SAWM RAMADAN

SAWM. RAMADAN LESSON ENABLES LEARNERS TO: Explain how, when and why Muslims do ‘Sawm’ (fasting) with reference to scripture.

#ENGAGE, CHECK UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT MISCONCEPTIONS, REDUCE COGNITIVE OVERLOAD.

SINGLE LESSON

TEACH AS PART OF GCSE. AQA ISLAM PRACTICES
OR AS A STAND-ALONE LESSON

PRIOR LEARNING: Students may know some religious teachings about the Night of Power, holy books and congregational prayer; these will be revisited in this lesson.

**TASKS INCLUDE: **
Do Now task (recap to activate relevant knowledge applied to this lesson)
Planned questioning
Write a diary account of a Muslim on first day of Ramadan
Chunked activities to prevent cognitive overload
Whole class assessment to check understanding
End task exam questions with sentence starters

**PEDAGOGY FEATURES: **
• Exam skills – development
• Recap (activate prior knowledge)
• Planned questioning
• Check whole class understanding.
• Address misconceptions
• Peer learning
• Reduce cognitive overload
• End task assessment

EASY TO DELIVER
• Concise and logically sequenced
• Minimal printing
• Accessible for specialists and non-specialist teachers.
• Date on slide updates automatically.
• Task time indicators.

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