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BEFORE WRITING:*Keep in mind the following questions while you are doing research on the Internet:

  • How can a religion grow?  Brainstorm with your teammates about this topic.
  • Based on what you have seen, why do you think someone may want to convert to Islam? (one of the ways a religion grows quickly is by conversion) 
  • What are some stereotypes that people have about Islam?  Remember that a stereotype is an over generalized, accepted view about a group of people (examples can be: dumb jock, computer geek) 
  • Do the misconceptions about Islam and Muslims come from the religion or the culture in which they live?  It is very important to ask yourself if a person does something because of their religion they follow or because of the culture in which they were raised.  

*Please copy the worksheet and record your findings on it.  
      click here for the worksheet

DURING WRITING*When your group has collected all the information necessary, you will each create a newspaper's front page using Microsoft Publisher.  That means that each of you will be turning in a product.  You will need the following parts in your newspaper:
  • Newspaper name
  • Headlines for each article
  • date published
  • informational article(s) -What new information did you learn about Islam?
  • opinion articles-What do you think is the main reason people convert to Islam?  Your entire group will collaborate on this one article
  • pictures with appropriate captions
  • advertisement(s)
  • puzzle
  • out of respect for the beliefs in the religion of Islam, please no cartoons.

  *IMPORTANT REMINDER
Please remember the district's academic honesty policy!
It may be tempting to copy and paste parts of your Internet research into your article, but under no circumstances are you allowed to use words other than your own, such as articles that are already on the Internet. 

Please see the following Poway Unified link to show you how to avoid plagiarism:
http://www.powayschools.com/projects/literacy/WritingWithStyle/10WritingResearch.htm#Plagiarism