1. Monday, October 15
Your seats have been chosen – find your tags. If there is a problem with your seat unbeknownst to me, come and find me privately and we will talk.
Copy down your assignments – get your assignment book signatures ready to show me.
MAKE YOUR LUNCH COUNT AND MAKE IT LEGIBLY
Get your Monday folders signed!!!!!

2. RW (M): We will analyze the evolution and end of the era of the gladiator.
Opening: Circle map: “Gladiator”
Work Period:
1) Read “Gladiator” pg 120 in blue/white – NOTES/THOUGHTS as you read!!!!
2) Answer the following questions on your paper
Define the following terms: abolition, persecution, converts USING CONTEXT CLUES
Explain the following sentence: “The culture that produced the gladiators also created the atmosphere that eventually led to their extinction.”
In what ways did gladiatorial combat change between the time of Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. and Constantine the Great in A.D. 312? Cite TEXT EVIDENCE from Chapters 11 and XI to support your answer.
3) Create a timeline from the reading with at LEAST 4 “boxes” using COMPLETE SENTENCES and MAIN IDEAS/EVENTS.
Closing: Share/Compare/Discuss

3. RW (M): We will analyze the evolution and end of the era of the gladiator.
Opening: Circle map: “Gladiator”
Work Period:
1) Read “Gladiator” pg 120 in blue/white – NOTES/THOUGHTS as you read!!!!
2) Answer the following questions on your paper
Define the following terms: abolition, persecution, converts USING CONTEXT CLUES
Explain the following sentence: “The culture that produced the gladiators also created the atmosphere that eventually led to their extinction.”
In what ways did gladiatorial combat change between the time of Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. and Constantine the Great in A.D. 312? Cite TEXT EVIDENCE from Chapters 11 and XI to support your answer.
3) Create a timeline from the reading with at LEAST 4 “boxes” using COMPLETE SENTENCES and MAIN IDEAS/EVENTS.
Closing: Share/Compare/Discuss

4. WW (Mon): We will construct an English sonnet from the perspective of a Roman Gladiator.
Opening: What is an English (Shakespearean) Sonnet?
14 line poem
3 quatrains (4 line stanzas) followed by 1 couplet (2 line stanza)
Rhyming scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Work Period: Create a sonnet from the perspective of your choice –
Gladiator
Audience
Other options you have thought of Mrs. C has not 
Finished: Hang on to it, read, work on what you need to complete, AR tests, etc.
Closing: Share/Compare/Discuss

5. Math (M): Solving Equations Using Addition or Subtraction.
Opening: Discuss/Grade - Exercise, pg 68, # (formative grade)\
GRADE!!
Work Period: Lesson 3.3, pg 72
Closing: Questions/Concerns/Unclear?

6. Science (M): What are forces?
Opening: Vocab preview, Chapter 3, lesson 2
Work period: Read chapter 3, lesson 2
Answer Lesson 2 Review – notebook paper, heading, TEXT EVIDENCE
Closing: Vocab discussion POST reading

7. Tuesday, October 16 Same seats as yesterday.
Copy down your assignments
Get your Monday folder signatures ready to show me!
MAKE YOUR LUNCH COUNT AND MAKE IT LEGIBLY Anything to be passed out today?
No spelling test this week.

8. RW (T): We will compare and contrast between the three main Roman emperors.
Opening: Discuss the text from yesterday – thoughts/questions?
Work Period: in groups, on butcher paper, create a “tri-circle” comparing and contrasting the three great Roman emperors:
Julius vs. Caesar vs. Constantine
Use the TEXT to find what they had/believed/did in COMMON and what they had/believed/did DIFFERENTLY.
TIPS: 1) JOT NOTES DOWN FIRST
2) DRAW AND LABEL EACH CIRCLE IN DIFFERENT COLORS
Closing: Group critiques

9. WW (Tues): We will formulate an English limerick from the perspective of a Roman Gladiator era.
Opening: What is a limerick?
A limerick is a short, humorous poem that follows a determined rhyme scheme of AABBA.
This five line poem also follows a syllable count.
Line 1: 7-10 syllables
Line 2: 7-10 syllables
Line 3: 5-7 syllables
Line 4: 5-7 syllables
Line 5: 7-10 syllables
Work Period: Create a sonnet ON PAPER from the perspective of your choice –
Gladiator
Audience
Other options you have thought of Mrs. C has not 
Finished? Work on the reading from yesterday, VFW writing, read
Closing: Share/Compare/Discuss

10. Math (T): We will solve equations using addition or subtraction.
Opening: Review yesterday
Work Period: Pg 74, 3.3 Exercises, 5-20
Grade, Discuss
Closing: Share/Questions?

11. Wednesday, October 17 Same seats as yesterday.
Copy down your assignments
Get your Monday folder signatures ready to show me!
MAKE YOUR LUNCH COUNT AND MAKE IT LEGIBLY Anything to be passed out today?

12. RW/WW (Wed): We will create advertisements in search of Rome’s most prized gladiator.
Opening: Discussion -
What makes effective advertisement?
What made an effective gladiator?
US783&oq=print+advertisements&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j0j69i61j0l j0j7&sourceid=chr ome&ie=UTF-8
Work Period: Create an advertisement from one of the various angles/perspectives from the book (this makes sense in my head, we’ll talk). Within your advertisement, you MUST:
Integrate at least FIVE historical facts from the text
Make CLEAR from which perspective you are creating
Watch your spelling/handwriting/punctuation
Finished? Work on your VFW, read, AR points, Monday’s reading.
Closing: Share/Compare/Discuss

13. WW (Wed): We will devise a Japanese haiku from the perspective of the Roman Gladiator era.
Opening: This is a form of Japanese poetry that follows a specific syllable pattern. It's made up of 3 lines, consisting of 17 syllables in total. Haikus are usually about a specific part of nature.
Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables
Work Period: Create a haiku from the perspective of your choice –
Gladiator
Audience
Other options you have thought of which Mrs. C has not 
Three haiku poems each (two group, ONE* alone) – DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES EACH
Finished? Read, AR tests, posters, VFW writing,
Closing: Share/Compare/Discuss

15. Sci (W): We will invent ways to display the laws of force and motion.
Opening: Review vocab from Monday, Chapter 3, lesson 2
Work Period: Draw a sketch of your ramp on butcher paper. Label where the following vocab words are displayed:
Force
Contact force
Noncontact force
Friction
Gravity
Balanced force
Unbalanced forces
Closing: Meet and discuss