1. IRB – Set a goal for yourself tonight and try to reach it. For example: I will read 40 pages, or 3 chapters, or even finish the rest of my book.
2. New round of Book Talks will be starting soon. Think about which book you would like to present for second quarter.
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2. Study for the Good Word Quiz tomorrow!
3. Write a short, short story (2-3 pages) fleshing out your group’s plot idea. You will share this in class tomorrow with your group and harvest the best ideas that come from your members’ writing. The plots each group came up with are listed below:
Ray, Yo, Sam L. Pilar, Lindsay
Plot:
The main character of the story is totally consumed with his hatred for the King Arthur. The hatred stems from the kings refusal to knight the hero. Humiliated and disheartened, the hero is fixated with wishing evil upon the king.
A wizard who is trying to take over the kingdom needs to harvest hatred as the last component of his magical brew. The wizard tries to antagonize the hero so that his hate peaks for the king and the wizard can take over the kingdom.
Or
Lily is an underestimated dragon who has been passed over by knights who don’t find her very threatening mostly because of her name and maybe because she is female. Lily loves the forest and is upset when a King Arthur threatens to chop down all the trees to build Camelot in her native woods. Lily decides to rally all the animals and woodland fairies to protest against King Arthur. Sadly, the animals and fairies don’t take Lily seriously either, though. How will she mobilize the creatures of the forest to stop the deforestation?
Luca, Sam S. Lachlan, Justine, Sarah & Wim
Plot:
The townspeople are suspicious of a family of orphans who they claim are witches and warlocks. They people claim they have seen the orphans in their fields at night and believe their magic is the reason their many of livestock (cows and sheep) have gotten sick and died. Arthur sends in a squire to investigate this and promises to knight him if he can bring peace to the village.
Jack, Charlotte, Ayden & Lauren
Plot:
A peasant artist realizes that one of his paintbrushes allows him to create real things. He is eager to rise up the feudal ranks and stop living the life of a peasant, but King Arthur refuses to grant him audience mostly because he doesn’t like his type of modern art. The artist, feeling dismissed and desperate, starts to paint each one of Arthur’s knights into masterpiece paintings. One by one, each of the Knights of the Round Table disappear. The painter’s wife realizes what is happening and it is up to her to stop her beloved husband.
Lucy, Julia, Isabel B, Isabel W, Stella Rose
Plot:
Marigold is a wizard in training and wants be as great at magic as Merlin. She is scared that she will not be allowed into the wizards’ elite academy to study because no girl has ever been accepted before. Time and time again, Marigold has faced discrimination because of she is a girl. She poses as a boy and is accepted to the academy. There she learns how to read, write and the magical arts. Marigold knows that if she is found out she risks banishment from Camelot. How can she change people’s opinion of women and get King Arthur to help women’s rights?
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2. Good Word Quiz on Tuesday. The words are below the “Arthurian Villain” questions.
3. Answer any 4 of the following 11 questions. Make sure your responses are typed and in complete sentences. I will grade this put so make sure this assignment reflects that you have put time and thought into this. There will be a special treat for the most creative villain! :)
Also, remember we all agreed the best villains are the ones who don’t think they are villains. Try to make a character that your Arthurian hero will find threatening!
Arthurian Villan Questions:
1. Where does your villain live? Does he/she like it there?
2. Now, look back and see what your main character wants more than anything in the world. How is the villain preventing your main character from getting what he or she wants and why?
3. What is your villain’s greatest weakness?
4. What is the one thing your villain is afraid of more than anything else? Is it your main character? Or is it something unexpected, like furry kittens?
5. What does your villain want more than anything else in the world?
6. What are your villain’s hobbies?
7. What can your villain do better than anyone else?
8. What makes your villain happy after he or she has had a bad day?
9. What makes your villain angry?
10. What are your villain’s parents like? How about the rest of his or her family?
11. What’s one secret your villain hasn’t ever told anyone?
Villain Bonus:
Illustrate your villain (make sure this is colored, too!) Consider first, what your villain is: a person or an animal or something else? Also, think about what your villain looks like: hair color, eye color, height, etc.?
GOOD WORDS:
Core A
1. Futile: Incapable of producing any result
2. Nondenominational: Institutions or churches not formally aligned with a specific religion
3. Asymmetrically: Something not identical on both sides of a central line
4. Notorious: Famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed
5. Hackles: Thee hair or fur or feathers on an animals neck
6. Shrill: To make a high-pitched piercing sound
7. Ecstasy: An overwhelming experience of great happiness and joy
8. Dastardly: Characterized by underhandedness or treachery
9. Crude: Something lacking grace, tact, taste (excreta)
10. Optimistic: Someone who believes that things will turn out successfully for the best
Core B
1. Optimistic: Someone who believes that things will turn out successfully for the best
2. Quizzically: A persons expressions of puzzlement
3. Famished: Reduced to extreme hunger
4. Apparition: A ghost or ghostlike image of a person
5. Tyranny: A single ruler with all the power
6. Casket: Casket is another way of saying coffin but a fancy coffin
7. Elated: High spirits, proud
8. Conspicuous: Easy to notice/obvious
9. Rudder: A vertical blade at the stem of a vessel that can be horizontally change vessels direction when in motion
10. Ecstasy: An overwhelming experience of great happiness and joy
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2. Tonight you are going to start brainstorming your very own original Arthurian legend! Using the notes you took today in your writer’s notebook about heroes and villains, respond to the “Developing a Main Character” worksheet I distributed today.
3. Read your section of King Arthur and his Knights and bring the book back to school tomorrow.
Group: The winning of a kingdom, Beginning-page 28
Yo, Sam L, Luca, and Lucy
Group: The winning of a sword, pages 29-41
Sarah, Justine, Julia
Group: The winning of a Queen, pages 42-70
Ray, Stella Rose, Lauren
Group: The Story of Merlin, pages 72-90
Ayden, Isabelle B, Jack
Group: Sir Pellias, pages 91-126
Isabel W, Sam S., Lachlan, Charlotte
Group: Sir Gawain, pages 127-End
Pylar, Lindsay, Wim
4. Cloister field trip tomorrow! Bring a bagged lunch. Wear a jacket and bring an umbrella.
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2. Geography test tomorrow! Study. Make sure you know the quoteworthy notes.
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2. Tomorrow we will be decorating our writer’s notebooks. Bring in pictures that are neatly cut out that we can paste into different parts of the book (like the cover, some inside pages, etc.). Think of things you like: sports, book covers, illustrations, family pictures, etc.
3. In your writer’s notebook make a list titled “10 Things I am Proud of.” Write in complete sentences.
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2. Good Word Quiz on Tuesday, 10/19. (Words are below.)
3. Geography Quiz on Wednesday, 10/20. Make sure you know all the places and quote worthy notes that is on your worksheet.
Core A
Core B
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2. Good Word index cards are due.
3. Finish your Geography Handouts. We will cover this tomorrow and you will have a test on the material on Monday, 10/11.
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2. New Good Words due on Monday!
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2. Good Word Quiz tomorrow!
3. New Good Words due on Monday!