1. IRB

2. Con’t prepping for your Booktalks

3. Con’t prepping for your Current Events

1. IRB

2. Continue preparing for your Book Talks and Current Events!  The extended Book Talk rubric is in the PAGES section to the left.  Check “DUE DATES” in PAGES to see when you present your Book Talks.

3.  Bring in your the book you plan on Book Talking everyday so that you can use some class time to prepare.

1. IRB

2. Continue preparing for your Current Events

3. We will schedule the 3rd Quarter booktalks tomorrow.  Make sure you bring in the book you will be covering tomorrow.  I will give you time to work on your presentation next week so make sure you keep your book with you.

4. My advisory has Karamu – please have this done by next Thursday!

5. We didn’t cover the winter HW yet, but we will tomorrow after we watch the CRUSADE video.  Make sure you have them in tomorrow.

6. Update your library cards.

I hope you enjoyed the Met today!

HW as follows:

1. Independent Reading Book – we will update our cards tomorrow.

2. Continue preparing your Current Events

3. Start to consider which book you will Book Talk 3rd quarter.

4. Bring in your Winter Break HW.  We will review it on Thursday.

Happy New Year!

Tomorrow we go to the Met, so make sure you bring your bagged lunch!

1. IRB

2. Continue preparing your Current Events

1. IRB

2. Holiday writing piece — interview a grownup about some of the things you do for the holiday. You might sing particular songs, eat a certain food…whatever it is, talk to an adult about it and write a paragraph (6-8 sentences) describing it. Make sure you include detail so the reader gets a feel for your tradition. Also, take a picture and include it on your piece. Spell check and edit — it will go on the bulletin board in the lobby.

3. Watch these two videos on the Crusades, which we will start covering when we get back from break: video one and video two

Also, answer TWO (out of the 7 choices below) questions below after watching the videos. Answer in at least 5-6 sentences each.

1. What does the first historian mean when he says that the crusades were fought by the Christians to purify their souls? How can you connect this with some of the ideas that circulated during the plague?

2. The historian Tariq Ali says that the word crusade, even today, is an electric word for the Muslim people. Why? What does he mean by this?

3. How did the Church use its power to get people to fight in the crusades?

4. Pope Urban II could best be described as…complete this statement in at least 2-3 sentences.

5. How does Pope Urban use Emperor Alexius’s call for help to fight the Turks to help further his (Urban’s) political goals? What did the Crusades allow the Pope and the Church achieve?

6. What religion was becoming the dominant force in the east? How and why was this a threat to the Church?

7. Tariq Ali says “nothing is ever motivated by religion alone.” Why else were the crusaders interested in going on crusade? List at least two reasons (one could be related to religion).

1. IRB

2. Cathedral Video #3 Good Word Quiz

1. IRB

2. Lit Circle Reading Log – due tomorrow

3. Good Word Quiz – Cathedral Video 3 – Wednesday

4. Continue working on Current Events

1. IRB

2. Literature Circle Reading Log due Tuesday (you can find this in “pages” to the left if you lost it).

3. Good Word Quiz – Cathedral Worksheet # 3 – on Wednesday

4. Continue working on your Current Events

1. IRB

2. Literature Circles meet tomorrow.  Make sure you have both dates (Monday 12/8 and Thursday 12/11) of work ready to go over in your group.  Odelia mentioned that some of you need new packets, so I put a fresh batch to the left in “PAGES”.  Print out what you need there.