Yesterday we read "Scroll" 5 and you created a three-sentence summary. Please post a your summary as a comment AND give a one or two sentence reflection of the story so far.
Anyone who did not compete their posted comment should do that for homework.
Next, we had a whole-school assembly where Mr. Paish outlined the results of the two surveys that the students completed before the Christmas break. He then explained a system to highlight the school's key words that we will embark upon from now until the spring break. Our grade 6 and 7 students will be key players in promoting a healthier, safer and warmer school experience for all. I was quite pleased with our behaviour during the assembly and took time out of recess to explain that to the class (yes, I gave them a bit of an extension to make up for the time I "borrowed").
After recess we read and then moved into math. In Math 7, I spent most of the class working with the group to assess sets of mixed numbers and decimals to order them from least to greatest. This is not easy as students have to decide how best to compare "apples and oranges" but by the end of class, most students were demonstrating mastery. We'll see tomorrow whether or not they retain that ability. |
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Following lunch we read another chapter from the Ostia novel and then composed a summary. I added a catch: they had to write a topic sentence that reflected on the whole chapter before getting to specific details. During our debrief and sharing it became apparent that many students had difficulty with this. We'll do the same routine next time to give practice at this key synthesis skill. Anyone who did not compete all of supporting sentences for their summary should do that for homework.We listened to half of a podcast on Egypt's Middle Kingdom and it was clear that without the PowerPoint slides to act as a bridge between the content and the students, that many had difficulty understanding. I did this purposely because I want the students to understand their thinking processes and to have the ability to assess their learning. Research has shown that this metacognition (thinking about one's thinking, or, thinking about how one thinks/processes ideas) is a key element in a student's growth.
We ended the day by working on our action pieces from last week's art lesson in preparation for tomorrow's lesson where we will begin to paint! Have a good day.
Band homework: Please practice pages 10 - 13 for Thursday.
Please bring something that doesn't require the microwave if you are having a practice or other activity during lunch.
After searching for Nubia in all the rooms they find her curled up with Scuto in the storeroom. After that things were going well again. Mordecai was becoming good friends with her dad and her and Jonathon were teaching Nubia tons of Latin from Flavia’s scrolls of Anied. As Captain Geminus sets off on his voyage over seas Jonathon points to man thing and says their name as Nubia looks around curiously. But when they arrive home there is a trail of blood droplets leading straight to Jonathon’s front door.
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DeleteFlavia and Jonathan's family find Nubia in the storage room with the family dog Scuto, after this the dog and Nubia become inseperatable. Flavia's father goes on a trip to Greece, on the way home walking from the boat's berth Jonathan teaches Nubia a little bit of Latin when they discover a trail of blood leading to Jonathan's doorstep.
ReplyDeleteI think this book is very interesting, and keeps you in suspense for the next chapter.
They find Nubia sleeping with the dog, Scuto, in the storeroom. A few days later Pater is going on a voyage. While walking Flavia overhears a conversation between her father and Cordius thinking about adopting Libertus. Her father starts the voyage but while walking back she and Jonathan soon discover a trail of blood coming from Jonathan's door.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy 'The Thieves of Ostia' because it's fun to read and tells you about what people would do in Rome.
I think that the Thieves of Ostia is an okay book so far but isn't my favorite. I find it to choppy and instead of one big problem there are a bunch of little ones with not enough suspense.
ReplyDeleteNubia and the dog scuto become best of friends after they find Nubia sleeping with the dog after the party. After that incident they went to see Flavias father off on his sea trip. And on the way back Nubia and Jonathan find blood outside Flavias house.
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ReplyDeleteAt the end of the party Nubia went off and slept with the dog Scuto, this made Nubia really close to Scuto and since then she's slept with him in the garden every night. A few days after Flavia's birthday it was time for her pater to go off on his voyage and as everyone was walking back for waving him off they noticed there was a trail of blood leading to Jonathan's door step.
So far I think this book has been good because we are learning about the Romans and the way they live century's ago. Also it is intriguing to read another chapter because they usually end the chapter with a great closer and then you want to find out what happens next.
Scroll 5: Everyone was mortified to find Nubia missing and set out to find her. Assuming she was in the house they searched until a light bulb went on and remembered that Scuto had stopped barking a while back so they opened the store room door, where he was put to stay out of the way and there she was with the dog and they became instantly attached. Later that day they set out to the harbour to find the Captain's boat named Myrtilla,after his beloved wife. He went out on his voyage and as the rest them left they found a trail of blood following behing Jonathan.
ReplyDeleteI think reading this book is a good way to learn about the Roman's culture and lifestyle and will help us when we study Ancient Rome. I also like reading this book because it gives you a wide vocabulary to think about and may also help you with your writing.
I think that the novel the thieves of Ostia is a good book because of the suspense.
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ReplyDeleteWhen they were searching the house they finally found Nubia in the storeroom with Scuto. Captain Geminus and his partner Cordius were going away again. Flavia and Jonathan taught new words to Nubia. When they returned from the harbor, they discovered a blood trail to the door of Jonathan's house.
I think Scuto is interesting, because, he is a cute dog.
And he and Nubia became great friends
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ReplyDeleteAfter Flavia's family finishes searching through all of the rooms they find Nubia sleeping in the storeroom with Scuto the dog. On a bright sunny day a few days later Flavia goes down to the harbor with her friends to see her father off on his sea voyage. As they walk back they teach Nubia words in Latin, then Nubia notices a trail of blood leading straight into Johnathon's house.
I think that The Thieves of Ostia is an alright book but it is not my favourite
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ReplyDeleteEvery body started to search frantically around for Nubia. They checked upstairs and down but couldn’t find her until they finally found her asleep with Scuto in the storeroom. The next day they all headed down to the docks to say goodbye to Flavia’s father who was going on a voyage as they walked down Jonathan was teaching Nubia words in Latin. On the way back from the docks Flavia, Jonathan and Nubia find a blood trail leading into Jonathan’s house.
I think that the book The Thieves of Ostia is really fun to read and its better than i thought it would be.
At Flavia's birthday Nubia goes missing but they soon find her in the storage room sleeping with the Geminus's watchdog scuto. In the morning Flavia, Nubia, Jonathan, Libertus (Cordius's ex-slave now a freedman), Miriam, Dr.Mordecai and Scuto go to say goodbye to captain Geminus as he leaves on a sailing trip aboard the Myrilla (captain Geminus's ship). During the walk home Jonathan tries to teach Nubia some Latin but come home to a trail of blood leading into Jonathan, Miriam and Dr.Mordecai's house.
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I think that the novel "The Thieves of Ostia" is exciting, intriguing and pulls the reader in. Like how the writer puts so many "plot twists" into the story. I find the names of the characters and places very interesting and challenging to say.
I think that the Thieves of Ostia is a is a good book because this book tells us about Rome and it has a a little bit of surprise.
ReplyDeleteIn scroll 5 they found Nubia curled up with Flavia's dog asleep.Then they walked to the quay to say goodbye to Flavia's father who was going on a voyage when they walked back to the Jewish peoples house there was a trail of blood leading into the house. I liked this chapter because it was a cliff hanger.
ReplyDeletethis book is about a flavia and her father and there adventure . and on her birthday she finds out that there's a slave owner and that there's a slave her age.
ReplyDeletethe chapter opened up on flavia's birthday party and nubia was not to be found. everybody was looking for her and they finally found her sleeping in the storeroom. there dog scuto was sleeping with nubia.
ReplyDeletefound nubia with dog in seller together sleeping. they walk to the quay to say good bye to makes but when they were walking back they sow blued drips going to the jewish people house. i liked this chapter because their was was blued drips at the end and it left a cliff hanger
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ReplyDeleteFlavia and her guests searched the whole house for Nubia but couldn’t find her anywhere until caudex reminded them that they hadn’t searched the storeroom where there dog Scuto had been put for the night. When they got to the storeroom and opened the door they saw Nubia curled up on the floor with her head on Scuto. A couple of days later Flavias father was going on a voyage so Flavia, Nubia and all of Jonathan’s family went down to the docks to bid there farewell but when they got back they all saw a trail of blood coming from Jonathan’s house.
I think the Thieves of Ostia is a really good book so fare.I like how they end every chapter with a big mystery it makes you want to read more.
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ReplyDeleteIn the begging of chapter 5 Nubia is found in their storeroom safe and asleep with there dog scuto. Nubias father has to leave on a sailing trip and flavia is left with her made amare.
As they are walking back from the harbor, teaching nubia Latin they find a trail of blood leading to jonathans house.
I enjoy this story because I find it vary interesting and suspenseful.
I like how every chapter ends with a turn and you wont know what will happen next and are exited to read more, so it keeps you interested in the book.
During the search for Nubia they check every room except the storage room; thats where they find Nubia curled up with their dog Scuto. Overtime Flavia's father and Mordicai become quite good freinds as well as Jonathon, Flavia and Nubia. A few days later Flavia, Jonathon, Nubia and Scuto were walking with Flavia's father. They were taking him to the docks because he was going on a voyage with his partner. They said goodbye and headed home. On the way back Jonathon was teaching Nubia new words by pointing to them and saying their names when he spotted blood leading to his front door.
ReplyDeleteI think The thieves of ostia is a decent book, the plot is good, the characters are interesting, and it really says what ancient Rome was like.
It's Flavia's birthday and everyone is having a great time as some of the guests start to fade off Flavia notices that Nubia has gone missing. Everybody gets up to help look for her they all meet back in the living room as they realize that she was curled up next to the dog sound a sleep in the storage room. The next few weeks Jonathan was taking Nubia and Flavia to teach them how to speak Latin.
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ReplyDeleteAfter realizing that Nubia is missing, Flavia, her father and their guests search the house frantically.
They then find her in the storeroom, asleep on the floor, cuddling with Scuto the dog.
Later Flavia’s friends come with her to the harbor to say farewell to Captain Geminus, her father. On the walk home, as Jonathan is teaching Latin to Nubia, they notice drops of blood on the street.
I kind of like this book. It’s relatively exciting and has some good stuff about it, but books about ancient cities like Rome never really interests me. It’s written well, but I just don’t like this kind of story. IT IS NOT CAROLINE LAWRRENCE’S FAULT.
-Saleah
After my birthday party ended my father told me that he was going on his boat trip. The next day me,nubia and johnathan went to go say good bye to my dad.As we were walking home to johnathans house we saw a blood trail going in to johnathans house
ReplyDeleteFound nubia with dog in seller together sleeping. they walk to the quay to say good bye to makes but when they were walking back they sow blued drips going to the jewish people house. i liked this chapter because their was was blued drips at the end and it left a cliff hanger
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ReplyDeleteWhere had Nubia gone, Flavia, Morcai, Jonathon, Miriam, and Coddex looked everywhere for her until they eventually found her sleeping in the cellar with the dog. A few days later Captain Geminus left on a voyage to Greece. While captain Geminus was away Jonathon came over frequently to help teach Nubia Latin. One day while Nubia and Flavia where out walking about their neighborhood Nubia spotted a trail of blood and it led to Jonathon’s house.
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ReplyDeleteThe scroll begins on Flavia’s birthday, but Nubia has gone missing. Flavia and her guests look all over the house, but she is nowhere to be seen. They start to plan to look outside, when Mordecai asks to make sure they have looked in every room. The children say that they have, but Caudex makes them check the store room where Scuto the dog is. They find nubia curled up with Scuto in the store room.
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The next morning Flavia’s father goes to the docks to go on a journey with his partner on his ship, the “myrtilla”. (sp?) Flavia, Nubia, and Jonathan are walking home, and Jonathan is teaching Nubia words in Latin when he sees drops of blood trailing towards his door.
Arif
Sorry I forgot to do the second part…
DeleteI like this book very much, it is cool because it is a fun novel but also teaches you about the history of rome. i like how the end of almost every chapter is a cliffhanger. every time we read a chapter i wish we could read one more. :)