English Lit. Homework week of 1/31/07 -2/6/07

 

Wednesday:   In class, we discussed the Interactive Notebook requirements (which are glued inside the cover), labeled the pages of the notebook and discussed the homework assignments in detail.

 

Thursday:  Read Catherine, Called Birdy (pp.1-42) Take notes, look ahead at the information you will need to complete the assignments for the rest of the week.

 

Friday:  Interactive Notebook:  On the first page, write your name, the title and author of the book, and draw symbols/picture, or write words, which summarize Catherine’s character.

 

Monday:  Using the research from the web quest project you completed last week, either print and highlight information about life in the middle ages, or, write in your own words a few sentences that summarize the research you did, put this information on the first right hand page of the notebook (not the title page, the next right hand page).  On the left page, record what was most interesting to you about the information you found during your research.  Then research the social ranking of the time (kings, knights, serfs, etc.)  Put your research on the second right page, and on the left, draw a graph of some kind showing the hierarchy of social ranking.  Include some written explanation as well.

 

Tuesday: On the third right side, begin recording all characters mentioned, as well as any information you know about them.  Leave the fourth right side blank to expand the list as you read.  You may want to put a sticky note there to remind you to continue recording characters as they are introduced in the book.  Leave both the third and the fourth left sides empty.  On the fifth left, draw Catherine’s first suitor. On the right, describe him. On the sixth left, draw the view from Catherine’s mother’s room (p.4).

 

NOTE*** You should not have to spend a lot of time researching, you have already done a lot of research on this time period for the web quest, just use what you learned.  You may use information from the novel, other books, your history text, or the internet.