Ch. 3 ISLAM

Mr. Simnjanovski
Fontana Middle School

Chapter 3 (sections 1 & 2)
August 24-28, 2009

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Homework for this week (Due Friday)

1. Read Pages 54-65
2. Complete: Page 58 (#'s 1 & 2) and Page 64 (#'s 1, 2, & 3)
   
3. Quick Writes
4. SIGNED PROGRESS REPORTS (Distributed Last FRIDAY!!!)

This Week:

MONDAY

1. Copy H/W
2. Review Ch. 2 Tests (complete for those who were absent Friday)
3. Ch. 3 Introduction
4. New Key Terms
5. Nomads vs. Sedentary civilizations
6. Closure
   

TUESDAY

1. Q/W
2. Overview/review key terms (section 1)
3. Discuss Markets/Bazaars/Souks
4. Ch. 2 Section 2 Vocab
5. Closure
   

WEDNESDAY

1. Q/W
2. Vocabulary Review Activity
   
3. Reading Activity
4. Closure
   

THURSDAY

1. Vocabulary Builder(s) (builder worksheet)
2. Discuss & Share
3. Practice Quiz for Sections 1 & 2 (may be pushed to Friday)
   
4. Closure
   

FRIDAY

1. HOMEWORK DUE (NO EXCUSES!!!...in an Arnold S. accent)
2. Vocabulary BINGO!
3. Closure

All That Legal Mumbo-Jumbo!!!
California State Standards to be covered this week:
7.2.1 (social studies); 7.1.3 (writing); 7.2.0 (reading)

Student Learning Objectives:

Students will learn that …

1. Arabia is mostly a desert land.

2. Two ways of life—nomadic and sedentary—developed in the desert.

Vocabulary

1. sand dunes
2. oasis
3. sedentary
4. caravan
5. souk

PreTeaching

___ What You Will Learn … (SE) Preview Main Ideas, Big Idea, and Key Terms and People.
___ Academic Vocabulary (TE) Review with students the high-use academic term in this section.
___ If YOU were there . . . (SE) Have students read and discuss the section introduction and question.

Direct Teaching

___ Teach the Big Idea Activity (TE) Students discuss the Main Idea questions, identify main idea statements and write a letter describing a particular lifestyle.
___ Main Idea Questions (TE) Standards-based discussion questions
___ Collaborative Learning (TE) Travel Brochures
___ Differentiating Instruction for Universal Access: Learners Having Difficulty (TE) Arabian Geography [RS]
___ Critical Thinking: Making Generalizations (TE) A Day in
the Life
___ Map: Arabia, 570 (SE)
___ History Close-up: Nomads and Townspeople (SE)
___ Linking to Today: Shopping (SE)

Review & Assessment(s)

___ Close (TE) Have students work in pairs to write one-paragraph summaries of the geography of Arabia.
___ Section 1 Assessment (SE)