8B+2016+-+2017

Jun 2 day 6 No class - left at 1:30pm

May 31 day 4 We worked on the culture of peace presentation. Absent: Gustavo

May 24 day 1 No class due to talk. Please start thinking about how you will do the final project - find the rubric in Unit 3 Classroom Materials.

May 23 day 6 We went over the answers to the questions and did the highlighting activity with the Renaissance essay. We need to make groups of 3/4 for the final project. Absent: Nicolás, Isabella

May 19 day 4 We finished the questions about the Renaissance. Absent: Juan Pablo, Gustavo, David

May 16 day 1 We did portfolios, copied new unit information and started to answer the questions about the Renaissance. Absent: Mariana, Gustavo, David

May 15 day 6 We had 15 minutes to complete or correct the test. We saw a presentation about the Age of Exploration. Absent: Gustavo, Mariana R, Juliana, David, Marcela

May 11 day 4 We did the Middle Ages test. Absent: Daniel, David

May 8 day 1 No class due to workshop.

May 5 day 6 We did the worksheet about medieval technology. Absent: Felicity
 * Homework: Finish the worksheet.**

May 3 day 4 We finished the evaluating resources work. We looked at the reasons for the decline of feudalism and must write notes in the notebook about the end of the system or copy them from the webpagehttp://www.lordsandladies.org/decline-of-feudalism.htm We received the worksheets about medieval technology to do in the next class. Absent: Marcela
 * Homework: Study for test next week.**

Apr 24 day 4 We worked on the Crusades questions and 2 people finished. We will have 10 minutes to finish them tomorrow. The text and questions can be found in Unit 2 classroom materials. Absent: Isabella

Apr 19 day 1 We watched a short video about the Crusades and discussed how accurate the information was by checking people's comments below the video. Absent: Daniel, Juliana

Apr 18 day 6 We graded our Identity homework and sorted portfolios. Absent: Alejandro, Marcela, Daniel, Juliana

Apr 6 day 5 We finished the mind map about towns in our notebooks. Absent: Gustavo, Tatiana, Julián

Apr 5 day 4 We talked about where to site a town and started to take notes about the growth of towns in medieval England in our notebooks. We will need to finish this in the next class. Absent: Marcela, Laura, Mariana R

Apr 3 day 1 We got feedback about the feudal system projects and learned about political changes during feudal times. We stuck the information in our notebooks. We went over the work for the sense of identity mind map.
 * Homework: Make the sense of identity mind map for the first day back after the Easter break.**

Mar 31 day 6 No class - UNESCO talk

Mar 29 day 4 No class - personal project.

Mar 23 day 6 No class due to football.

Mar 21 day 4 We did an evaluation about the project. Absent: Alejandro, José Tomás

Mar 17 day 1 We finished the project. Absent: Alejandro B, Marcela, Juliana

Mar 14 day 1 We worked on the Colombia comparison.7/8 Absent: Felicity, Mariana V

Mar 13 day 6 We finished the charter and the conclusion and started reading the articles about Colombia.6/8 Absent: Mariana V

Mar 9 day 4 We worked on the charter and conclusion. 5/8

Mar 6 day 1 We worked on the conclusion.4/8 Absent: Mariana V

Mar 3 day 6 We worked on the conclusion.3/8

Mar 1 day 4 We finished the rights and responsibilities table.2/8 Absent: Marcela, Nicolás B, Andrea, Mariana R
 * Homework: Finish the table for next class**.

Feb 24 day 1 We worked on the table of rights and responsibilities.1/8 Absent: José Tomás, Juliana,Juan Pablo

Feb 23 day 6 We saw a video about the Feudal System and arranged who would do what research for the project. Absent: Laura, Felipe, José Tomás, Juliana, Juan Pablo

Feb 21 day 4 We went over the answers for the questions about the Dark Ages video, got back the Europe test and sorted portfolios. Absent: Nicolás M, Juliana, Mariana R
 * Homework: Read the Feudal System Rubric in Unit 2 classroom materials ready for next class.**

Feb 16 day 1 Boyacá

Feb 15 day 6 Boyacá

Feb 13 day 4 Boyacá

Feb 8 day 1 We did the Europe test. Absent: Nicolás B, Juliana, Paola A

Feb 7 day 6 We watched part 2 and started to answer the five questions about the Dark Ages (unit 2 websites: the Dark Ages). 1. What was live like for ordinary people in the Dark Ages? 2. What happened to the Roman infrastructure? 3. What sort of people became the new leaders? 4. Why did Christianity grow? 5. Why did Clovis convert to Christianity? Absent: Juan Martín E, Juan Martín B
 * Homework: Finish answering the questions for the lesson after Boyacá.**

Feb 2 day 4 We wrote the Unit information and watched nearly all the first part of the documentary the Dark Ages.
 * Homework: Learn the maps of Europe for test on Day 1. You should be able to locate places using cardinal points and lines of latitude and longitude.**

Jan 30 day 1 We got the water project feedback and wrote a reflection. We started the political and physical map of Europe which must be finished for next class. Absent: Felipe

Jan 27 day 6 We discussed the activity and what happens when the central control of a society fails. We started to watch the first part of the Dark Ages documentary and take notes. Absent: Marcela

Jan 25 day 4 We did an activity to dress someone as a king with few resources and wrote a reflection about it which should be finished for next class. Absent: Alejandro, Marcela
 * Homework: Finish reflection.**

Jan 20 day 1 We wrote a reflection about the debate and organised portfolios. Absent: Marcela, Andrea, Mariana

Jan 19 day 6 We finished the debate. Absent: Marcela, Andrea, Juliana, Mariana

Jan 17 day 4 We started the opening speeches and debate. We need 15 minutes to finish. Absent: Marcela, Juliana, Mariana

Jan 12 day 1 We went over the exam and organised portfolios. Absent: Laura, Ana Sofía

Jan 11 day 6 We practised the speech and organised portfolios. Absent: Ana Sofìa, Alejandro V

Dec 6 EXAM

Dec 2 day 4 No class due to novena.

Nov 29 day 1 We did research for the water debate.

Nov 28 day 6 We made the timeline. Absent: Juliana

Nov 24 day 4 We received feedback about our essays and wrote a reflection. We worked on the timelines. Absent: Nicolás M, Julián

Nov 21 day 1 We sorted the groups to make the timeline and the water debate. Absent: Julián

Nov 18th day 6 We watched a video about Alexander the Great and wrote notes about it. Absent: Nicolás B, Daniel C, Juliana, Mariana, Julian, Andrea

Nov 16 day 4 We did the questions on the Classical Heritage. Absent: Nicolás B, Daniel C, Juliana, Mariana, Julian

Nov 10 day 1 We compared Athens and Sparta and wrote notes about Ancient Greece.

Nov 9 day 6 We wrote notes about Ancient Greece.

Nov 4 day 4 We finished the essay. Absent: Juliana

Nov 1 day 1 We started to write the essay.

Oct 31 day 6 We started to watch the documentary and take notes. Finish for homework. Be ready to write your essay in the next class. Absent: José Tomás, Mariana V

Oct 27 day 4 We shared the information about the Persians but some groups need to finish. Absent: Nicolás
 * Homework: Finish writing the summaries of all the paragraphs for next class.**

Oct 24 day 1 We went over the answers to the Behistun Monument work and started reading and summarising On the Customs of the Persians. Absent: Marcela

Oct 21 day 6 No class due to MUN

Oct 19th day 4 We received our projects and wrote a reflection about them and finished the Behistun Monument questions. Absent: Marcela, Laura

Oct 6 day 1 We looked at the posters that we made about achievements and discussed the type of thing that they tell us about those people and the sort of information that we don't see. We watched a short video about the Behistun Monument and started answering questions about the text but we need to finish. Absent: Nicolas B, Felipe, Jose Tomas.

Oct 5 day 6 We finished the crossword and made mini-posters about our 5 greatest achievements. Absent: Andrea, Felipe, Tatiana, Ana Sofia, Mariana

Oct 3 day 4 We did an activity about Ahura Mazda and discussed the idea of being under the rule of different people in an empire. We finished the crossword, although a few people still need to finish. Absent: Marcela, Daniel, Tatiana, Isabella

Sep 28 day 1 We watched the circular economy video and made extra notes. We worked on the crossword. Absent: David

Sep 27 day 6 We took 6 minutes to organise ourselves which we will have to make up at break time. We saw the Ted Talk about resources, but couldn't see the other video because it didn`t work. Look up circular economy and it should come up.

Sep 23 day 4 We read the text about the Persian Empire and started the crossword. Absent: Felicity

Sep 22 day 3 We had an extra class at 3pm to finish the presentations and to do the evaluations.

Sep 20 day 1 We watched presentations. We need to stay on Thursday at 3pm to finish and to do the evaluation. Absent: Tatiana

Sep 19 day 6 We watched presentations. Absent: Laura, Juan Pablo, Mariana

Sep 15 day 4 We saw some presentations. Absent: Andrea

Sep 12 day 1 We had 15 minutes to organize our presentations. Only one person presented today due to technical difficulties. Absent: Laura

Sep 9 day 6 Last class to finish the presentation. Absent: Felicity

Sep 7 day 4 We finished the research and should now be making the presentation.

Sep 2 day 1 We worked on the plan and the research for the project. Absent: Marcela

Sep 1 day 6 We worked on the project doing the plan and research. Reflection should be done at home. Absent: Marcela, Juan Martín, Ana Sofía

Aug 30 day 4 We started work on the project. Absent: Felicity, Marcela