Lesson Six: Final Assignment

Texts
All Texts

Materials
Student Interactive Notebook (pg. 15)

Activities
1. Individual Talking-to-the-Drawing
Look at the copy of your classmates’ Serf Thomas & Serf Anne drawing. You are becoming an expert on this time period. Show off your knowledge by Talking to the Text on this drawing. Write comments, questions, understandings, and connections. What more could you add using the evidence we collected? What thoughts or comments might Serf Thomas or Serf Anne have in this scene? Add these as thought or speech bubbles.

2. Partner Share
Share what you have added to the class picture with your partner. Then, at the bottom of your picture, write a claim that sums up your answer to the essential question, based on everything you have learned.

  • What was life like for a medieval serf and how do you know?

Life as a serf was _______________ because _____________________.

3. Whole Class Share OutTC_Bubble
Your teacher will be calling on several student pairs to share the claims you have made about serf life. Be ready to cite your evidence and to explain how your evidence relates to your claim.