Ol’ King Cole’s Castle

It has been a glorious journey, but our Rome unit has come to an end, just as the 2008 calendar year is about to.  When we return to school in January we’ll begin our study of the Middle Ages.  I encourage all students to bring a good book or two for the holidays and to read.  We’ll begin using Accelerated Reader in the 3rd quarter.

Your other homework is to enjoy time with your family and friends and come to school in 2009 re-charged.

King Cole

Tomorrow is Pompeii Day!

Don’t forget your toga and any costume or prop you plan on using.

Food - all students are expected to bring food to contribute to the Mediterranean Cafe for the Roman feast.

Come prepared to have some fun. Get creative.

Here are the roles for the Pompeii Day video production:

Anchor - 1
Interviewer - 3
Eye-Witness - 4
Math Expert - 4
Science Expert - 4

volcano images:

http://cas.hamptonu.edu/centerinfo/photo-album/ScienceGraphics/images/volcano.jpg

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs002-97/images/WhereVolHaz.gif

http://philip.greenspun.com/cr/arenal-volcano-64.jpg

http://www.nuuanu.k12.hi.us/G-1/public_html/websites/Lance/images/volcano.jpg

http://www.stacey.peak-media.co.uk/Year10/B6ManagingHazards/B6ManagingHazards-Tectonics/B6ManagingHazards-Volcano/volcano_7big_montserrat_eruption.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Pyroclastic_flows_at_Mayon_Volcano.jpg

http://www.kriyayoga.com/photography/photo_gallery/d/32836-2/mayon_volcano_nature-dsc03311.jpg

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/volcanoes/index.html - kid friendly animation of volcanoes/pyroclastic flows

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/738148/volcanic_eruption/ - molten lava eruption

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_vid_lahar/ - Mt. Pinatubo in Philippines (good background info, similar volcano to Pompeii)

Here are links from a website on volcanoes:

Formation of a Volcano

http://www.ssanpete.k12.ut.us/EMS/staff/Staff/Bishop/Bishop-7/dynearth/volcano.htm

This is a good introductory illustrated site for volcanoes.

Volcano World (University of North Dakota)

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

This site provides volcano information including identifying currently erupting volcanoes, a collection of volcano images and video clips, plus volcano parks, monuments, and observatories.

Webpages within Volcano World:

2) ‘Kid’ Door http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/kids.html

3) Building Volcano Models http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_models/models.html

4) Do You Want to Become a volcanologist? http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/how_to.html

5) Top 101 Ask a Volcanologist Questions http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/top_101/Top_101.html

6) Volcanic Rocks http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/volcanic_rocks.html

Related Website:

7) Volcanologists or Volcanology

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/top_101/Volcanologists.html

Savage Earth: Out of the Inferno

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/volcanoes/index.html

This companion site to the PBS series has pictures, movies, and explanations of what causes volcanoes and what happens when they erupt.

Volcanoes by Wheeling Jesuit University/NASA Classroom of the Future

http://cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vtypesvolcan1.html

This is a great site to learn about types of volcanoes, lava, and see some animations of eruptions.

Rome Essay Due Monday 11/24/08

5 typed paragraphs minimum, 12 pt. font

Expository style means factual writing used to inform or explain. You are becoming an expert in one aspect of Ancient Rome.  In your essay you are informing your audience and explaining the details of your topic.  Click the link for an outline and ideas on How to write an awesome Expository Essay.

You will need to include a bibliography that gives credit to your sources of information.  See the MLA attachment below for details on how to write up those references.

Presentation - On Wednesday and Thursday you will present your project to the class.  You will stand in front of the room and give a formal presentation that will be scored and videotaped.  See rubric below for how you will be scored.

How to write an awesome Expository Essay

MLA bibliography guide

Presentation Rubric

Rome Research Project Report rubric

Veni, vidi, vici - “I came, I saw, I conquered” Julius Caesar quote

Tuesday 10/11/08

• Vocab. 24 Due (including the Skill Feature)
• Vocab. 23 & 24 TEST (including a sentence using 3 words)
• Scipio newspaper article Due (bring your rubric)
• Begin Vocab. 25 (+ Extended Response) - Due 11/17/08

Rome Research Project

• Kickoff of our Rome Research Project
• Due date is: Monday 11/24/08
• Rome Research Project - topics and info
• Rome Project Presentation to the class:  Wed./Thurs. 11/26 & 11/27

Greetings young Romans.  You will become newspaper reporters reporting on Scipio’s rapid rise to the top of the Roman Republic during the Punic Wars.  Below are the facts you have to start with.  Expand on these bullet points with details, quotes, eye-witness accounts.  The facts about Scipio should be factual but you may add quotes and some details that are ficticious.  Your newspaper article should have a title, date, price, headline, image with caption, advertisement, and details of Scipio’s rise to the top including quotes.

Publius Cornelius Scipio has had a dramatic rise to the top.  He was only 25 when appointed as a general.  His impressive career is briefly sketched below:

• First task - make Rome powerful in Spain again
• Captured Spanish town of New Carthage in 209 B.C.
• Defeated Hannibal’s two brothers, who held most of Spain, in 206 B.C.
• Appointed Consul in 205 B.C.
• Invaded Africa in 203 B.C. and established control
• Defeated Hannibal at Zama in 202 B.C. after Hannibal returned there

Rough Draft Due Monday, Final newpaper article due Tuesday 11/11/08

Scipio research link:
http://www.fenrir.dk

You will be scored according to the attached rubric:

6 Traits rubric for Scipio newspaper article

How to write an awesome article!!!!!

Follow this step by step guide to a good article:

1. Decide what your article will be about.
2. Research the topic of your article.
3. Write your article using the template below.
4. First paragraph:  In the first few sentences, answer these questions!
   Who?
   What?
   When?
   Where?
   Why
5. Grab the reader’s attention by using an opening sentence which is a question or something unexpected!
6. Now, give the details. It is always a good idea to include one or two quotes from people you interviewed. Write in the third person (he, she, it or they). Be objective. Use active verbs so the reader feels things are really happening!
7. Last paragraph: Round off your article. Try ending with a quote or a catchy phrase!
8. By-line: At the end, state who wrote the article; ‘By ….’.
9. Decide where appropriate illustrations/pictures will be placed.
10. Proof-read your article and edit where needed.
11. Spell check your article!

To start you off we have created a  template.  Click on the links at the bottom of the page to open them.  You can change the template, add extra columns and type in your article. 

Click below for more information

How to write an awesome article

It’s another week in Rome. We’ll do vocab. lesson 23 as we begin to study the Roman camps in detail. We will explore how the Roman gained military advantage with their camps.

Homework:

1. Vocabulary lesson 23 - including writing extended response (2 paragraphs please), due Monday 11/3
2. Roman Camps paragraph due Friday
3. Roman Camps Quiz next Tuesday Monday (typed in class)

Hello Plebs and Patricians.  Here’s a sneak peak at the week:

1. Monday - Vocab. 22 Quiz, Rome’s location Quiz, begin Vocab. 23, IOWA testing in Advisory in the morning
2. Tuesday - Vocab. 23, Rome continued, IOWA in the morning
3. Wednesday - Vocab. 23, Rome continued, IOWA in the morning
4. Thursday - Vocab. 23, Rome continued, IOWA in the morning
5. Friday - Vocab. 23, Rome continued, IOWA in the morning

By week’s end we’ll begin an expository piece (newspaper article) on Nero vs. Hannibal in the Punic Wars.

An exciting week.  Please check with Mr. Cole for any missing work.  All makeups are due by Wednesday  10/22/08.  All missing work counts as a zero.  Be the hero, like Nero, and don’t have any zeros. 

Let our study of Rome begin. We began our study of Ancient Rome by finding out WHAT students already know about this amazing ancient civilization. Here is a list along with a list of things students WANT to learn about ancient Rome.

Rome KWL - IK

Rome KWL - HJ

Homework this week:

• Vocab. lesson 5 - be sure to write a 1 - 2 paragraph narrative on pg. 31 (Writing extended responses)

Students gained hands-on knowledge of the real world in Humanities. After studying the 5 themes of Geography, they looked at how resources are unevenly distributed around the world. Leaders must make due, negotiate, trade, and make deals to fulfill the needs of their people.

Concepts /Generalizations:

1. Interconnectedness - Because of their interconnectedness, all countries have a responsibility to cooperate in solving environmental, energy, political and other problems to maintain peace.

2. Change - All people are part of a global system in which a change in one part may affect other parts

3. Cross-Cultural Communication - When a resource is critical to the welfare of a nation, hostilities may develop between or among nations resulting in a breaking down of communications and perhaps serious confrontation.

Rich discussion follows the simulation as students make connections to current issues that are affecting the world today.

Debriefing Questions

Connections/Big Ideas