Arabic Level 2, Activity 10: “!رَمَضَان كَرِيم / Special Occasions” (Face-to-Face/Online)
Description:
In this activity, students will be able to explore different kinds of Middle Eastern special occasions in a Kahoot format.
Semantic Topics:
عيد الفطر – عيد الأضحى – رمضان – before – after – Eid al-Fitr – Eid al-Adha – Ramadan
Grammatical Structures:
before and after.
Products: Special greetings, Eid Mubarak.
Practices: Fasting will take place in Ramadan from sunrise to sunset. Usually, Muslims welcome Ramadan by celebrating before it begins, by gathering, dressing up traditionally, dancing, exchanging presents and money, and eating special food. These practices take place in Eid Al-Fitr/Al-Adha as well. Students will be playing Kahoot in order to learn more about Ramadan.
Perspectives: Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan, to practice self-discipline, patience, and social responsibility. Eid comes after Ramadan, which is the reward for all the hard work during Ramadan.
- 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 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons between the cultures of the Arab world and their own
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 1.2: Explain the relationship between cultural practices/behaviors and the perspectives that represent the target culture’s view of the world.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can understand the importance of celebrations in my own and middle eastern cultures.
- I can use simple phrases and sentences to explain middle eastern special occasions.
- I can discuss my preferences.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
- Before you share your screen with students, Go to this link -> Arabic 102 lab 10 -> option on the left (Library) -> (Kahoots) -> ( Arabic 102 lab 10) قبل مشاركة شاشتك مع الطلاب ، انتقل إلى هذا الرابط -> Arabic 102 lab 10
-> الخيار على اليسار (library) -> (Kahoots) -> (Arabic 102 lab 10)
- Pull up the slideshow, share your screen with students, and read through the can-do statements.
قبل مشاركة شاشتك مع الطلاب Iاذهب إلى هذا الرابط -> Arabic 102 lab 10 -> افتح عرض الشرائح واقرأ شريحة can do.. - Go back to Kahoot tap, click on the blue button (Start), then (Classic mood).
ارجع إلى Kahoot وانقر على الزر الازرق (start) ثم (Classic mood). - Ask students to use their phones to log into Play Kahoot to enter the PIN to participate in the game.
اطلب من الطلاب استخدام هواتفهم في تسجيل الدخول إلى Play Kahoot لإدخال الرمز للمشاركة في اللعبة. - Show students the cultural video that we have included in the first question in Kahoot. And continues the quiz questions afterward.
اعرض على الطلاب الفيديو الثقافي الذي قمنا بتضمينه في السؤال الأول في كاهوت. وتستمر أسئلة الاختبار بعد ذلك.. - *This video will briefly explain three significant occasions in Middle Eastern culture. Which are Ramadan, Eid-al-Fitr, and Eid-al-Adha.
* سيقدم هذا الفيديو شرحًا موجزًا لثلاث مناسبات مهمة في ثقافة الشرق الأوسط. وهي رمضان وعيد الفطر وعيد الأضحى.
*The video link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENirj-X2Q9c
Main Activity
- In Kahoot, ask the student the following questions.
What is the name of the celebration that comes after Ramadan? ماهو اسم العيد الذي يأتي بعد شهر رمضان؟
عيد الفطر – عيد السلام – عيد الأضحى – عيد الأكل
How many days is Eid Al Fitr?كم عدد أيام عيد الفطر المتعارف عليها؟
٤ – ٥ – ١٠ – ٢
Muslims fast 24 hours in the month of Ramadan. يصوم المسلمون ٢٤ ساعة في شهر رمضان
صح – خطأ
Which is the biggest celebration that Arabic Muslims have? ماهي أكبر مناسبة عيد لدى العرب المسلمين؟
عيد الأضحى – عيد الفطر – رمضان – يوم الجمعة
In Middle Eastern culture people congratulate each other for Ramadan/Eid by saying… يفي كثير من الدول العربية نُهنيء بالعيد/رمضان بقول..؟
عيد/رمضان سليم – عيد/رمضان حفيظ – عيد/رمضان مبارك – عيد/رمضان جميل
How many days is Ramadan? كم عدد أيام رمضان؟
٣٠ – ٧ – ٤٠ – ١٥
What is best thing about Eid? أفضل شيء في العيد؟
تبادل الهدايا – الأكل – تجمع العائلة – جميع ماسبق
Fasting in Islam is only about giving up eating and drinking. صيام رمضان هو فقط الامتناع عن الأكل والشرب؟
صح – خطأ
Wrap-Up
- Go back to the slideshow, and ask students to take turns sharing one thing that caught their attention in the video.
ارجع إلى عرض الشرائح ، واطلب من الطلاب أن يتناوبوا في مشاركة شيء جديد تعلموه زو شيء لفت انتباههم في الفيديو.
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 understand the importance of celebrations in my own and middle eastern cultures.
- I can use simple phrases and sentences to explain middle eastern special occasions.
- I can discuss my preferences.
