Historia medieval de la IEW (parte 1)

In this intermediate-level IEW writing class, students will write about knights, Vikings, kings, and famous men of the Middle Ages while they learn to write with structure and style.

Students must be able to read at a sixth-grade level or higher.

This is a Level B class. 

Students will have homework to turn in. Students must be able to type their assignments and turn them in. 

Learners will receive feedback on submitted assignments. 

Learners will need the student book for Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons: 
https://iew.com/shop/products/medieval-history-based-writing-lessons-student-book-only

Students will complete the entire book in this class.

In this class, students will:
-Practice making keyword outlines and narrating a story using their outlines
-Practice writing a paragraph from notes
-Practice retelling a story in their own words using their outlines
-Practice creating a title for their story
-Practice summarizing a reference
-Practice writing from pictures
-Practice summarizing multiple references
-Practice inventive writing
-Practice the formal essay model
-Practice writing a formal critique and response to literature
-Practice using dress-ups, decorations, new vocabulary, and sentence openers to make interesting sentences
-Practice using English grammar

Using slides and interaction, I will teach the lesson or concept the students will work on during class. 

I will model lessons, and we will work together in class to brainstorm ideas. 

Students will be expected to complete assignments after each class and should expect to spend time completing assignments outside of class.

Week 1: Unit I: Note Making and Outlines- The Middle Ages
                          HOMEWORK assigned

Week 2: Unit 2: Writing from Notes- Anglo-Saxons
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 3: Unit 2: Writing from Notes- Monasteries
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 4: Unit 2: Writing from Notes- Justinian the Great
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 5: Unit 3: Retelling Narrative Stories-Beowulf
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 6: Unit 3: Retelling Narrative Stories- The Archbishop of Canterbury
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 7: Unit 3: Retelling Narrative Stories- Mohammed
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 8: Unit 3: Retelling Narrative Stories- The Sword and the Stone
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 9: Unit 4: Summarizing a Reference- Charlemagne
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 10: Unit 4: Summarizing a Reference- Vikings
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 11: Unit 4: Summarizing a Reference- Alfred the Great
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 12: Unit 4: Summarizing a Reference- The Battle of Hastings
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 13: Unit 5: Writing from Pictures- The Samurai and the Dragon
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 14: Unit 5: Writing from Pictures- Llama Saves the Day
                           HOMEWORK assigned

Week 15 Unit 5: Writing from Pictures- The Magic Lamp
                           HOMEWORK assigned