TGIF

Hey! Happy Friday. Today we completed or worked toward completing the Reading Notes for chapter 3. You should have them completed for class on Monday as we have spent considerable time in class working on them. As was stated in yesterday's post the quiz will be Tuesday.

Quiz Tip: The terms (vocabulary) will be on the quiz. Content, such as the role of the church in the middle ages, will be a writing theme. You can use your reading notes to prepare for the content portion.

Gallery Walk of Vocab and Begin Reading Notes

Hello! Today we completed our Gallery Walk of the vocabulary words from chapter 3. Students list should be complete now and be able to use them to create study stack or whatever tool works for them. Again, quiz will be early next week, probably Tuesday. We also were able to start the reading for the chapter including the reading notes. Students are expected to create a study tool for the vocabulary words.

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The vocabulary of the Religion in Middle Ages

Hello! Today we began the study of the religion of the people in the middle ages. We started with a prewrite that students completed on their own paper and kept in their folder. We discussed it creating a connection from our important buildings of our time to the church buildings of the middle ages. We then proceeded to front load the vocabulary words from chapter 3. Students worked in pairs on a fayer model of vocabulary. It is an in depth study of the 16 vocabulary words in the chapter. We will complete our work tomorrow and students will have their own words and definitions to study for the chapter. We are looking at an assessment early next week. Can never start too early to prepare for a quiz!

Monday

Good Monday to you all. Today we talked through the quiz we took last Tuesday. Mr. Hogue's class "walked" through a cloud web organizational tool that we will be using in the future. Organization seemed to be a major hurdle. You can view your score by looking at your grade book. The quiz was in two parts, part C and a B-A+ part. Once you pass the C level, your score on the essay takes over unless it goes below a 75%. The grades are not updated in HAC Tomorrow we will begin work on the vocabulary for chapter 3 on the role of the church in the middle ages.

Thanksgiving Break is HERE

Hey! Break has arrived. Today students, who were eligible, took the C level retake for the chapter 37 and or the geography quiz. We also viewed a History Channel video clip on knights and if time permitted, a CNN Student new clip. I will attempt to push out the knight video a little later. Have a great and safe Thanksgiving break and see you on Monday.

Edmodo Quiz on Feudalism

Hello! Can't believe turkey day is almost here! Today we were in the computer lab taking the quiz on Edmodo about European Feudalism. Students were given a little time to review then we hit the test on the computers. Students were given the assessment in 2 parts. The first part was multiple choice focusing on the basic ideas with vocabulary. Students who scored 11/15 or better moved on to the second part, an essay. Students pretended they were a knight from the middle ages and wrote about who lived on their manor and what their responsibilities are. When they were finished, they had a "chat" on Edmodo about the upcoming content. No homework for tonight unless you are preparing for the geography retake or the chapter 37 retake.