Friday, November 30, 2018
I am home with my mom today.  I expect a good report from the guest teacher.
First, read chapters 15-16 of I Am Malala.  Answer the comprehension questions in complete sentences. 

Chapter 15 “Peace?”

Arabic terms and words to know sharia (adjective)--Islamic religious law hygiene (noun)--the practice of keeping yourself and the things around you clean in order to prevent diseases bazaar (noun)--a market or area where there are a lot of small shops chilling (adjective)--something that is chilling makes you feel frightened, especially because it is cruel, violent, or dangerous

1. What do older girls have to agree to do if they return to school?
2. List two ways the Taliban became bolder after the imposition of sharia?
3. In two sentences, describe what the video on Malala’s father’s phone consists of.
4. Why is Sufi Mohammad’s speech a disappointment?

Chapter 16 “Displaced”

Arabic terms and words to know tapa (noun)--a genre of Pashto folk poetry having two lines, the first line with nine syllables, the second with thirteen nappies (British English, noun)--diapers

1. What precious things must Malala leave behind?
2. Where is Malala’s father while the rest of the family is in Shagla?
3. Who do Malala and her father talk to from the United States?
4. What is Malala’s wish for her 12th birthday?

When you complete the questions, you may practice vocabulary from week 1 (link) or week 2 (link) on Quizlet.
Or you may practice the geography of the Middle East Quizlet:  https://quizlet.com/_4378l8
Middle East map test Tuesday, December 4.
Or you may read silently.  
During fifth period, you will work with Mrs. Waistell on Document A on the DBQ "Why Did Islam Spread So Quickly?"

Read Document A in "Why Did Islam Spread So Quickly?" To understand the quotation better, write these words ABOVE the words they define: Write "rich/successful" above "prosperous" Write "earning a lot of money" above "lucrative" Write "carrying" above "bearing"

Thursday, November 29, 2018
Answer questions 1 -6 for the Background Essay for the DBQ "Why Did Islam Spread?"

Next, begin to read chapters 13-14 in I Am Malala and answer the comprehension questions in complete sentences.

Chapter 13 “Class Dismissed”

Arabic terms and words to know scandalized (adjective)--very shocked at someone’s behavior preoccupied (adjective)--thinking about something a lot, with the result that you do not pay attention to other things

1. Why does Malala hate to watch herself on television?
2. Why does Malala write that the last day of school, before they close it, “felt as if we were going to a funeral”?  

Chapter 14 “Secret School”

Arabic terms and words to know bunker (noun)--a strongly built shelter for soldiers, usually underground shuttered (adjective)--with closed shutters (shutters are one of a pair of wooden or metal covers on the outside of a window that can be closed to keep light out or prevent thieves from coming in)

1. What does Malala realize when she watches “Ugly Betty”?  
2. What ban does Fazlullah lift?  

Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Middle East map test Tuesday, December 4 (next Tuesday!). Quizlet link: https://quizlet.com/_4378l8
Today you will write 12 sentences for I Am Malala week 2 vocabulary. 

Name___________________

Number_________________

Vocabulary for I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition)--part 2

Due Monday Look up definitions at ldoceonline.com Due Tuesday: Finish the Show Me You Know Sentences on the back or another piece of paper.

1 = I have never heard of it.  2 = I kind of know what it means.  3 = I know it. 4 = I could teach it to the class.

	Before	After	Part of speech and definition
curfew
ineffective
chaos
savor			#2
immune			#3
significant
income
elated
reprimand
treaty
relent
plight
facilitate
pledge

A curfew might be set if __________________.

________________ is ineffective at __________________.

The ___________________ created chaos in the ________________.

_______________ took a moment to savor the __________________ during/while __________.

My mother/father/sister is immune to ___________ because s/he ______________.

__________________ had a significant effect on me when I was ____________.

I spent the income I received from __________ on ___________.

I was elated when __________________.

My teacher/mother/father/grandmother reprimanded ________________ when s/he ____________.

After ____________, my  teacher/mother/father/grandmother relented and _______________.

The plight of ___________ makes me feel _______________.

It is easier to ___________ when ___________ facilitates.

I pledged to my  teacher/mother/father/grandmother that I would/would not ___________.

Finally, you will read chapter 11-12 in I Am Malala and answer the comprehension questions in complete sentences.

Part 3 “Finding My Voice”

Chapter 11 “A Chance To Speak”

1. In two sentences, describe what does Moniba speak about when it is her turn.
2. Do you think Malala is brave?  Why or why not?

Chapter 12 “A Schoolgirl’s Diary”

Arabic terms and words to know fahashi (noun)--indecent behavior edict (noun)--an official public order made by someone in a position of power forbade (verb)--the past tense of forbid, to tell someone that they are not allowed to do something, or that something is not allowed

1. What announcement does the radio mullah make in December 2008?  How many girls

does this affect?  

2. How many girls quit Malala’s father’s school?  
3. Why does Malala describe the time of January 2009 as “among the darkest of our lives”?
4. What is Malala’s mother agreeing to when she quotes the Quran: “Falsehood has to die.

 And the truth has to come forward”?

5. Why does Malala choose Gul Makai as her pseudonym?  
6. What does Malala mean when she writes “But the diary had done its job”?

Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Middle East map test Tuesday, December 4.
Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_4378l8
Today, you will look up the definitions at longman dictionary for I Am Malala Week 2 vocabulary.

Name___________________

Number_________________

Vocabulary for I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition)--part 2

Due Monday Look up definitions at ldoceonline.com Due Tuesday: Finish the Show Me You Know Sentences on the back or another piece of paper.

1 = I have never heard of it.  2 = I kind of know what it means.  3 = I know it. 4 = I could teach it to the class.

	Before	After	Part of speech and definition
curfew
ineffective
chaos
savor			#2
immune			#3
significant
income
elated
reprimand
treaty
relent
plight
facilitate
pledge

A curfew might be set if __________________.

________________ is ineffective at __________________.

The ___________________ created chaos in the ________________.

_______________ took a moment to savor the __________________ during/while __________.

My mother/father/sister is immune to ___________ because s/he ______________.

__________________ had a significant effect on me when I was ____________.

I spent the income I received from __________ on ___________.

I was elated when __________________.

My teacher/mother/father/grandmother reprimanded ________________ when s/he ____________.

After ____________, my  teacher/mother/father/grandmother relented and _______________.

The plight of ___________ makes me feel _______________.

It is easier to ___________ when ___________ facilitates.

I pledged to my  teacher/mother/father/grandmother that I would/would not ___________.

Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_43z116

Today we will begin the DBQ "Why Did Islam Spread So
Quickly?" You will write the definitions on question
7 of the "Background Essay":

Words to know Background Essay Allah--the supreme being in the Muslim religion--God pagan--a person who believes in many gods, common before Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Ka’ba--the most holy shrine in Mecca, Saudi Arabia Islam--the religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad Qur’an--the holy book of Islam pilgrimage-- a journey to a holy place for religious reasons Ramadan--the ninth month of the Muslim year, during which Muslims fast (do not eat or drink anything) between sunrise and sunset

Next, with your table groups, look at the "Hook Exercise"
Together, figure out how each of the ideas were
diffused: Technology, Trade, Conquest, Foreign Study,
or Migration.
Read I Am Malala chapters 9-10 and answer comprehension

questions in complete sentences.

Chapter 9 “Candy From the Sky”

Arabic terms and words to know huddled (verb)--if a group of people huddled together, they stayed very close to each other, especially because they were cold or frightened

1. Describe the scene outside the school one day in the autumn of 2007.
2. Once the night curfew is imposed, what begins?
3. How long did the fighting continue?
4. How could Malala tell when the fighting was nearby?  

Chapter 10 “What Terrorism Feels Like”

Arabic terms and words to know haven (noun)--a place where people or animals can live peacefully or go to in order to be safe suicide bomber (noun)--someone who hides a bomb on their body and explodes it in a public place, killing himself or herself and other people, usually for political reasons

1. Why does Malala admire Madame Maryam?
2. What happens to Malala’s television?
3. What does Fazlullah do to a girls’ school in Matta?
4. How many schools does the Taliban bomb in 2008?