Interests and Leisure Activities

Weather and Seasons

Arabic 1 > Social Life

Interests and Leisure Activities

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

• Ask and answer questions about interests and leisure activities, including likes and dislikes.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

• Comprehend simple, culturally-authentic announcements and advertisements related to leisure activities.
• Identify activities being described.
• Determine whether a person likes or dislikes a particular activity.

Oral and Written Presentation

• Tell the degree to which a person likes or dislikes various activities.
• Tell when and how frequently a person participates in various activities.
• Tell what leisure activities a person does or does not do.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

• Identify popular sports and leisure activities in Arabic-speaking countries.
• Discuss the role of leisure activities in a young person’s daily life.
• Discuss where young people meet during leisure time.
• Identify and discuss prominent individuals involved in sports and the arts in Arabic-speaking countries.
• Discuss the impact of geographic location on popular leisure activities.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Compare the sports studied and played in physical education (P. E.) class in the U.S. with sports played in Arabic-speaking countries.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Compare extra-curricular activities in the U.S. and in Arabic-speaking countries.
• Compare typical customs of socializing for young people.
• Identify cognates and false cognates for interests or activities.

Communication Across Communities

• Describe sports and leisure activities in the Arabic-speaking community.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• present tense verbs
• verbs uredu an and uhebu an used with infinitives or with the verbal noun
• umken + object pronoun + an followed by a present tense or verbal noun such as umkenuni an athhab or umkenuni athehab
• question formation and interrogative expressions
• adverbs of frequency
• negation
• vocabulary for likes and dislikes

Arabic 1 > Social Life

Weather and Seasons

Communication

Person-to-Person Communication

• Ask and answer questions about weather and seasons.
• Ask and respond to questions about activities and weather during different seasons.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

• Identify weather and seasons based on spoken and written descriptions.
• Identify weather and seasons as represented by symbols (e.g., picture of sun, cloud, rain).

Oral and Written Presentation

• Describe a variety of weather conditions and seasons.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

• Discuss the influence of weather on lifestyles and activities in Arabic-speaking countries.
• Identify varying climates in different geographic locations in Arabic-speaking countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Describe the use of metric system in giving temperatures.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Identify the differences in seasons in the U.S. and in the Middle East.
• Identify cognates and false cognates related to weather and seasons.
• Discuss the influence of the Arabic language on English weather expressions such as SaHari, Brari, and Badow.

Communication Across Communities

• Interpret a Arabic language weather report.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Seasonal activity vocabulary
• Weather expressions
• the preposition fi with seasons
• use of Kana and asbah'a expressions related to weather
• use of the adjectives and nouns to express the weather

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