Monday 10/31/11

In Class:

Latin roots presentation overview and sign-up.

Context inference introduction and practice with Shakespeare.

Watch 1950 Julius Caesar.

Homework:

By Wednesday - read all of Act 2 and 3, and include at least 10 vocabulary words on your inference chart.  

Thursday 10/27/11

In Class:

• Read as a class, Act 1 Scene 2.

Homework: 

• Think about who the main character of this play is?

Wednesday 10/26/2011

In Class:

• Class read through of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar - Act 1 Scene 1.

Homework:

• Summarize the main points in Act 1 Scene 1. 

Tuesday 10/25/11

In Class: 

• Timed writing on the question: Was Julius Caesar a hero or tyrant?

Homework:

• None - come ready to read some Shakespeare tomorrow!

Monday 10/24/11

In Class:

• Concessive Lecture

• TEA Paragraph Activity

• Outline for in class essay

Homework:

Finish outline for in class essay Tuesday

Friday 10/21/11

In Class:
Starter

• Describe a time in your life when listening carefully helped you, or when not listening carefully hurt you.  
• A great person once said, listening is the most powerful form of arguing.  What mean?

Structured Academic Controversy on Julius Caesar

Concessive lesson and perspective statements

Next Week:
In class essay on the question: Was Julius Caesar a Hero or Tyrant?
Begin Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Thursday 10/20/11

In Class:

1. Starter
1. What kind of possible sources do we have to tell us about Julius Caesar?
2. What would be the most ideal piece of evidence to help us answer the question: Was Julius Caesar a Hero or Tyrant?  Why?
2.  Julius Caesar Document Packet Coaching
3. Challenge Primary Sources Activity:Read through one of these sources and find some evidence that bears on the question.  Copy paste it into a word document and add it to the document activity.
• This is a link to Caesar's own account of the civil wars in Rome
• This is a link to the untranslated book Plutarch wrote on Caesar

Homework:

Finish the document packet 

Wednesday 10/19/11

Today: 

SLC Practice and Critique
Starter:

• What does a hero of a country do, or what does a tyrant in a country do in the following situations:

1. When they are coming to power
2. When people disagree with what the hero or tyrant thinks is best
3. When the hero or tyrant makes a big change that affects many people

Document Packet work in preparation for Structured Academic Controversy

Homework:

• Finish annotating document 1

Tuesday 10/18/11

In Class:

Starter Questions - Collected Friday

1. What are the qualities of a great leader?
2. How much power should the leader of a country or civilization have?
3. Does a leader have to have a lot of power to be great?

Finish note cards for SLC tomorrow.
Complete Ceasar timeline activity listed on DP yesterday.

Homework:

1. Finish Caesar timeline
2. Finish SLC notecards 

Monday 10/17/11

In Class: 

• SLC journals 

Julius Caesar annotated timeline activity:

1. Use this timeline resource (if the timeline resource won't come up click on the download button to get it on your laptop) and a big sheet of paper to complete your timeline. 
2. Choose the 10 most important events and include the dates on your own timeline
3. Write a short sentence describing that event
4. Draw a symbol or image representing that event

Homework

• Finish SLC journals if you have not done so in class. 

Thursday 10/13/11

In Class: Mini Project

Here are four links to resources on ancient Rome.  Feel free to search for any of your own as well. 

Resource 1 - Challenging timeline with lots of sources


Resource 2 - Easier sources on Rome


Resource 3 - BBC sources on Rome

Resource 4  - Wikipedia source on Rome

Homework:

Mini project work if you need it.  

Wednesday 10/12/11

In Class:

• Sociology final
• If you finish early go to this website and do the following activity:
• The goal  of this activity is to help reinforce the pillars while building some background knowledge on Rome.  Try to memorize the pillars and examples as you complete this task. 
1. Separate a big piece of white paper into 5 sections.  (Find it on the resource shelf).
2. Draw a symbol representing each pillar in each section, and title each section with the name of that pillar. 
3. Find 5 examples from the website, one for each pillar, and represent each one on the poster by either drawing or listing the main elements of that example.   

Homework:

• Get your SLC letter signed. 

Tuesday 10/11/11

In Class:

• Study for the final tomorrow
• Pillars of civilization lecture
• Ancient Rome video

Homework:

• Sociology final tomorrow - use the activity list from Monday to study.   

Monday 11/10/11

In Class:

• Work on the final prep activity list
• Use the Basic Sociology Concepts - A Primer resource if you do not have it

• Begin our study of Ancient Rome with a movie overview and notes
  

Homework:

• Study for the final on Wednesday

Friday 10/6/11

In Class:
Project Reflection Questions:

1.  Now that you have finished your first project, how is Project Based Learning (PBL) different from or similar to what you have experienced before? Give at least 3 specific ways it is similar or different.

2.  Which habit of heart and mind do you need to work on in your next project to get better at PBl?  Show don’t tell why you need to improve and how that hoham will help you.

3.  What are you most proud of about your mask?  Why?

4.  Quote the section of your essay that you are most proud of and describe, in detail, why you are proud of it. 

5.  What do you want to take with you and remember from this project?

Homework:
Finish project reflection questions if you have not in class already.

Wednesday 10/5/11

In Class:

Final refinement on mask and essays.

Homework:
2 printed copies of your perfectly formatted essays due beginning of class tomorrow.

Formatting Requirements:

• Name in the upper left corner of the essay
• Center your title below the name - you choose the font size
• 12pt. font for the rest of the paper
• Single space
• Spaces between paragraphs

Tuesday 10/4/11

In Class:

Work time

Homework:

Bring a completed, revised digital copy to class tomorrow.

Monday 10/3/11

In Class:  
Starter - In one sentence, explain the perspective you are taking on your own socialization in your mask and essay. 

Mask and essay work

Homework:
Bring a digital version of your completely revised essay to class Wednesday.