Numbers and Time
Days, Months and the Calendar
Classes, Schedules and Supplies
Arabic 1 > School Life
Numbers and Time
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about age.
- Ask and answer questions about street addresses and telephone numbers.
- Ask and answer questions about time and scheduled activities.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Interpret a time schedule (bus, train, class, movie listing, or TV guide).
Oral and Written Presentation
- Explain a schedule of activities.
- Present information about ages, phone numbers, addresses, and class schedules.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss the way numerals are written in Arabic.
- Discuss a typical day’s schedule in Arabic-speaking countries (meal times, etc.).
- Discuss the metric system.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Explain the use of the metric system.
- Do simple mathematical computations in Arabic.
- Discuss temperatures.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Discuss the concept of time in Arabic-speaking countries.
- Compare the 24-hour clock used in Arabic-speaking countries to the American system of a.m. and p.m.
- Discuss the use in Arabic of the period to indicate thousands and of the comma for decimals when writing and reading numbers.
- Discuss the use of the metric system.
- Compare Arabic time expressions to English expressions such as quarter-past, half-past, noon, and midnight.
Communication Across Communities
- Interpret a time schedule in Arabic.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- vocabulary for telling time
- use of ordinal numbers to tell time
- interrogative particles
- numbers "one" and "two" used as adjectives to emphasize their nouns and to agree in gender
- number endings to express dual
- numbers for three to ten taking the plural
Arabic 1 > School Life
Days, Months, and Calendar
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about days of week, dates, and months.
- Ask and answer questions about birthdays and celebrations.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Identify dates of events and celebrations.
- Comprehend simple announcements that include dates.
- Understand written numerical information as used in newspapers, announcements, letters, brochures, etc.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Prepare and present a weekly activities calendar.
- Present important dates and celebrations.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Identify holidays and/or celebrations in the Arabic-speaking world.
- Relate different products to celebrations such as Ramadan, Eid elfetr, and Eid elAdha (Islamic), and Eid El-Milad and Eid El-Fiseh (Christian).
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Make connections with historical events from Arabic-speaking cultures that involve or related to the United States, such as Eid El-Fiseh.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Compare Sweet 16 celebration to Al-Khitmeh (Islam) and Ta'meed and Awwal Qurbana (Christianity).
- Compare and contrast English and Arabic calendars.
- Recognize that the days of the week and months of the year are not capitalized in Arabic.
- Recognize that the order in saying and writing dates is different in Arabic (day, month, and then year).
Communication Across Communities
- Use community resources to identify cultural celebrations within the student’s own community.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- phrases for asking and telling the date
- how to read years and dates (i.e. the year in a date is normally preceded by the phrase, "in the year of")
- different calendars used side by side in newspapers and magazines
Arabic 1 > School Life
Classes, Schedules and Supplies
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions related to class schedules and school subjects.
- Ask and answer questions about school supplies, furnishings, and rooms.
- Ask and answer questions related to a typical school day and routine.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Understand simple instructions related to classroom commands or procedures, and basic computer technology.
- Comprehend a class schedule, opinions of classes, and locations in the school.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Prepare and present a class schedule.
- Describe a class schedule and necessary materials for various classes.
- Identify in which rooms classes are held.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products
- Discuss the courses taken at various grade levels in Arabic-speaking countries, including the quantity of courses and frequency of class sessions.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Compare names of courses in English with the names in Arabic.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Compare education systems in the U.S. and in Arabic-speaking countries.
- Compare a typical school day in the U.S. with those in Arabic-speaking countries.
- Compare grading scales in the U.S. and in Arabic-speaking countries.
- Identify cognates and false cognates related to classes and school supplies.
Communication Across Communities
- Interpret a school schedule of a student from a Arabic-speaking country.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- vocabulary related to school schedules, rooms of the school and classroom objects
- vocabulary related to telling time
- question formation and interrogative expressions
- adverbs of frequency
- use of definite articles with class subjects
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