Arabic Level 4, Activity 06: “3 Reasons Why? / ٣ أسباب لماذا؟” (Face-to-Face/Online)
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Description:
In this activity, students will read different situations/scenarios, with a partner they will try to come up with 3 different solutions and multiple reasons explaining WHY did this happen.
Semantic Topics:
because, because of, for the purpose of, in order to, بسبب، لي، لأن why, لماذا,
Grammatical Structures:
Why?, لماذا؟ The nominal sentence, الجملة الاسمية
Products: question and reason.
Practices: interacting with a partner to come up with solutions.
Perspectives: being able to find more than one reason is important and would help in enhancing problem-solving skills with the targeted language.
- 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 read a situation and understand it.
- I can come up with different solutions with a partner.
- I can give multiple reasons based on a situation.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
- you will be explaining the different ways of answering the question WHY? by reading the table.
سوف تشرح الطرق المختلفة للإجابة على السؤال لماذا؟ بقراءة الجدول. - give the students a chance to read the examples, and take some notes.
امنح الطلاب الفرصة لقراءة الأمثلة ، وأن يأخذوا بعض الملاحظات.
Main Activity
- In pairs, students will take turns reading the situation provided, and come up with 3 reasons why.
في أزواج ، يتناوب الطلاب على قراءة الموقف المقدم ، ويخرجون بثلاثة أسباب. - You can do the first one as an example.
يمكنك أن تفعل الأول كمثال. - Repeat until the end of the situations slides.
كرر حتى نهاية المواقف.Wrap-Up
- Ask students, to answer one of the 3 questions: What is your favorite food? Why?. What is your favorite hobby? Why?. What was the worst book you have ever read? Why?.
اطلب من الطلاب الإجابة على أحد الأسئلة الثلاثة: ما هو طعامك المفضل؟ لماذا؟. ما هى هوايتك المفضلة؟ لماذا؟. ما هو أسوأ كتاب قرأته؟ لماذا؟.
End of Activity
- Ask students, to answer one of the 3 questions: What is your favorite food? Why?. What is your favorite hobby? Why?. What was the worst book you have ever read? Why?.
- 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 read a situation and understand it.
- I can come up with different solutions with a partner.
- I can give multiple reasons based on a situation.
