Friday, January 29, 2016

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  • Ancient Literature
  • Read Chapter 12-14 of Detectives in Togas
  • Prepare to take a quiz on these chapters next week
  • Completevocabulary worksheet
  • Answer Chapter 12-14 Comprehension Questions: Answer the questions using complete sentences.
    1. How does Mucius become separated from his friend’s in Lukos’ house?
    2. How does Mucius make his escape from Lukos’ house?
    3. What bit of luck does Mucius have when he falls off the roof?
    4. How does Mucius come to realize that Rufus must also have fallen through the roof?
    5. Why is Mucius now convinced of Rufus’ innocence? What question about Rufus’ behavior still remains a mystery?
    6. How do the boys react when Mucius tells them his story about the Baths of Diana and his proof that Rufus is innocent?
    7. Why do the boys write to the Emperor? After writing the letter to the Emperor, what problem do the boys foresee?
    8. How does Caius support Mucius’ contention?
  • Writing Assignment: 
    • Write your own letter to the Emperor proclaiming Rufus’ innocence.
    • Try to make it more concise and less complicated than the one that Flavius wrote in the novel, so that the recipient (Mrs. Monie) can better understand the issue and by sympathetic to Rufus.


Ancient History:

  • All Students complete the following assignments:
  • Read MOH Lessons 67-69 (Darius I, Zerubbabel, Haggai and Zechariah)
  • Prepare for a quiz that will cover this week’s lessons.
  • Notebooking pages:
  • Darius I NB page: Using complete sentences, provide information about each topic
    • Watch this video about Darius I: http://study.com/academy/lesson/darius-the-great-biography-quotes-facts.html
  • Zerubbabel NB page: Using complete sentences when providing information
  • 5th-6th Grade Students:
  • We have learned about several kingdoms in Mesopotamia. Each had a capital city and a major ruler. Complete the chart using the following word bank: Assyria, Judah, Babylonia, Israel, Persia, Persepolis, Samaria, Ninevah, Jerusalem, Babylon, Jeroboam, Sennacherib, Josiah, Darius I, Nabopolassar
  • AH Kingdoms in Mesopotamia Chart

Science
HOMEWORK DUE 2/4:
Read pgs. 141-148
NJ-pg. 120 and 121 crossword puzzle
NJ-pg. 115 WDYR
Lesson 8 Test - I will email the test out shortly
If students did not complete their crustacean minibooks, please complete.  They can write in information or they can cut and glue the information from the attached document 
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Monday, January 25, 2016

I'm kinda glad you don't do the boom shokkuh lokkuh any more. phew.

Ancient Literature Homework Due January 28th

POSTED BY MONIE INGRAM ON
 JANUARY 21, 2016
  • Read Chapter 9-11 of Detectives in Togas
  • Be ready to take a quiz on these chapters next week
  • Answer Chapter 9-11 Comprehension Questions: Answer the questions using complete sentences.
    1. Why is Livia distressed?
    2. What is mysterious about Rufus’ arrest?
    3. Why are the boys puzzled when they look in Rufus’ room?
    4. What does Rompus relate that seems to incriminate Rufus? What does he reveal that casts doubt that Rufus went out to deface the temple?
    5. Why doesn’t Livia think her son Rufus will be released now that her husband had a military success?
    6. Why didn’t Rompus tell Rufus’ mother that her son had been out all night?
    7. Why do the boys visit Lukos?
    8. Why are the boys stunned when Lukos orders them out?
  • Research: 
    • Research the Gauls and the threat they posed to the Roman Empire. Learn about their society and the reason they were able to defy the Romans for so long.
  • Complete vocabulary worksheet


Ancient History Homework Due January 28th

POSTED BY MONIE INGRAM ON
 JANUARY 21, 2016
  • 5th-6th Grade Students:
  • The Chinese have long had a custom of respecting older people, even before Confucius developed the belief of ancestral worship. Find five Bible verses that teach us how to respect the elderly. Write down the scripture reference and what it teaches. See example…
      1. 1 Timothy 5:1 Do not correct an older person. We are to encourage them.
Science

HOMEWORK DUE 1/28:
Read pgs. 128-138
NJ-pg. 118 or 119 Copy work
NJ-pg. A45,A46 – Follow instructions and then paste on pg. 122 in NJ – Write info on Shrimp, krill, lobsters, crayfish – we will finish info on barnacles, crabs, horseshoe crabs & trilobites in the next class.
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