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A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver Matilda Empress Chapters 1 – 5: 1. How did the Plantagenets get their family name? 2. How does the reader know of Matilda’s approval of Eleanor? 3. How was Eleanor able to use her strengths as a wife of Henry? 4. What did Eleanor and Henry see as final evidence that their marriage was right? Why was this birth so important? 5. What endeared the new king, Henry II, to his people? Chapters 6 – 12, Back in Heaven: 1. List Eleanor’s children. 2. Compare Louis to Thomas 3. Why did Elenor and Matilda object to Thomas’s appointment to two offices? 4. What was the main reason for Henry wanting Thomas to be both? 5. What were the results of Thomas having both offices of power? 6. What were the results of the Henry-Becket feud? William the Marshall chapters 1 – 4: 1. List the reasons Eleanor went south. 2. How did the court at Poitiers take on the characteristics of Eleanor? 3. Describe the Courts of Love. 4. Compare the teaching techniques of Eleanor and Henry. 5. Describe the character of John. 6. What did Eleanor mean when she said that King Henry was the grandest puppeteer in Europe? William the Marshall chapters 5 – Back in heaven: 1. What was the result of war between King Henry and his sons? 2. Describe the confrontation between Eleanor and Henry. 3. How did Queen Eleanor transform the histories of King Arthur? Do you think some histories are transformed in countries today? Why? 4. What became William’s role after Young Henry’s death? 5. How do Eleanor and King Henry compare their sons to one another? 6. What was the result of the battle between the Capets and King Henry? 7. What was Eleanor’s big role for Richard?
Historical fiction related to the Middle Ages in Europe Alder The King’s ShadowJ Anouih (D) Becket Ashe King Arthur in fact and legend Avi Crispin: the cross of lead J ; Book without Words J Baer (D) Down the Common J Blackwood Shakespeare Stealer J, Shakespeare Scribe J Bradley (D)Mists of Avalon Brooks (D)Year of Wonder (about the plague) J Cadnum The Book of the Lion, In a Dark Wood Cooper * Grey King , The King of Shadows J Crichton* (D)Timeline J Crossley The Seeing StoneCushman* Catherine Called Birdy J, Midwife’s Apprentice J , Matilda Bone J DeAngeli The Door in the Wall (7th grade core lit) J Dickinson* The Weathermonger Dumas Count of Monte Cristo Frazer (D)The Clerk’sTale J Garden The Dove and Sword J Goodman Peregrine, The Winter Hare Gray Adam of the Road J Greer Max and Me and the Time Machine Haugaard Cromwell’s Boy Higartner Murder for Her Majesty (7th grade core lit) J Hugo (D)The Hunchback of Notre Dame Kendall The Gammage Cup J Kelly Trumpeter of Krakow J Konigsburg A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver (7th grade core lit)J Konigsburg The Second Mrs. Giaconda Lasky Elizabeth I (Royal Diary) J, Mary, Queen of Scots J Levitin The Cure McKinley Outlaws of Sherwood Meyer Mary, Bloody Mary J , Eleanor J, Isabel , Beware, Princess Elizabeth J Morris Parsifal’s Page, The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady Newman (D) Death Comes as Epiphany J O’Dell The King’s Fifth, Road to Damietta Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel J Paterson Parzival: the Quest of the Grail Knight Peters The Potter’s FieldJ, Monk’s Hood J, other titles (sophisticated readers) Philip Robin Hood Pierce In the hand of the Goddess, Alanna: the First Adventure Platt Castle Diary: the journal of Tobias Burgess Pope The Perilous Gard J Pyle Otto of the silver Hand Robb (D)The Apothecary Rose J, The Nun’s Tale J , Lady Chapel J Roberson Lady of the Forest: a novel of Sherwood Scott (D) IvanhoeJ Springer I am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot, I am Morgan le Fay Stewart (D)Crystal Cave J, Hollow Hills J Stewart Last Enchantment (10) Stone (D)The Agony and the Ecstasy (also biography) J Strauss The Lady of Rhuddesmere Sutcliff The Lantern Bearers, Silver Branch, Sword and the circle Temple Ramsay Scallop J Trevino I, Juan de Pareja J Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Prince and the Pauper White Once and Future King Woolley Guineviere: the Legend in Autumn, Child of the Northern Spring Yolen* (D)The Queen’s Own Fool J
J indicates I have read the book and recommend it. D means the book is difficult and a * means the author has written many wonderful books.
Language arts encompasses many things: reading, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and writing. All students are expected to read daily during RAM Time (25 minutes) and another 25 minutes at home. This amounts to 250 minutes per week or at least 125 pages. Students need to complete reading logs for RAM time. Literacy is a goal for the district which pleases me no end. To guide students in selecting good books, I have an extensive classroom library and developed a bibliography for use by my seventh and eighth grade students. Seventh grade students are often pointed toward "Young Adult" books. Be wary of these since they may cover topics more suitable for 8th graders or high school students. Ordinarily, students will have monthly book reports. I
would like students to try a variety of genres so each month, a specific
one will be assigned. The following are the genre we will be reading
this year: Grammar is an important component of a strong language arts program. Many students are very unclear on verb tenses. if you could spend some time on this at home, it would be a huge help!
Help students learn that the present
tense verb form utilizes the infinitive. For example: Students can practice with any regular verb such as to run, to study, to think, to sleep, to own, to stay, to belong, to meet, etc. They seemed more comfortable with the simple past and simple future. These are the notes we started on -- Verb Tenses: Present, Past, and Future The tense of a verb tells when an action takes place. The present tense of a verb names an action that is happening now or happens regularly. It can also express a general truth. In the present tense of a verb, the base form of a verb is used with all subjects except singular nouns and he, she, and it. When the subject is a singular noun or he, she, or it, -s or -es is added to the verb. The past tense of a verb names an action that has already happened. The past tense of many verbs is formed by adding -ed to the base form of the verb. The future tense of a verb names an action that will take place in the future. In the future tense the word will is used before the verb. Sometimes shall is used when the pronoun I or we is the subject. Progressive Forms: Present and Past The present progressive form of a verb names an action or condition that is continuing in the present. The present progressive form of a verb consists of the present form of the helping verb be and the present participle of the main verb. I am watching We
are
watching The past progressive form of a verb names an action or condition that was continuing for some time in the past. The past progressive form of a verb consists of the past form of the helping verb be and the present participle of the main verb. I was hoping We
were
hoping Perfect tenses: Present and Past The present perfect tense of a verb names an action that happened some time in the past. It also names an action that happened in the past and is still happening now. The present perfect tense consists of the helping verb have or has and the past participle of the main verb. I have traveled We will be working on root words, prefixes, and suffixes this year. I will share more about vocabulary and spelling as I become more familiar with my students' skills and needs.
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