursday, NOT tomorrow.

Chapter 7 Summary Questions
1.  At the beginning of the chapter, David understands his personal history.  Why is he travelling to Denmark?  /1
2.  Why does the man hate David yet care for him?  /2
3.  We learn more about Johannes; what was his job while prisoner?  Why?  /2
4.  Identify three ways the farmer is like them.  /3
5.  David daydreams about a life in Denmark.  What are some of his hopes for when he gets there?  /3
6.  What inspires David to escape the barn?  (What makes him take the initiative to get up and get out?)  What makes you think this way?   /2
7.  The literary device of foreshadowing is used as the first AND last line of the chapter.  Cite each sentence, your prediction whether something good or bad will happen, and why you think this way.  /4
**Update your Character Relationship Web and Character Traits Chart.

8SS

-In our last class we learned about castles and knights and I collected homework yesterday.  Please compare your work to the answers posted below then scroll down for today's lesson.


Castles and Knights - Answers

1.  Castles were constructed for defense and were very strong whereas palaces were constructed to be beautiful and weren’t designed to be strong.

2.  A motte is a large hill (natural or manmade) on which the keep is built.  The keep is the strong stone building where the noble lived.  The bailey is a separate structure where the stables, storage and barracks were located.

3.  Trebuchets/mangonels would be loaded with flammable or rotting carcasses which would then fling the contents over a castle’s walls.  A difficulty with these weapons was that they were very large and heavy so they required several people to move them; they were not quickly adaptable.

4.  A knight is a warrior who served a noble.  He was expected to go to war/fight whenever his lord demanded it.

5.  Apprenticeship is a training period where someone learns the skills of another, usually while under the other person’s supervision.

6.  To become a knight, first a boy became a page.  At this stage the boy would learn dancing, singing, manners, learn the stories of heroic knights, and take care of a knight’s armour.  The next stage was when a boy turned fourteen and became a squire.  During this stage, he travelled to tournaments with a knight, cared for his equipment, and prepare him for battle/tournaments.  He also learned how to fight. 

-our new topic today is Towns and Guilds (pronounced gilds)

-by now we have a good idea of what Middle Ages society looked like, so we will continue learning about this theme

-we know what life looked like in the countryside, on manors, but what does it look like in town?

-read p. 226 then progress to 227

-do the following questions; I'll be collecting homework tomorrow



Towns and Guilds

1.  Why did towns develop around castles?  /2 (Notice this is a two point question—tell me why THEN ask yourself WHY THAT happened—don’t give one idea for a two point question!)

2.  Identify two hazards of living in town.  /2

3.  a)  What is a guild?  /1  b)  What were two goals of a guild?  /2

4.  Give two examples of how guilds affected everyday life.  /2

5.  How did guilds make life better for women.  /2

6.  Do you think the modern-day version of guilds, unions, are still needed today?  (Think about why guilds were created, then answer the question.)  /2


7SS

-Last class we learned about how wealth affects happiness.  The following people need to send their homework today:  Ethan, Angelica, Feven, Catherine, Joseph, AJ, Julie, Ava, Khrystle, Johanna, and Zac.