January 8

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Make sure the following paragraph has all its dress-ups (strong verb) and openers (subject and preposition).  Add them if necessary and mark them appropriately:
  • Marco Polo was an explorer.  He went to China.  He served the emperor.  He returned to Europe a rich man.  His travels began trade between Europe and China.
• Using the source you were given in class, finish taking notes on Ancient Greece.  We have chosen our subject and our topics now we need to use our source to find information and put it in the correct section on our outline. You may have more information on a topic then will fit in the outline.  That’s ok.  You don’t have to include everything.  Notice that we place the topic on the line with the Roman Numeral.
  • Here’s out outline so far!

I.  Military

1.  occasionally/city-states/rivalry/warfare

2.  defense/city/port Piraeus

3.  Mercenaries/ recruited/ army

4.  Long Walls/ not cut off/ port

(5).

(6)

II.  Sports

1.  Olympic games

2. Pentathlon/discus/jumping/wrestling/sprinting

3. 

4.

(5).

(6).

III.  Building

1.  $/ building/flourished

2.  wealthy/ helped/finance/ buildings

3. built/ theatres/ gymnasiums

4.  stone / buildings/ marble

(5). temples /acropolis/ center/ city-state

(6).