CBL: Grade 5: Art

Blue Mosque Writing Task

Look at the infographic. Write 6–8 sentences about the Blue Mosque in your form.

Drag the words you use into the “Used Words” box.

mosque
Istanbul
dome
minaret
historic
famous
beautiful
architecture
Used Words
Blue Mosque Interactive Exercise

The Blue Mosque Interactive Exercise

Answer the questions to learn more about the Blue Mosque!

1. Where is the Blue Mosque?

Hint: Think about the city and country.

2. Where is it located exactly (district)?

Hint: It is in a famous district of Istanbul.

3. Is the district old or new?

4. Why is the mosque special?

Hint: Think about the minarets.

5. Why was this special for that time?

Hint: It was the first mosque built this way.

6. How many windows are inside the mosque?

7. What do the windows do?

Hint: They make the inside bright.

8. Who was the mosque built by?

9. When was it built?

Hint: It was built a very long time ago.

10. Does that make it a historic building?

Hint: Answer yes or no, and explain why.

Now write your answers on Nearpod.

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Build Sentences: The Blue Mosque

Build Sentences About the Blue Mosque

Drag the pieces to build correct sentences.

The Blue Mosque
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is a famous mosque in
has six minarets
Istanbul, Turkey
that let in a lot of light
because
Sultanahmet
an old district
of Istanbul
which makes it special
is located in
It
It
this was very unusual when it was built
There are about 260 windows
was built by the Ottoman Empire
more than 400 years ago
It
haves six minarets
in Paris
a new district
was built by Romans
10 windows

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Sentence 5

Write a paragraph about the Blue Mosque (6 sentences). Use the sentences you built in the activity to help you.

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