Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Wazzup in MzT's Class 10/22-10/26 2018


This week we are emphasizing outside reading with weekly summaries and check and a push towards the classics.


Grade 10 will start The Last of the Mohicans, and Grade 12 will start 'MacBeth.' The other grades are enjoying folklore, fairytales, and myths.

Reviewing Literary Genres

https://mztsclass.blogspot.com/2018/10/reviewing-literary-genres.html


7, 9 Fables and Fairytales--Beauty and the Beast


https://mztsclass.blogspot.com/2018/10/7-9-fables-and-fairytales-beauty-and.html

12 What is Drama? Intro to Shakespeare
https://mztsclass.blogspot.com/2018/10/12-what-is-drama-intro-to-shakespeare.html


Prefixes and Roots 7 &8


https://mztsclass.blogspot.com/2018/10/10-what-is-novel.html


10 James Fenimore Cooper Bio


https://mztsclass.blogspot.com/2018/10/10-james-fennimore-cooper-bio.html

Reviewing Literary Genres-with an eye for creative writing


Journaling 10/23/18


Journaling 10/25/18

The morns are meeker than they were - (32)

The morns are meeker than they were - 
The nuts are getting brown -
The berry’s cheek is plumper -
The rose is out of town. 
The maple wears a gayer scarf -
The field a scarlet gown -
Lest I sh'd be old-fashioned 
I’ll put a trinket on. 

Sunday, October 21, 2018

7, 9 Fables and Fairytales--Beauty and the Beast; Aesop

The Fable, Folktale, Myth, Legend: Differences and Examples


9 Text p. 173

The History of Beauty & The Beast | Fairy Tales with Jen


The Storied, International Folk History of Beauty and The Beast
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/storied-international-folk-history-beauty-and-beast-180962502/

Beauty and the Beast Villenueve
http://www.maerchenlexikon.de/texte/te425C-007.htm


Faerie Tale Theatre : Beauty and the Beast - Full Episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vipImEvl39U 

Grade 7 Aesop Fables

What is a Fable?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruX6oQeLC3M

The Raven and the Swan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6b2kSZxER0 

 Kids Stories in English | The Raven and The Swan | Animated Bedtime Stories for Kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJGR8WFBcko 

The Swallow and the birds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqjlXhPoTi0 

 The Farmer And The Stork | Moral Stories For Kids | English Short Stories For Children

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg_JWahEzEs 

 

The Tortoise and the Hare (Disney 1934)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeZe2qPLPh0 

12 What is Drama? Intro to Shakespeare


Shakespeare is everywhere | Christopher Gaze | TEDxVancouver

Elements of Drama by Mrs. Alicea



What is Drama? - Terms, Time Periods and Styles



10 What is a Novel?

Novels: Definition, Characteristics & Examples



8 11 Folklore and Legends Rip Van Winkle, Sleepy Hallow, The Golden Touch

Text p. 148

What Is Folklore? - Definition, Legends & Myths

Grade 11

Washington Irving - Rip Van Winkle




Faerie Tale Theatre #Rip Van Winkle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGHmF-2jrbE

The Legend of Sleepy Hallow
 

Grade 8
Nathanel Hawthorne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLtotbVIXuU 

The Golden Touch 
https://www.commonlit.org/texts/the-golden-touch 

Cartoon The golden Touch Disney 1935
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x24lg85 

Prefixes and Roots 7 &8


Prefixes, Suffixes, and Word Roots - Video 

10 James Fenimore Cooper Bio


That Random Historical Figure: James Fenimore Cooper