⌚Arabic Level 3, Activity 09: “Time/السّاعَة” (Face-to-Face/Online)

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Description:

In this activity, students will practice talking about time and movies. They will learn how to read the clock in Arabic, recommend a movie based on someone’s preferences, and understand schedules.

Semantic Topics: movie, time, clock, days, cinema, فليم، وقت، ساعة، يوم، مشاهدة، سينما

Grammatical Structures: Vocabulary related to movies, showtimes and preferences, numbers, time, and verb conjugation.

Products: A list of recommended movies, a schedule of movie showtimes, and conversations about movie preferences and schedules.

Practices: practice speaking and listening by using new vocabulary and grammar structures to talk about movies and showtimes.

Perspectives: students may develop a deeper understanding of the role of media and entertainment in Arabic culture. They may also gain a new perspective on how to make recommendations based on someone’s preferences and the importance of being considerate of others’ tastes

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 4.2: 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 time when announced or shown to me.
  • I can identify movies with the times they take place on a schedule.
  • I can recommend a movie for someone according to his/her preference.

Materials Needed:

Warm-Up

  1. ask students to take turns reading the time. after each student sone reading, let him/her choose another student and ask “الساعة كم؟” and so on.
    اطلب من الطلاب أن يتناوبوا في قراءة الوقت. بعد أن يقرء كل طالب ، دعه يختار طالبًا آخر ويسأل “الساعة كم؟” وهكذا.

Main Activity

  1. Split students into pairs. Student A will choose a character and read the scenario. Student B will look at the Movie’s schedule and recommend a movie according to the character’s needs.قسّم الطلاب إلى أزواج. سيختار الطالب “أ” شخصية ويقرأ السيناريو. سينظر الطالب “ب” في جدول الفيلم ويوصي بفيلم وفقًا لاحتياجات الشخصية.

    Wrap-Up

    1. Ask students to read the 3 questions and choose one to answer, and share!
      اطلب من الطلاب قراءة الأسئلة الثلاثة واختيار واحد للإجابة والمشاركة!

    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 time when announced or shown to me.
  • I can identify movies with the times they take place on a schedule.
  • I can recommend a movie for someone according to his/her preference.

 

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