Monday August 28, 2023
I can list the social hierarchy of the Medieval times.
Read out loud.
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Fill in your vocabulary chart using the following definitions...
Identity: the unique and entire set of characteristics that make up what a person or thing is known or considered to be:
2. Imagery: visually descriptive language, especially in a literary work
3. Genteel: polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way
4. nuance: a subtle or slight difference in a quality, such as color, tone, or meaning
5. Point of View: A. a place from which you see something; B. the way in which one thinks about a situation or event.
Notice and Wonder
Notice
Wonder
What do you see? Think about the things you are noticing right off the bat about the book.
What questions does the cover make you have? Think about each little part that you see.
For example: I wonder why he is on stick stilts
For example: I see a boy on stick stilts
character (n.): a person who appears in a story, book, play, movie, or television show
Who are the characters we've been introduced to so far?
setting (n.): the time, place, and conditions in which a story, book, play, movie, or television show takes place
What is the setting that we have read so far?
What else did you learn about the setting from pages 30-42?
What new things did you learn about Tobias in last night's reading?
What are some of the names/who are new people we have met?
Based on what you've read so far, what story is Platt trying to tell readers through these entries?
Which class do these characters belong?
Tobias, Tobias' aunt, Tobias' uncle, The Earl
- Clergy
- Peasant
- Nobles
- Tradesmen
Which class do these characters belong?
Mark, Oliver, Humphrey
- Knight
- Peasant
- Nobles
- Tradesmen
Which class do these characters belong?
The Chaplain
- Knight
- Peasant
- Nobles
- Clergy
Which class do these characters belong?
Cook, Constable, Physician
- Knight
- Peasant
- Nobles
- Tradesmen
Which class do these characters belong?
Gong Farmer
- Clergy
- Peasant
- Nobles
- Tradesmen
What does Mark's Reaction to the death of Gilbert, Earl of Hertford on page 50 show about life and death in the Middle Ages?
On pages 53-54, Tobias writes about garderobes and the gong-farmer. What do these words and entries show about life in the Middle Ages?
What does the great banquet reveal about the Middle Ages?