Arabic Level 2, Activity 04: “الرُّوتِين اليَومِي / Daily Routine” (Face-to-Face/Online)

illustration of a man's daily routine from morning to night.
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Description:

In this activity, students will focus more on giving and completing tasks. The activity will consist of two parts, students will start by answering questions about their daily routines. Then they will pretend to be a character using the cards provided to them.

Semantic Topics:

Majors, day of the week, daily routine vocabulary اسْتَيقِظ – أُفَرِّشُ أَسْنَانِي – اسْتَحِم – أَلْبَسُ – أَمْشُطُ شَعْرِي – أَفْطُر

Products: Schedules, daily routines, days of the week.

Practices: Sharing daily routines and explaining simple schedules and how people organize their time.

Perspectives: Routines are seen as a normal part of life essential to keeping oneself polished and ready to go!

NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:

  • Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations or correspondence in Arabic to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
  • Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret spoken and written Arabic on a variety of topics.
  • Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures of the Arab world.
  • Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of Arabic and their own languages.

Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:

  • COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
  • COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
  • CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
  • CLTR 1.3:Function appropriately in diverse contexts within the target culture.
  • COMP 1.1: Observe formal and informal forms of language.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can compare and share my daily routine with friends.
  • I can interact with a partner to create a daily routine.
  • I can explain daily schedules and see how people organize their time.

Materials Needed:

Warm-Up

  1. Begin by opening the Google Slideshow and introducing the Can-Do’s for today’s activity.
      للطلاب can do statements افتح العرض واقرأ شريحة .
  2. Using the Google Slideshow, review vocabulary relating to school. Show students the pictures on the slideshow and review the related vocabulary, which will be daily verbs!
    راجع مع الطلاب مفردات المدرسة، اعرض عليهم الصور التي على عرض الشرائح وراجع المفردات ذات الصلة ، والتي ستكون أفعال يومية!

Main Activity

  1. Students will find a partner. With their partner, students will ask each other questions they receive on the slideshow.
    سيجد الطلاب شريكًا. مع شريكهم ، سيطرح الطلاب على بعضهم بعض الأسئلة التي يتلقونها في عرض الشرائح..
  2. One student should choose the questions slide like the ones shown below.
    يجب أن يختار طالب واحد شريحة الأسئلة مثل تلك الموضحة أدناه.١. ماذا تحب أن تفعل عندما تستيقظ؟٢. ما هو طعامك المفضل؟٣. ماذا تحب أن تفعل خلال عطلة نهاية الأسبوع؟٤. ما هو نوع الموسيقى المفضل لديك؟٥. هل تفضل تناول وجبة الإفطار قبل أو بعد تنظيف أسنانك بالفرشاة؟٦. هل تفضل الاستحمام في الصباح أم في الليل؟٧. في أي وقت تنام خلال الأسبوع؟٨. ماذا تحب أن تفعل في أوقات الفراغ؟
  3. The other student will answer the questions according to the character she/he chooses. From the character cards in the slideshow.  الطالب الآخر يجيب على الأسئلة حسب الشخصية التي يختارها. من بطاقات الشخصيات في عرض الشرائح.
    • The card will provide a name and other personal information about the character.
      ستوفر هذه البطاقة اسمًا ومعلومات شخصية أخرى حول الشخصية.
  4. Students will then practice asking and answering the questions provided, responding as if they were the character on the card.
    سيتدرب الطلاب بعد ذلك على طرح الأسئلة والإجابة عليها ، والإجابة كما لو كانوا هم الشخصية الموجودة على البطاقة.
  5. Students will switch when they are halfway through with the questions. If there is still time, they can swap the character cards and practice talking as another character.
    سيقوم الطلاب بالتبديل عندما يصلون  إلى منتصف الوقت مع الأسئلة. إذا كان لا يزال هناك متسع من الوقت ، فيمكنهم تبديل بطاقات الشخصيات وممارسة التحدث كشخصية أخرى..

    Wrap-Up

    1. ask students one of these 2 questions. What is one thing that you shouldn’t forget in your morning routine?
      ما هو الشيء الذي لا تنساه أبدًا في روتينك الصباحي؟
    2. What is your favorite time of the day?
      ما هو الجزء المفضل لديك من اليوم؟

    End of Activity

  • Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate
    their confidence.
    (Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.)
  • Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
  • Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can compare and share my daily routine with friends.
  • I can interact with a partner to create a daily routine.
  • I can explain simple schedules and see how people organize their time.

 

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