LANGUAGE ARTS:
Mon.
Work on Skills Book/AR (6 minutes)
10/14
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
Mrs.
Stein
ab
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Read Chapters 5-8
Work on Quote Log and Job Sheet
Tues.
Work on Skills Book/AR (6 minutes)
10/15
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
Mrs.
Stein
ab
Wed.
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Assign “The Desert Comes Alive”
Work on Chapters 5-8 Quote Log/Job
Sheet/The Desert Comes Alive
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
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10/16
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Mrs.
Stein
ab
Thurs
10/17
Chapters 5-8 Quote Log Due/Discuss in lit
circles/Collect
Chapters 5-8 Job Sheet Due
Meet with Expert Groups
Work on The Desert Comes Alive, if time
CA SHAKEOUT: ALT. SCHEDULE
Skills Book DUE- Peer Check/Collect
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
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Fri.
10/18
Chapters 5-8 Quiz
Self correct Skills Book
Self Correct Skills Book
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
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Share/Collect The Desert Comes Alive
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Mini Reading Circle/Collect Job sheets
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Evaluation/Collect
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Assign 9-13 Jobs: Due Wednesday
STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS:
1. Be sure to use your planner.
2. Keep your weekly schedule.
3. Plan your work! Work your plan!
4. Use study & learning strategies for success!
5. Be organized!
Medea Creek Middle School: 7th Humanities: Mrs. Stein
Week 8: Quarter 1: 10-14-13 to 10-18-13
SOCIAL STUDIES:
STANDARD:
HOMEWORK:
Ch. 3 Islam:
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Read Lesson 3 with Icon Notes
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Provide Short Answer Practice
(required to complete/attach to
back of packet)
LA 1.4: Identify topics;
ask and evaluate
questions; and develop
ideas leading to inquiry,
investigation, and
research.
Ch. 3 Islam:
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Review Lesson 3/highlight
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Three Religions Worksheet
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Assign Acrostic Poem- due Thursday
SS 7.2.1: Identify the
physical features and
describe the climate of the
Arabian peninsula, its
relationship to
surrounding bodies of
land and water, and
nomadic and sedentary
ways of life.
Ch. 3 Islam:
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Correct Three Religions wksht.
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Work on Poem; Work on Essay
Practice
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Test Prep (study/quiz each other)
LA 1.7: Provide
constructive feedback to
speakers concerning the
coherence and logic of a
speech’s content and
delivery and its overall
impact upon the listener.
LA: Shabanu Quiz 5-8 Quiz
LA: Skills Book section I & WW #1-3 due
tomorrow
LA: Desert Comes Alive: Friday
SS 7.2.4: Discuss the
expansion of Muslim rule
through military
conquests and treaties,
emphasizing the cultural
blending within Muslim
civilization and the
spread and acceptance of
Islam and the Arabic
language.
LA 1.2: Support all
statements and claims
with anecdotes,
descriptions, facts and
statistics, and specific
examples.
LA: Desert Comes Alive Due
LA: Mini RCircle tomorrow
LA: Self Correct Skills Book by Mon.
REMINDERS:
10/31: End Q1
11/1: No School
11/4-8: Catalina
11/11:No School
TESTS/ DUE DATES:
Skills book w/ vocab due: 10/17
Ch. 3 Islam TEST: 10/18
Q1 AR Deadline: 10/24
Skills I & WW 1-3 TEST: 10/25
CA SHAKEOUT: ALT. SCHEDULE
Ch. 3 Islam:
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Share/collect acrostic poems
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Review for test: Small groups
Ch. 3 Islam:
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Turn in packets
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TEST
QUOTE TO PONDER:
“A creative man is motivated by the desire to
achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
-Ayn Rand
LA: Read Ch. 5-8 by Wednesday
LA: Quote Log/Job Sheet: Wed.
LA: 5-8 Shabanu Quiz Thursday
LA: Skills Book/Vocab due Thursday
SS: Finish L3 with icons if unfinished
SS: Short answer practice due Friday (attach
to packet)
LA: 5-8 Quote Log and Job Sheet
LA: Skills Book and Vocab: Thursday
LA: The Desert Comes Alive: Friday
SS: Finish 3 Religions Wksht.
SS: Acrostic Poem due Thursday
SS: Short Answer practice: Fri.
SS: Poems due tomorrow
SS: Short answer practice Friday
SS: Study for test tomorrow!
SS: Short answer due—staple
SS: Packet due tomorrow
LA: Self Correct Skills Book if unfinished:
Due Monday
LA: Read Ch. 9-13 with Quote Log and Job
Sheet: Due Wednesday
SS: None