Ms. Cosens
Please feel free to contact me at jennifer_cosens@sd33.bc.ca.
May 22-25
- Students will work on China Posters.
- Students will check their posters using the China Poster Rubric.
May 17
- Students will read pages 146 to 150 of Ancient Worlds.
- Students will create an advertisement describing the features of one invention of the ancient Chinese. Students' will include how this invention changed people's lives.
May 16
- Students will read 140-141 of Ancient Worlds.
- Students will complete Terra Cotta Soldiers' Paragraph.
May 15
- Students will read and view The Great Race.
- Students will answer Great Race Questions.
May 14
Students will read pages 142-143 of Ancient Worlds.
Students will complete Ancient China Harmony Between Heaven and Earth Questions.
May 11
- Students will read pages 136-139 of Ancient Worlds.
- Students will create an Ancient China Timeline.
May 10
- Students will go to library for to meet two authors who will discuss their work and the writing process.
May 9
- Students will read page 135.
- Students will create Ancient China Social Organization Poster.
May 8
- Students will read pages 130-133 of Ancient Worlds.
- On the Natural Feature Table, students will describe how each natural feature made ancient China suitable for a civilization to emerge, or how they protected ancient China from outside influences.
- Students will then write a summarizing paragraph explaining how environmental factors influenced the development of Chinese Civilization.
May 7
- School-wide Write.
May 2-3
- Students will discuss Chunk Six of their Lit Circles.
- Students will read Chunk Seven of their Lit Circle novels.
- Students will continue working on their Plot Poster assignment.
- Students will attach Plot Poster Checklist
May 1
- Students will discuss Chunk Five of their Lit Circles.
- Students will read Chunk Six of their Lit Circle novels.
- Students will start Plot Poster assignment.
Apr. 30
- Students will discuss Chunk Four of their Lit Circles.
- Students will read Chunk Five of their Lit Circle novels.
- Students will complete Novel Cover assignment and attach Checklist.
Apr. 26
- Students will discuss Chunk Three of their Lit Circle novels.
- Students will read Chunk Four of their Lit Circle novels.
- Students will each complete a Novel Study Job.
- Students will hand in a copy of each novel study job: geographer, word warrior, phrase keeper, and character analyst.
Apr. 25
- Students will discuss Chunk Two of their Lit Circle novels.
- Students will read Chunk Three of their Lit Circle novels
- Students will each complete a Novel Study Job.
Apr. 24
- Students will discuss Chunk One of their Lit Circle novels.
- Students will read Chunk Two of their Lit Circle novels.
- Students will each complete a Novel Study Job.
Apr. 23
- Students will read Chunk One of their Lit Circle novels.
- Students will each complete a Novel Study Job.
Apr. 20
- Go to library for Book Talk and to pick out Literature Circle novels.
Apr. 19
- Learn the Character Analyst job using the composition by Antonio Skarmieta.
- Create charts for the main characters that highlight their
personalities and actions. Include at least three points about each character. - Character - Brave
- Evidence from the text - Flavia climbs a tree to retrieve her father’s ring. (page 4)
Apr. 18
- Learn the Phrase Keeper job using The Cello of Mr. O by Jane Cutler.
- Write down interesting sentences/phrases from each chapter of the book (5 quotes) that are important to the story’s development.
- Put quotation marks around the sentences/phrases, and
record the page numbers where sentences/phrases were
found.
“Ostia, the port of Rome and town where Flavia lived, was
occasionally foggy in the early mornings.” (20) - Provide a reason why you chose the quote. – I picked this quote because it reveals the story’s setting.
Apr. 17
- Learn the Word Warrior job using Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady by Selina Hastings.
- Make a list of 10 unusual or unfamiliar words from the book.
- Find the definitions of the 10 words, and use each word in a sentence of your creation.
Apr. 16
- Learn Geographer/Cartographer Literature Circle Job using story Gleam and Glow by Eve Bunting.
- Draw a map that shows the settings in the sotry and that shows the main character/s' journey throughout the story.
- Write a paragraph about map that details the main events in the story.
Apr. 10-13
- Students will view Ancient Greece Essay Guide.
- Students will write Ancient Greece Essay and attach Essay Checklist.
Apr. 4-5
- Students will read The Myth of Cupid and Psyche.
- Students will create a collage based on the legacies of Aphrodite and Cupid.
Apr. 3
- Students will read aloud The Gods Must Be Crazy in their Greek Myth booklets.
- Students will answer The Gods Must Be Crazy Questions.
Apr. 2
- Students will read aloud pages 168-171 of Ancient Worlds.
- Students will identify three ancient Greek Innovations and write a paragraph on each innovation that details how they affect us today in everyday ways?
Mar. 30
- Students will read How Greece was Governed and answer corresponding questions.
Mar. 29
- Students will create Democracy in Ancient Greece Vocabulary Booklet.
Mar. 28
- Read pages 158-159 of Ancient Worlds.
- Read Life in Sparta and complete Positive/Negative Chart.
- Read Learning in Ancient Greece and complete Back to School Persuasive Paragraph.
Mar. 27
- Read Greek Types of Pottery and Greek Pottery Styles.
- Students will decorate Greek Pot in the red-figure or black figure style.
Mar. 26
- Read pages 156-157 of Ancient Worlds.
- Write Life in the City-States Journal based on reading.
Mar. 14-16
- Watch Greek Mythology for Students: Theseus and the Minotaur.
- As a class, read aloud play, Ransom.
- Students will create Ransom Comics based on the film and play.
- Students will review criteria and attach summative checklists to their Ransom Comics.
Mar. 12-13
- Review Legends of the Fall Questions.
- Students will work on and complete Crossfire Article.
- Students will attach Crossfire Article Checklist to their work and check over their work using the checklist.
Mar. 9
- Read aloud Legends of the Fall.
- Answer Legends of the Fall Questions.
Mar. 8
- Students will read and underline 3 key words for Traders and Warriors paragraphs.
- Students will rewrite the 3 paragraphs using the key words.
- Students will attach Checklist and review work.
Mar. 2
- Watch Jim Henson's The Story Teller: Greek Myths.
- Students will add information to their Greek Gods and Goddesses Booklets.
Feb. 29 & Mar. 1
- Students will read about Greek Gods and Goddesses.
- Students will create a Greek Gods and Goddess Booklet.
Feb. 28
- Students will read Introduction to Greece and follow Smart Learning Fluency Log.
- Students will write a paragraph about the key ideas in our reading.
Feb. 27
- Students will view Pre-Reading Slide Show for Ancient Greece.
Feb. 23-24
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Poster.
- Attach and check Thieves of Ostia of Poster Checklist.
Feb. 22
- Read Chapters 21 & 22 (Scroll XXI & XXII).
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for above chapters
Feb. 21
- Read Chapters 19 & 20 (Scroll XIX & XX).
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for above chapters
Feb. 20
- Complete Novel Cover and Summary.
Feb. 16
- Complete Character Sheets.
Feb. 15
- Read Chapters 17 & 18 (Scroll XVII & XVIII).
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for Chapters 17 & 18 (Scroll XVII & XVIII).
Feb. 14
- Read Chapters 15 & 16 (Scroll XV & XV1).
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for Chapters 15 & 16 (Scroll XV & XVI).
Feb. 13
- Read Chapters 13 & 14 (Scroll XIII & XIV).
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for Chapters 13 & 14 (Scroll XIII & XIV).
Feb. 10
- Read Chapters 11 & 12 (Scroll XI & XII).
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for Chapters 11 & 12 (Scroll XI & XII).
Feb. 9
- Read Chapter 10 (Scroll X).
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for Chapter 10 (Scroll X).
Feb. 8
- Read Chapters 8 and 9 (Scrolls VIII & IX).
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for Chapters 8 and 9 (Scrolls VIII & IX).
Feb. 7
- Read Chapters 6 and 7 (Scrolls VI & VII).
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for Chapters 6 and 7 (Scrolls VI & VII).
Feb. 6
- Read Chapter 5 (Scroll V) of Thieves of Ostia.
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for Chapter 5 (Scroll V).
- Poetry retest commencing at lunch; any students wishing to rewrite must have permission form signed.
Feb. 3
- Read Chapter 4 (Scroll IV) of Thieves of Ostia.
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for Chapter 4 (Scroll IV).
Feb. 2
- Read Chapters 3 (Scrolls VIII) of Thieves of Ostia.
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for Chapter 3 (Scroll VIII).
Feb. 1
- Read Chapter 2 (Scroll II) of Thieves of Ostia.
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for Chapter 2 (Scroll II).
Jan 31
- Read Chapter 1 (Scroll I) of Thieves of Ostia.
- Complete Thieves of Ostia Chapter Guide for Chapter 1 (Scroll I).
Jan. 30
- Poetry Test
Jan. 27
- Play Poetry Jeopardy to review poetry terms and types of poems.
- Poetry Review - Use Poetry Flashcards to study Poetic Devices, Types of Poems, and Poetic Arrangements.
Jan. 26
- Students will go to CSS for FSA testing.
Jan. 25
- Students will create Poetry Flashcards.
- Poetry revision.
Jan. 24
- Students will go to CSS for FSA testing.
Jan. 16 and 23
- Students will view Types of Poetic Devices Power-point Presentation.
- Students will complete Types of Poems Booklet.
Jan. 13
- Students will create a Poetic Devices Poem (an eight lined poem that includes all 8 poetic devices they learned about).
- Students will write rough drafts, and then have someone check their poems for all the poetic devices.
- Students will create good copies of their poems that include illustrations/pictures that relate to their poems.
Jan. 12
- Students will view Irony and Onomatopoeia Power-point Presentation.
- Students will create 10 examples each of irony and onomatopoeia.
Jan. 11
- Students will read Alliteration Poems, and highlight or underline the alliteration used in each of the poems.
- Students will create a 10-lined poem using assonance. Students will include illustrations of the examples of assonance they used in their poems.
Jan. 10
- Students will view Alliteration and Assonance Power-point Presentation.
- Students will create 10 examples each of alliteration and assonance.
Jan. 9
- Students will read Personification Poems, and underline or highlight the examples of personification used in the poems.
- Students will create a 10-lined poem that has at least 7 examples of personification, and that is illustrated.
Jan 6
- View Personification and Hyperbole Power-point Presentation.
- Students will create 10 examples each of personification and hyperbole.
Jan. 5
- View Metaphor and Simile Power-point Presentation.
- Students will create 10 metaphors and 10 similes.
Jan. 3 and 4
- Welcome back! Happy New Year!
- View Poetic Devices Power-point Presentation.
- Students will create Poetic Devices Booklet.
Dec. 15
- Students will complete Ancient Rome Quiz. (Period 1/5 students will complete quiz on Friday, Dec. 16th due to afternoon band concert on Thursday).
- Students should look at past assignments (Natural Features Chart, Ancient Rome Timeline, We Want You Poster, The City of Rome Brochure, and The End of an Empire Cause and Effect Chart) in order to study.
Dec. 14
- Read pages 192-193 of Ancient Worlds.
- Students will complete End of an Empire/Cause and Effect Chart.
- For each cause, students will describe its effect and how it might have contributed to the decline of Roman civilization.
- Review End of an Empire Chart Answers.
Dec. 12-13
- Review Answers to Keeping An Empire Questions
- Read pages 187-189 of Ancient Worlds.
- Students will create The City of Rome Brochure.
Dec. 9
- Read pages 182-185 of Ancient Worlds.
- Students will complete Keeping An Empire Questions.
Dec. 8
- Read 178-181 of Ancient Worlds.
- Students will create The Roman Army - We Want You Poster.
Dec. 7
- Read pages 176-177 of Ancient Worlds.
Students will create Ancient Rome Timeline Assignment. - Students may work in partners and create one timeline per pair.
Dec. 6
- Read pages 172-173 of Ancient Worlds.
- Students will fill in Rome’s Natural Features Chart based on their reading.
Dec. 5 - Welcome to Ancient Rome
- Pre-reading Activity for Ancient Rome
- Students will view images of Ancient Rome on the Smart Board and then coach each other into recalling aspects of the images.
Nov. 29- Dec. 2
- View Ancient Egypt Civilization Essay Guide.
- Write Ancient Egypt Essay following guide.
- Self-check essay with Ancient Egypt Essay Checklist.
Nov. 28
- Read pages 105-103 of Ancient Worlds.
- Fill in Features of Civilization Chart.
- Features of Civilization Guide
Nov. 25
- Fill in Egyptian Help Wanted handout.
- Read pages 102-103 of Ancient Worlds.
- Read Pyramid Handout and answers questions.
Nov. 23-24
- Read pages 100-101 of Ancient Worlds.
- Create Social Organization Poster.
- Self-assess poster using Poster Checklist.
Nov. 21-22
- How To Make A Mummy Rewrite
- Highlight key words in each sentence and write them on the "Note Outline" below paragraphs.
- Rewrite the 6 paragraphs based on the key words.
- Self-assess writing using the Mummy Rewrite Checklist and make any changes based on your assessment before handing them in for summative marks.
Nov. 18
- Read Mummification handout.
- Colour and attach Where’s My Mummy to construction paper.
- Colour and correctly arrange contents of Inside a Tomb.
- Hole punch each so that they can be put into binders.
Nov. 17
- Read pages 96-97 of Ancient Worlds.
- Review A Menagerie of Gods Booklet Instructions.
- Create A Menagerie of Gods Booklet that highlights the most popular gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt.
Nov. 16
- Read pages 94-95 of Ancient Worlds.
- Fill in Venn Diagram comparing modern fashion to Ancient Egyptian fashion.
- Review Cone Ad Instructions and Cone Ad Example.
- Create your own Cone Ad.
Nov. 15
- Last Day of Term 1.
- Ancient Egypt Vocab Book #2 - Create vocab book based on specialized language in text.
Nov. 10
- Read pages 90-93 of Ancient Worlds.
- Visit the British Museum's website.
- On map, go to Ancient Egypt, and Daily Life.
- Fill in Ordinary/Farmers Versus Wealthy Egyptians Comparison Chart.
Nov. 9
- Review Hieroglyphics handout and Hieroglyphic Key.
- Students will write out their names using hieroglyphics, and colour their hieroglyphics
Nov. 8
- Read 88-89 of Ancient Worlds.
- Review Locating Ancient Egypt Map and Journey Down The Nile Map.
- Fill in and colour legends for both maps.
- Colour and label maps according to map legends.
- Answer questions about maps.
Nov. 7
- Nile Rewrite - Students will highlight 3 key words in each sentence and write them on the "Note Outline" below paragraphs. Students will then rewrite the 3 paragraphs based on the key words.
- Students will self-assess their writing using the Nile Checklist, and make any changes based on their assessments before handing them in for summative marks.
Nov. 4
- Review textbook, Ancient Worlds.
- The Land Vocab Book - Create vocab book based on specialized language in text.
Nov. 3
- Ancient Egypt Pre-Reading Activity - Students will view images of Ancient Egypt on the Smart Board and then coach each other into recalling aspects of the images.
Nov. 2
- Short Story Retest in Homeroom - Retest forms must be filled out and signed.
Oct. 31 - Nov. 2
- Ancient Egypt Pre-Reading Activity - Watch film based on Egyptology.
- Progress Reports sent home for all classes that detail students' Term 1 mark.
- View Egyptology 101.
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