1/24/13 - TH [5 Pillars of Islam]

* * * END OF QUARTER JAN 31 (No School for students)
> > > > NEW SPIRALS NEEDED BY NEXT WEEK (2)
> > >  NEW TRACKERS HANDED OUT TODAY

I.  TRACKER CHECK & SCORE
- fill in new week's dates
- fill in this week's homework
- review/start this week's homework materials

- SCORE week's Janary 7-11 and Jan 14-18
- teacher score one page as model for students

social studies/reading
II.  THE TEACHINGS of ISLAM (continued)
- review and share in groups what you've written so far
* Interactive Student Notebook, (ISN) pages 56-59
- ask each other questions as if it were a test
 
CONTINUE reading 
HISTORY ALIVE, CH 9,
sections 9.3-9.10,
pages 94-102
complete ISN through page 59 (9.3-9.10)

III. ISLAM: EMPIRE of FAITH (25 minutes)
- PBS documentary * video of background on Islam
* review of materials we've just studied with visual component


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HOMEWORK
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Homework is ongoing and students are expected to PLAN TIME TO WORK ON HW

___   VOCABULARY WEEK 6
            • finish Days 1-2 by FRIDAY (days 3-4 are Extra Credit)
            • Day 1, Tuesday night; Day 2 HW Wed. night
            * Follow process; check with dictionary after you've completed
            * ANY time you see an asterix = define old word

___  GEOGRAPHY CROSSWORD: HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE MIDDLE EAST
        •  work on during week; turn in FRI
        * SHOW reading -- underline key words that help find answer

___  ATLAS/MAP STUDY: STALEMATE IN THE MIDDLE EAST/IRAQ MAP
     * Use Atlas, go online, read encyclopedia articles