Dear students,
Today’s lesson we will review important aspects of the novels.
Ms. Verónica’s class
Ms. Veronica’s class will review Chapters 1-5 from the reader The Vesuvius Mosaic.
Click HERE to download the PPT
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It’s Movie Analysis Time! Pompeii ! (Ms Victoria’s Class)
Dear students,
Since yesterday we had the Vesuvius Mosaic Test, today we will watch Pompeii. This movie is set in Pompeii and it shows how senators, gladiators, citizens and slaves lived and participated in the city life! Just like in our book!
After watching the movie, please answer the following questions and post them on our Edmodo page:
1. Did you like the movie? Why?
2. Hoy can you relate the movie to the book?
3. Which was your favorite scene? Why?
4. Who was your favorite character? Why?
Have fun watching it! 🙂
The Vesuvius Mosaic Review!
Dear all,
Today we will work on a review of the Vesuvius Mosaic in order to prepare our Test due Tuesday May, 19.
Activity 1: Take a look at the following prezi presentation and picture:
http://prezi.com/8eg0s_yhswo0/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
Activity 2: True or False? Let’s use some quotes!
a. Cassia is angry that Spurius gave Felix his freedom.
b. Cassia wants her daughter, Flavia, to marry Petrus.
c. Bassus wants Felix to design the mosaic in two weeks.
d. Bassus wants his mosaic to show Venus and Jupiter with Vesuvius behind.
e. On the way to the tile shop, Felix sees a beautiful slave girl with blue eyes.
Activity 3: Check out the Diary Entry samples below.
The Vesivius Mosaic Test Preparation! (Ms Victoria’s class)
Dear students,
Do you remember the reading activies that we did after each chapter? Well, here you have digital copies of all them!!! Chapter by chapter!
I really hope you enjoyed the story as much as I did! 🙂
Literary Card on 2015 Readers
Dear students,
This year we will be using Literary Cards while we work with our two readers of the year: The Vesuvius Mosaic and The Last Sherlock Holmes Story.
But what are these literary cards? and most importantly: how are we going to use them?
A literary card is a piece of paper that will be used right after finishing reading a chapter. It is going to help you understand main ideas of the chapter, characters’ interactions, and also new vocabulary. It will help you, as well, predict what may happen in the next chapters, involving you deeply in the novel.
We are going to use one of these cards after reading a full chapter. You will have to fill them in as intructed by your teachers, either at home or in classes. They are not going to be graded, but it is importat that you complete them because they are going to help study before each tests. Keep them in a separate folder to make their correction easier. To that end, please hand in your teacher a folder (of any color) with a visible name tag.
The first one will be done in class with your teachers so as to have a clearer idea of how should be completed.
To take a look at the format of the literary cards, please click on the following link and a PDF version of it will be displayed: 7th Grade ISE-1 Literary Card 2015
Recreation of Vesuvius Erupting! OOOOOOHHH!
What happened when Vesuvius erupted? Watch the video and answer the questions:
1. What are your impressions on the video?
2. How do you feel about it?
The body casts
Giuseppe Fiorelli, an archaeologist, poured liquid plaster into the hollows left in the ash when the bodies had decomposed to recreate the figures at the moment of their death.
This technique has allowed casts to be made of doors, windows, stairs and other parts of the houses in Pompeii.
- What is your reaction to body casts?
Retrieved and adapted from: http://museumvictoria.com.au/education/learning-lab/ancient-roman-empire/recreation-of-vesuvius-erupting/
Pompeii Today
Look at the following pictures taken from a tourist’s perspective. Write the questions a tourist may ask a tour guide about each image.
Retrieved and adapted from: http://museumvictoria.com.au/education/learning-lab/ancient-roman-empire/pompeii-today/
A Pompeian house!
What was a typical Roman house like?
House of the Vine floor plan
Source: Museum Victoria
- Look carefully at the plan of the House of the Vine, a typical Pompeian house. Some of the rooms are labelled. Talk with a partner about what would have happened in each space.
- Try to paint a picture of what it would have been like to live in a house like this.
- Now watch the video of the House of the Vine. Can you imagine yourself living there?
4. Now compare the House of the Vine with your own house!
The Vesuvius Mosaic
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We have some wonderful mosaics in Pompeii, but I’ve never seen a better one than this!’ After the young Roman mosaic designer Felix starts work in Pompeii, his whole life changes. There he falls in love with the beautiful Greek slave Agathe, who can see into the future. When the volcano Vesuvius sends hot ash over the city, Felix – and Agathe’s brother Alcander – ride to the port of Misenum for help. But will they reach admiral Gaius Plinius in time, and will they ever see Agathe alive again?
8th Grade ISE-1 2016 