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Daily Routine
Rooms of the House and Household Chores
Food
Childhood Experiences
Arabic 2 > Home Life
Daily Routine
Communication
Person to Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about daily routines in the home.
- Exchange information about family routines in the home.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Identify daily routines based on spoken and written description.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Describe daily routines.
- Describe family members in relation to daily routines.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products
- Discuss daily routines in Arabic-speaking countries.
- Discuss the importance of family in daily routines in Arabic-speaking countries.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Explore differences in health and fitness in Arabic-speaking countries and the U.S.
Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons
- Compare daily routines of typical American teenagers and teenagers from Arabic-speaking countries.
Communication Across Communities
- Comprehend information about daily routines of individuals in Arabic-speaking countries from print and Internet sources (journal entries, magazine articles, etc.).
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Vocabulary related to personal care
- Vocabulary for parts of the body
- Expressions using colors and parts of the body such as Yadoo taweelah, damoo khfeef, and lesanoo taweel
- Use of gender for body parts, such as yat, qadam, and a'yin (feminine), and raas, lesaan, and fam (masculine)
- Sequencing vocabulary
- Adverbs of frequency
- Review of time and time expressions
Arabic 2 > Home Life
Rooms of the House and Household Chores
Communication
Person to Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about rooms of the house, furnishings, and chores.
- Discuss the home including its rooms, furniture, and household objects.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Identify the rooms of the house and/or furniture based on spoken and written description.
- Comprehend comments and commands about daily chores and the house, including rooms and furnishings.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Describe the home including its rooms, furniture and household objects.
- Describe family members in relation to daily chores.
- Describe household responsibilities for self and/or family members.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products
- Discuss different styles of houses and living arrangements in Arabic-speaking countries.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Make connections between styles of houses and geographic locations.
Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons
- Compare household responsibilities of typical American teenagers and teenagers from Arabic-speaking countries.
- Compare and contrast space allocation in homes in the U.S. and Arabic-speaking countries.
- Identify differences in architecture of homes in Arabic-speaking countries and in the U.S.
- Identify home-related cognates.
Communication Across Communities
- Explore information about homes in Arabic-speaking countries in print and Internet resources.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Vocabulary related to furniture and furnishings
- Affirmative and negative commands
- Sequencing vocabulary
- Prepositions and adverbs of location
- Adverbs of frequency
- Definite and indefinite idafaa phrases
Arabic 2 > Home Life
Food
Communication
Person to Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions relating to food.
- Ask and answer questions about food at a celebration.
- Order or take an order for a meal in a variety of dining situations.
- Exchange opinions about food.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Identify foods based on spoken and written description.
- Understand comments and commands about foods and/or celebrations.
- Identify foods based on visual aids.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Describe foods and/or shopping for food.
- Describe foods and menus in relation to celebrations.
- Describe a menu or recipe from an Arabic-speaking country or region.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products
- Discuss the different eating customs for formal and informal meals in Arabic-speaking countries.
- Discuss the different food shopping patterns in Arabic-speaking countries (frequency, specialty shops, etc.).
- Discuss typical mealtime schedules in Arabic-speaking countries.
- Discuss the staple foods of various Arabic-speaking countries and regions (e.g. bread, rice, meat, beans, etc.).
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Discuss the influence of Arabic foods and cooking styles in the United States.
Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons
- Compare the differences between Americans and Arabic cuisines.
- Compare the role of food in celebrations in the U.S. and in Arabic-speaking countries.
- Contrast the eating habits and food preparation in the U.S. and in Arabic-speaking countries.
- Discuss the influence of American fast-food on the eating habits of Arabic-speaking countries.
- Discuss the increasing popularity within the American diet of food items from Arabic-speaking countries and the effect on vocabulary.
Communication Across Communities
- Demonstrate knowledge of recipes and menus for celebrations in Arabic-speaking countries.
- Demonstrate knowledge of typical food products from Arabic-speaking countries.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Vocabulary related to table settings
- Vocabulary related to opinions about food
- Direct and indirect object pronouns
- Courtesy expressions
- Affirmative and negative commands
Arabic 2 > Home Life
Childhood Experiences
Communication
Person to Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about childhood experiences.
Listening and Reading for Understanding
- Understand communication about a childhood experience.
- Comprehend and respond to prompts about childhood experiences.
Oral and Written Presentation
- Produce spoken and written presentations about childhood experiences.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products
- Discuss childhood experiences in Arabic-speaking countries.
Connections, Comparisons and Communities
Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons
- Compare and contrast typical childhood experiences in Arabic-speaking countries with the United States.
- Compare narrating in the past using kana in Arabic versus English past tenses.
- Compare childhood activities between boys and girls in the U.S. and Arabic-speaking countries.
Communication Across Communities
- Identify examples of children's literature in Arabic.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Perfective and imperfective tenses
- Vocabulary related to childhood experiences in Arabic-speaking countries
- Use of kana
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