QUBA MOSQUE

The Quba Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in the world. Quba mosque was built in the year 1 Hijriah or 622 M in Quba by our prophet Muhammad Shallallahu ‘Alaihi Wasallam. It is located approximately 5 km to the southeast of the city of Madinah. It is a simple mosque, but it becomes the example for next construction of mosque in this world.

Quba mosque in our prophet era and now are different. In our prophet era, we can find many pillars from palm trees, the flat roof that made from the date leaves and clay. In the middle of the mosque, we can find a well; it is used for taking ritual ablution.

Quba mosque nowadays, the courtyard is flagged with black, red and white marble. The mosque has 19 doors; 3 doors are the main doors and 16 doors are the common doors. From the 3 main doors; 2 doors for men and a door for women. When entering into the mosque, pay attention to the instruction in the front of the door, whether the door for men or women.

Now, we enter to the mosque, the prayer hall is arranged around a central courtyard, it’s characterized by six large domes resting on clustered columns. A portico, which is two bays in depth, borders the courtyard on the east and west, while a one-bayed portico borders it on the north, and separates it from the women's area. The women's area, which is surrounded by a screen, is divided into two parts as a passageway connects the northern entrance with the courtyard.

In the 20^th century when renovation was conducted, the prayer hall connects to a cluster containing; residential areas, offices, ablution facilities, shops, and a library. Six additional entrances are dispersed on the northern, eastern and western façades. Four minarets mark the corners of the prayer hall. The minarets rest on square bases, have octagonal shafts which take on a circular shape as they reach the top.

Method and Technique in teaching this material   : Picture to picture

Learning Scenario for Senior High School :

1.      Opening writing activity

a.       Greeting .

b.      Checks the students’ attendance list.

c.       Connecting the last lesson with today’s lesson.

d.      Telling the students what will they learn today.

e.       Delivering the purpose of the study.

2.      Whilst writing activity

a)      Asking student about their general knowledge about the topic ( Quba mosque).

b)      Showing a picture of the Quba mosque and showing the example of descriptive text “Quba Mosque” by LCD or some of papers.

c)      Asking student about descriptive text in general.

d)     Giving instruction indirectly (asking general structure, social function, and grammatical future by student center base on their prior knowledge).

e)      Explaining about general structure, social function, and grammatical future of descriptive text in detail by teacher center.

f)       Asking the students to write a simple descriptive text .

3.      Post writing activity

a)      Feedback.

b)      Giving student the chance for asking their problem in learning descriptive text.

c)      Conclusion by students first.

d)     Giving assignment for the students to write the descriptive text.