Mullen’s Megaphone

Classwork:
Today we reviewed our vocabulary from chapter 18 and learned a cool (silly) story to help us remember the countries of the Middle East. We even had some creative students perform a skit to all classes! It was fun and hopefully will help you learn. Remember: Tomorrow is your vocab/map quiz.

Homework:
study for your vocab/map quiz and finish your questions over lesson 2

This is Mrs. Mullen saying:

Extend yourself. Be creative…

Classwork:
Today we took a quiz on the three religions that we have been learning about. This quiz was an open notes quiz. Mrs. Mullen–you are so awesome! Tomorrow we will discuss the economy of the Middle East. What is their major natural resource? You guessed it…….petroleum!

Homework:
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A note from Mrs. Mullen: Today I was proud. I was at lunch and there was a situation at my lunch table which caused some students to move to another section of the table. When I went over to ask what was going on, I decided to leave the situation alone. Lo and behold, in a few minutes, I saw these students move back to their original place. Way to go guys….. I was impressed!

This is Mrs. Mullen saying:

Extend yourself. Be nice!

Classwork:
Today we finished our notes on Christianity, Islam and Judaism and completed a venn diagram comparing and contrasting these three religions. They have many things in common. We also updated our notebooks and will probably spend a few minutes at the first of class tomorrow finishing our gluing. The TOC is below.

116 Valentine warm-up
117-118 Vocabulary for chapter 18
119 Two column notes – chapter 17
120 Anticipation guide – chapter 18
121 Study guide – chapter 17
122 Warm-ups
123 Religion worksheet
124 Venn diagram/religions

REMEMBER: Religion quiz is tomorrow!

Homework:
Study for your religion quiz.

This is Mrs. Mullen saying:

Extend yourself. Appreciate this beautiful weather…

Classwork:
We discussed two of the three religions of the Middle East today. Everyone had many questions about the key beliefs, practices and rituals associated with Christianity and Islam. We will talk about Judaism on Monday. Remember, your religion quiz will be on Tuesday, 2/27th. PLEASE keep up with your worksheet as it will be your study guide for the quiz.

If you were absent: Find a classmate to copy the notes on your religion worksheet. Extra worksheets are in the blue crate under number 23. Also, remember to show me your map and vocabulary as I took homework grades for both of these.

Homework:
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This is Mrs. Mullen saying:

Have a great weekend.

I hope that everyone is rested, relaxed and ready to learn. We have so many things to find out about the Middle East!

Classwork: Today, after review, we took the lesson 4 vocabulary quiz. Everyone kept their eyes on their own paper so Mrs. Mullen didn’t have to sequester anyone from class. Subsequently, we completed the map of the Middle East and defined vocabulary words. Mrs. Mullen doesn’t settle for mediocrity so she is sure everyone made an excellent grade! Tomorrow, we will learn about the three religions that originated from the Middle East. Do you know what religions we will be talking about?

If you were absent: Complete the map of the Middle East. You will find a copy of the map under number 21 in the blue crate. Define Key Vocabulary and Key People only on pp 369, 373, 377 and 382. There are 14 words in all. They are to be defined on pp 117-118 of your notebook.

Homework: Complete map of the Middle East and define vocabulary words. Both will be checked for two homework grades. The vocabulary assignment is above.

This is Mrs. Mullen saying:

Extend yourself. Appreciate our four day weekends….

Classwork:
Today we turned in our map projects and completed review work on chapter 17.

If you were absent: Your assignments are as follows:
1. Complete study guide over chapter 17 and crossword puzzle on back. This will be turned in for a grade.
2. On page 367, complete reviewing vocabulary (1-5). Write answers only on p 115 of your notebook.
3. On page 367, complete reviewing facts (1-10). Write answers only on p 115 of your notebook.
4. Read pp 360-361 and answer reviewing the skill on p 361. Write answers only on p 115 of your notebook.

Homework:
Any classwork not completed

This is Mrs. Mullen saying:

Extend yourself. Care about your grades….

Classwork:
After updating our notebooks, we continued working on our projects. Students that did not finish took their projects home to complete over the weekend. REMEMBER: YOUR MAP PROJECT IS DUE ON MONDAY, 2/12th. If you have lost your rubric, here it is:

1. Label countries/capitals (1 pt each)             40 points
2. Label water (1 pt each)                               12 points
3. Drawn to scale                                            20 points
4. Color                                                          15 points
5. Neatness                                                    10 points
6. Title                                                             3 points

If you were absent: You will need to take your project home to finish.

Announcement: Progress reports go home on Wednesday, 2/14th. A good valentine gift:)

Homework:
finish your map project

This is Mrs. Mullen saying:

Extend yourself. Love a camel

Classwork:
After completing a bullying survey, we continued working on our projects. They are really looking good! I am impressed! Hopefully, we will finish them by Friday.

Announcement: Cover page for Chap 17 will be checked on Friday. For 3/4th period, you have a second chance:)

Homework:
none

This is Mrs. Mullen saying:

Extend yourself. Don’t be a bully…

Classwork:
After labeling countries, capitals and bodies of water in the Middle East and North Africa, we started drawing our grids. Some of us found this harder than others and I appreciate everyone who was patient while we all caught up. Tomorrow we will start to draw our maps. We also are going to take a short survey on bullying.

If you were absent: You need to see me for instructions.

Reminder: All make-up testing should be taken tomorrow!

Homework:
none

This is Mrs. Mullen saying:

Extend yourself. Learn to draw a straight line

Classwork:
Today started with a discussion of the three peninsulas of the Middle East. We also reviewed vocabulary from the chapter and completed a two column notes worksheet over lessons 1 and 2.

Remember: Lesson 2 vocabulary and Chapter 17 vocabulary quizzes are tomorrow!

Homework: Study for the two quizzes.

This is Mrs. Mullen saying:

Extend yourself. Always be interested in learning…..