Aim: What occurred within England and throughout the Middle Ages?

1. Aim: What occurred within England and throughout the Middle Ages? Do Now: Find your card and sit at that seat. Get out your Global notebook and turn to the next blank page. Answer the following question: People from different cultures are immigrating to a country. They bring a variety of languages, religion, foods, etc. How might they contribute to and change the country they’re immigrating to?

2. Agenda • Do Now (5 minutes) • Review of classroom procedures and norms (10 minutes) 3) How the Norman Conquest Changed England (5 minutes) 4) Video Activity—Watch the videos and answer the following questions: (10 minutes for videos + 5 minutes for writing) --What is one example of how the English language changed after the Normans invaded? --What were at least two changes that the Norman Conquest broad to English society as a whole 5) HW Procedure and Review (7 minutes)

3. Norms • One mic. • Respect for all. • Come to class on time. • Come prepared with all materials. • Actively take notes. • Participate by raising your hand and quietly waiting to be called on. • Use appropriate language—cursing and put downs are not acceptable.

4. Opening Routine • Come to class on time. • Go to your seat quietly and in a way that helps your peers stay focused. • Take out your HW and quietly place it onmy desk at the start of the class. Return to your seat. • Take out your Global notebook and pencil and Do the Do Now.

5. How did the Norman Conquest of 1066 Affect England?

6. How did the Norman Conquest of 1066 Affect England?

7. Video Activity Watch the videos and answer the following questions: • What is one example of how the English language changed after the Normans invaded? • What were at least two changes that the Norman Conquest broad to English society as a whole?

8. HW Procedure • HW is written on BLACK OR BLUE INK! • Remember to include your: --Full name --Class --Date We will be taking time at the end of class to go over that night’s HW.

9. HW

10. Today’s focus/rundown • Do Now (5 minutes) • Agenda(2-3 minutes) • Objective I: Editorial letter discussing Norman changes(20-22 minutes) • Since it’s a “CHANGE” literary piece, spend a few sentences (at least 2-3 discussing life before the changes made – focus on life during the pre-Norman invasion. • Second part: focus on the changes made/introduced by the Normans • Assess the changes made by the Normans: were they good or bad – explain in some details. • Review/actively reading brief article surrounding the history of the English language (5-7 minutes) • Personal Reflection (5-7 minutes) • Closing(2-3 minutes) • Quick review of homework# 5

11. OBJECTIVE I Reread/review pages discussing “TheNorman Conquest,” “Parliament and Common Law” and the policies of William “The Conqueror and His successors,” on pp. 305 – 308. After doing such, I want students to a write letter to the editorial section of a fictional medieval newspaper evaluating the changes brought about by William and his successors. The letters ought to be written: • From the perspective of commoners who have lived under the rule of one or more of these Norman kings. • Briefly discuss the changes made – WHAT CHANGED? • Evaluate them – were they good or bad? Explain using specific details.

12. View Brief Video Centered Around the nascent [birth] of English Origins of the English Language: 6: 27.

13. Objective II: Examining the origin and gradual transformation of the English language (Quietly please): Actively read the brief article surrounding the “History of the English Language.” • Discussion: • What’s your take/views? • Surprised about anything? • In a “nutshell,” what is English? • Did you learn anything new about the language you use daily?

14. Basic timeline of the birth & evolving nature of the English language