7-8+Girls+TSBP+Berachot

to Torah She B'al Peh || 1st 2 weeks of school || What is Torah Sheb'al Peh?
 * ~ Unit ||~ Start Date (duration) ||~ Essential Questions ||~ Content / Concepts ||~ Skills ||~ Texts ||~ Supporting / Supplementary Materials ||~ **Assessment** ||
 * Introduction

What is Torah Shebichtav?

How are they related to each other and how do they differ from each other? || Describe Torah Sheb'al Peh vs. Torah Shebichtav

Shisha Sedarim, Shulchan Aruch, Mishnah Berurah || Reading mishnah

display mastery over key books,concepts and authors related to Torah Sheb'al Peh and Torah Shebichtav || First Mishnah in Berachos || Quizlet Flashcards to help study for these quizzes || Accumulative Quizzes throughout the year on different concepts, books, and authors related to Torah Shebichtav and Torah Sheb'al Peh ||
 * Kriat Shema || 1 week || What is the source in the Torah for saying Shema?

What are the different opinions regarding the latest time to say Shema?

Why do they argue/What is the main focal point of their argument? || "Beshuchbecha Uvkumecha"

How do we define these two terms? || Reading the three opinions in the Mishnah

Reading the text of the Shema itself (1st Paragraph) and translating || Kriat Shema (Devarim)

1st Mishnah in Berachos(2a) || **Myzmanim.com** to show the different times in a day for any particular place || Quizzes and Tests ||
 * Syag: A spiritual fence || 1 week || What is a syag?

What is the need for it?

Why is there a stricter/more severe fence in some places than in others? || Analyzing the purpose behind a spiritual fence

Do we appreciate it or find it bothersome/annoying? || Reading and Translating 1st Mishnah in Pirkei Avos || First Mishnah in Pirkei Avos:

V'asu Syag Latorah || Ask students to describe the purpose of a physical fence and provide other examples of fences rabbis have made

Present your own Syag for any mitzvah you'd like and describe its purpose || Quizzes and Test;Worksheets ||
 * Maariv and a woman's obligation to daven || 2 weeks || What is the halacha when it comes to the prayer of Ma'ariv?

What is the halacha when it comes to women davening?

Why would women be any different than men in this area? || Maariv-an option or an obligation?

"Mitzvah Aseh Shehazman Grama" || Answering thoughtful questions about the story with Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabban Gamliel; discussion

Learning with a chavrusa the halachos about women davening || Gemara in Berachos D.27

Shulchan Aruch/Mishnah Berurah || Question sheet regarding the story of Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Yehoshua || Quizzes, Test; Worksheets ||
 * Birchos HaNehenin || 2 weeks || Why do we say Birchos Hanehinin?

Where do they come from?

What does the Gemara say about those who don't say Birchos Hanehinin? || All the different B'rachot we say before eating; what they cover and what the B'rachot we are saying mean || Reading the Halachos of B'rachos book || Halachos of B'rachos Book

Gemara in B'rachos D.35a || Project-see assessment || Bracha Rishona Project-Each student has a b'racha rishonah they research to find out what foods it covers/does not cover, why/why not it covers those foods and what the b'racha. ||
 * Ikar and Tafel || 2 weeks || What are the different categories of Ikar and Tafel?

What are the rules for figuring out which B'racha to say in a case of Ikar and Tafel?

` || Ikar and Tafel- || Reading/Processing Halachos of B'rachos Book

Note-taking

Break Concept of Ikar and Tafel into four categories

Categorize foods into the four categories with a graphic organizer || Halachos of Brachos Book || Use graphic organizer to determine which group foods belong in || Students give their own examples of Ikar and Tafel

Test ||
 * Pas Poter || 1 week || What does Pas Poter mean?

When does/doesn't bread exempt other foods from requiring a bracha? || Significance of Birchas Hamotzi || Reading/Processing Halachos of B'rachos Book

Note-taking || Halachos of B'rachos Book || Worksheets || Test; worksheet ||
 * Bentching || 1-2 weeks || What is the meaning of Bentching?

How many different Berachos are in Bentching?

What is the theme of each Beracha in Bentching? || Translation and Meaning of Bentching

Halachos of Bentching || Summarizing the translation of Bentching in own words Note-taking on different Halachos/Pre-requisites for Bentching || Birkas Hamazon

Gemara Brachos 48b || Halachos of B'rachos book

Birkas Hamazon || Make your own Bentcher by re-writing the translation of Bentching

Include 5 different Halachos about Bentching

Write the theme of each Beracha of Bentching || (Taught whenever chanukah falls out) || What is the meaning of Al Hanissim
 * Chanukah || 1 week

What miracle does the Al Hanissim focus on? || Al Hanissim; meaning and halachos about it for davening and bentching || Reading and Translating the Al Hanissim

Learning Halacha inside || Birkas Hamazon

Shemoneh Esrei

Mishna Berurah || Translation of Al Hanissim || Make an Al Hanissim poster, translating the Al Hanissim and writing down the main theme of the Al Hanissim. ||
 * Bracha Achrona || 1-2 weeks || What are the four different Brachot Achronot

What do they cover?

What is the meaning behind the name M'ayn Shalosh? || Al Hamichya Al Hagafen Al Haetz

Borei Nefashos || Translating/Re-writing the Ma'ayn Shalosh B'racha || Texts of the Brachot Achronot || Translation of Ma'ayn Shalosh Bracha || Project and Test

Create your own brochure for any particular B'racha Achrona and explain what it covers/does not cover as well as the meaning of the bracha you have chosen.

Additionally several key points of Brachot Achronot in general must be included ||