Today in class we looked at a powerpoint on images and how they help us relate to telling stories. We discussed what the images were about and how they could portray a story.
PowerPoint: http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dcbdzc94_139g2xdd9g3
For our second part of class today we worked on writing a story called the Merchant's Journal. The story is to be based on the Silk Road trading activity we completed in class yesterday. Students should have their first paragraph completed for this assignment.
Assignment: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcbdzc94_159hmpdxwcg
Tomorrow students are to hand in their vocabulary for chapter 1 and their citizenship log if they have not already.