Arabic+1+(Gamma)

الواجب Due 5/ 30 Review Practice individual sections of your letter in Arabic. a. Imagine what questions will be asked and write them. b. Write out sections of the letter. 1- Write a full introduction of yourself and your family members 2- Review ACTIVELY writing, reading, speaking, listening (introductions, how are you, family members, numbers, hobbies)
 * __Due 5/29__**

"...انا من "
Dialogue: [] Family Members: [] Hobbies: []

__**Due 5/28**__ Review the list of topics to be covered in review. Add food and clothes. Generate a master list of vocabulary listed by topic.

Due 5/21 1) Study vocabulary [] 2) Look up Arabic recipe/ Arabic foods and be ready to talk about it in detail. What is its name? Where is it from? What is in it? What is it eaten with? Note: use embassy websites for reference if needed.

Due 5/19 Make a list of Arabic foods that you know or have heard of __**Due 5/16**__ 1) Describe the photos of your family in detail. Describe who is in the photo (name, relationship to you/ each other, age, where they are from) and describe what they are wearing. 2) Practice new vocabulary [|Clothing]

__**Due 5/14**__ 1) Write 5 sentences demonstrating agreement between Masc/ Fem nouns and their colors 2) Bring a picture to class. You will be describing the clothing of the people in the picture. (preferably the picture will be of your family members so you can review the words for family) __**Due 5/12**__ 1) Listen to the news report [] 0:00-1:20 --> Record as many familiar words as you can

2) Check out: Different styles of clothes in Saudi Arabia []

Different styles of Ghotra (men's head scarf) []

A blog all about different styles of //hijaab- (complete with videos and pictures for doing different styles)// []

Due 5/9 1) 5 sentences describing these pictures. Use clothing vocabulary and colors. 2) Quiz on colors (if you did not take it today)

Due 5/7 Reading: Find as many colors as you can in the document

Study: Vocabulary [|Colors]

Due 4/30 Complete wadjda discussion questions. Separate page. Detailed responses.

5/2

__Why do you think we as outsiders focus on the //hijab//?__

__What are the things we do (in our family, in our school, as Americans) that others might find different?__

__What are the reactions people have to those differences?__

__How do you feel when others react to things that make you different?__

__How do you imagine Arabs (women and men) might react to our focus on the //hijab//?__

__Do you think it is fair and acceptable to ask someone else to justify what they do?__



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__**Due 4/8**__ ILS demo __**Due 4/9**__ Reading Demo __**Due 4/10**__ Vocabulary list for review __**Due 4/11**__ Vocabulary list for review

__**Due 3/31**__ Explore the Demo []

Take notes on your reactions -what did you notice about the speed, accent, and words? -what kinds of questions do you think were being asked -what words did you hear that you know?

__**Due 3/27**__ Review verbs for quiz __**Due 3/26**__ Study vocabulary Translate sentences from class. Translate the following sentences using vocabulary you know. Focus on the vocabulary you know and try to string them together. DO NOT concern yourself with grammatical structure, verb tenses, etc. Use the vocabulary

1) My mom is watching TV in the living room. 2) My brother is sleeping in the bedroom 3) My car is at the restaurant 4) The dad is sweeping the dining room 5) My family eats in the dining room at 6 PM 6) Before قبل school I shower in the bathroom 7) Are you going to school Saturday?

__**Due 3/20**__ Describe your neighborhood. Say where you live, what kind of place you live in (apt/ house - big/small), and what is close or far. __**Due 3/24**__ Practice vocabulary from class اكنس اغسل اجلس انام اكل استحم I sweep I wash I sit I sleep I eat I bathe

__**Due 3/11**__ 1) Listen to the weather report. Listen for vocabulary words that you know [|http://www.laits.utexas.edu/aswaat/video_s.php#/0/weather/]

2) Go to this website. Write 3 words you recognize and 1 word that you can guess from context! []

__**Due 3/13**__ 1) Liesten to the weather report and record as many place names and types of weather as you hear 2) Use the weather website to discover other words from context. Do not use a dictionary! Study the words we discovered together today in class:

القاهرة ليل نهار صا في جزئي غالباً الرطوبة امطار

__**Due 3/14**__

__**Due 3/17**__ Study vocabulary []

__**Due 3/5**__ List of vocabulary words in English. Brainstorm a list of vocabulary words What do you do at each of the places we have learned? Review all the places we have studied and write 2-3 related words for each (eg. at the airport I travel)

-->If you would like to retake last week's quiz you may do so on Thursday during Tutorial

__Due 3/6__ List of vocabulary words in English. Brainstorm a list of vocabulary words What do you do at each of the places we have learned? Review all the places we have studied and write 2-3 related words for each (eg. at the airport I travel)

-->If you would like to retake last week's quiz you may do so on Thursday during Tutorial

__Due 3/7__ Study weather vocabulary and days of the week [|Weather] [] Bring a weekly weather report to class. You may print it, get it from a newspaper or draw it yourself.

__Due 3/10__ Write a weekly weather report. DUE 3/3 Brainstorm a list of vocabulary words What do you do at each of the places we have learned? Review all the places we have studied and write 2-3 related words for each (eg. at the airport I travel)

2/26 Write to a friend about the movie //Lemon Tree//. Imagine they have never seen the movie and they know nothing about the Arab world. What should they know before seeing the movie? What important scenes/ interactions should they watch for? What will they learn? What questions would you want to ask them after they see the movie?

Due 2/27 179 drill 4

Due 2/28 1) Quiz tomorrow- reading and writing- places vocabulary 2) Complete connecting practice by connecting letters and writing the meaning of each word

2/12 Study places vocab (see youtube practice) [] Read aloud and complete worksheet with vocabulary

2/13 Practice Vocabulary and writing vocabulary 2/14 Quiz

2/18 Porcelli in Doha- Alif Baa practice

2/5 Writing practice worksheet

2/6 Vocabulary/ Writing practice 2/7 Alif baa work

2/10 Practice writing vocabulary Complete Unit 7 Drills if not completed in class Unit 7 Listening exercise 6 Drill 5 (Reading aloud) Drill 6 Drill 8 Drill 9 Drill 10 (p. 161, 162) Read p. 166

1-31 Write a goal for yourself for Pronunciation, Reading, Listening, Writing "By the end of next week I want to be able to..." 1-29 Write 5 vocabulary words in Arabic by sounding them out Write your full name in Arabic 1-27 Drill 21, 22, 23 p. 141

1-3 My break description [] Vocabulary []

12-10 Create a Wordle using English words that come from Arabic. http://www.wordle.net

12-18 Drills 10,11,13 12-19 Alif baa drills 12-20 Alif baa drills Unit 3 Drill 9, 10, 11 Write 1 family member's name 12-11 Vocabulary review

12-12 Bring Alif Baa to class

12-16 Alif baa exercises Unit 2 Drill 6, 7, 8, 10

Due 12-3 Amreeka Discussion questions- Choose 4 of 6 PLOT and 2 of 4 CULTURE

Due 12-4 Choose one of the following 2 questions. Use specific scenes from the movie AND comments from our discussion to defend your answer. 1) Was Salma’s boyfriend correct when he called Fadi’s classmates racist? *To answer this question you need to define "racist" and decide whether or not "Arabs" are a race.  2) Was American culture portrayed positively or negatively? Give an example to defend your opinion. *To answer this question you need to define "culture" and decide what in the movie was a part of American culture. Due 12-5 Discussion questions: Amreeka Due 12-9

Write a goal for 2 of the following seminar skills (Speaking, Listening, Writing).

Some sample goals are: Speak 3 times during class, agree/disagree with a classmate Summarize a classmate's point, ask a question Take careful notes, reference a classmate's point in your writing

Due Wednesday 11-20 Writing practice س م

Due Thursday 11-21 BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS Due Friday 11-22 BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS Monday 11-25 COMPLETE DRILLS IN TEXTBOOK

Due Wednesday 11-13 Reaction to presentation. What was most surprising about Walid's presentation? What was most expected?

Due Thursday 11-14 Study vocabulary from class. [|Places] Friday 11-15 - TBA Due Monday 11-18 New/ old vocabulary.

Practice ذ / هـ
__Due Wednesday 11-6__

Movie Draft

__Due Thursday 11-7__

Revised Draft __Due Friday 11-8__ Video Project due @ the start of class

__Due Monday 11-11__

__Due Monday 11- 4__

1) Outline your video project 2) Review vocabulary 3) Make a list of vocabulary you would like to know for your project (max: 5) Classes [] Family [] I like... []

Dialogue [] __Due Friday 11-1__ Listen to Drill 4. Make sure you can repeat all of the introductions

__Due Wednesday 10-23__

1) Drill 3 p. 13 in your text. You must use the online companion for this activity Learn how to say the names of at least 5 countries in Arabic 2) Practice pronouncing غ 3) Review classes vocabulary []

__Due Thursday 10-24__ Map Practice __Due Friday 10-25__ Quiz on Map- Study using Drill 3 p. 13 [|Geography (includes practice and presentation)] Response: Visual Geography - How do we view the world? Talk about your general reactions to today's presentations - Which pictures/ slides were particularly moving to you? Why? What assumptions did they challenge?

__Due Monday 10-28__ Country presentation- capital, pictures, flag, population, major monuments/sites, 1 (or more) cultural products or practices or people unique to the country

__Due Monday 10-7__

Pronunciation practice =ح=

Writing practice

__Due Wednesday 10-9__ Study Vocabulary [] =Practice ق and ح with the Alif Baa website.=

__Due Thursday 10-10__ Study Vocabulary Email me 1 word you would like to know for the phrase- "I like..."

__ Due Friday 10-11 __ [] __ Due Tuesday 10-15 __ Porcelli Out What is eid al-adha

__Due Monday 9-30__

Practice family vocabulary Practice pronunciation Family vocabulary. [] =خ=

__Due Wednesday 10-2__ Introduce family members. Make a video introducing 2 members and send it to me. Practice with song []

__NOW OPEN!__ Family vocabulary. []

__Due Thursday 10-3__ [] Create a new video introducing a family member. Follow the example above.

Define "backwards". Think of 3 examples of things that are backwards

__ Due Friday 10-4 __ Response: Is Arabic written Backwards? Is it acceptable to call Arabic writing "backwards"?

__ Due Monday 10-7 __ Pronunciation practice =ح=

Writing practice

__Due Monday 9-23__

Pronunciation practice with website. Recording

__Due Wednesday 9-25__ 1) Record a video introducing someone else 2) Review #s and Letters with youtube and the website (20 min) 3) Response to our Fireside chat (what is going well in Arabic? What is challenging? What are you looking forward to? What are you nervous about?)

__Due Thursday 9-26__ Memorize dialogue with an introduction of someone else. Practice Alphabet and Numbers-- Quiz Thursday.

__ Due Friday 9-27 __ Pronunciation practice with website. = خ = Family vocabulary. []

__ Due Monday 9-30 __ Practice family vocabulary Practice pronunciation =خ=

__Due Monday 9-16__ 1) Review Alphabet and Numbers 2) Reading In packet. Stop at "Formal and Spoken" (PDF ON ARABIC 1 PAGE)

__Due Wednesday 9-18__ 1) Review Alphabet Song and Numbers (YouTube) 2) Memorize Dialogue [] 3) Write a Paragraph to describe "How will you learn Arabic". Base your response on the reading (vii-ix) from last week.

__Due Thursday 9-19__

Listening practice, listen to the scenes a second time listening for key phrases. Record a 2nd draft introduction video including name, where you are from, age, where you are a student. Email the video to me!

__ Due Friday 9-20 __ Pronunciation practice with website. Record yourself pronouncing the letters of the alphabet.

__ Due Monday 9-23 __ Pronunciation practice with website. Record 4 familiar sounds and 4 unfamiliar sounds.

__Due Monday 9-9__ 1) Complete writing practice (introductory words) 2) Why do you want to learn Arabic?

__Due Wednesday 9-11__

1) Study numbers [] 2) Response "Why learn Arabic?" - What are your goals?

[|Numbers] __Due Thursday 9-12__

1) Study Alphabet 2) Rd. Pages vii- ix in the text. __Due Friday 9-13__ 1) In several thoughtfully constructed paragraphs, respond to Sylvie's Question: 2) Practice #'s and Alphabet

__Due Monday 9-16__ 1) Review Alphabet and Numbers 2) Reading In packet. Stop at "Formal and Spoken" (PDF ON ARABIC 1 PAGE)

__Due Friday 9-6__ 1) Practice writing your name in Arabic

__Due Thursday 9-5 (If you are celebrating the holiday, this assignment is due Friday):__ 1) Record a video introducing yourself. Include one thing you like.

__ Due Wednesday 9-4 __ 1) Teach someone who doesn't speak Arabic to introduce themselves in Arabic

"...انا من "
2) Review syllabus. Record any questions or additions you have. Have a parent/guardian sign to confirm he/ she has read it. 3) Have a parent/ guardian Sign the "QFI photo release".