Had a chance to role play a bit with my middle schoolers today. I created a medieval scriptorium complete with Gregorian Chants, candles, and incense.
To prepare, students used Google translate to covert the content I wanted them to learn into Latin. They used the Google font Medieval Sharp to turn their translations into the final script we used to copy to vellum.
They spent 35 minutes in complete silence and focused attention to create the first part of what will become our illuminated manuscript.
As a bonus, we made a deep discovery. When examining images of a 1,000 year old manuscript, they quickly discovered it was written in Latin and collaborated to translate the page as I watched. Awesome day of learning for all.
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Hi Mr. Miller!
Wow! Definitely an awesome day of learning for all! Our class just learned about Gregorian Chants not too long ago. I really like your blog and just created a blog of my own last week. It would be awesome if you guys could check it out at http://www.christiancsblog.edublogs.org
-Christian
Hi Christian,
I was surprised at how much my students liked to listen to the chants while they were writing their manuscript. They told me it was very peaceful. We will visit your blog next week!
Dear Mr. Miller and class,
Hi I’m Taite and am also in 7th grade! I’m from a small town in Massachusetts and am south of Boston. What are you guys learning about? In my class my teacher is teaching us about the ancient Israelites. I was curious if you guys could check out my blog my 6th grade teacher gave me. Here’s his blog just in case you ever want to Skype. http://www.mravery.edublogs.org
and here is my blog… http://www.taitesblog.edublogs.org
Thanks Taite-
Hi Taite,
Thanks for visiting a leaving a comment. I am a BIG fan of Mr. Avery’s class. He is amazing! We teach ancient Israel in 6th grade too. We will visit your blog soon