Daily Assignments & Classwork

Alif Baa’ “Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds”:

Units 1-4

Familiarize yourself with the transliteration system to be used until more letters have been covered. Distinguish and produce the following Arabic sounds and letters: Long vowels ( ي -و -ا ) Social constant letters ( ث –ت -ب ) wrt ( خ –ح -ج ) Naughty “antisocial” constant ( د-

ز -ر ) ( ذ ( ء) ( Use the three short vowels ( - – ) and know its importance to

help in proper pronunciations and sometimes meaning changing. Differentiate between the sounds of long and short vowels. Familiarize yourself with the writing system in Arabic (right to left) keeping in mind that letters are connected in both print and script with some exceptions ( six naughty letters). Spell and read words with letters have been covered correctly. Recognize / say numbers from zero to 10.

By the end of units 1 - 4, you should be able to:

A. LISTEN carefully to the pronunciation

of each word or phrase in the

vocabulary list. B. REPEAT each word or phrase OUT LOUD

as many times as necessary until you can

pronounce it accurately. Make a list of the

words in this chapter that are hard to

pronounce. Your teacher may ask you to

compare your list with other students in

your class.

C. WRITE each word on the vocabulary list

several times until you are sure that you can

spell each correctly. Listen to the

vocabulary list again and write the words as

they are spoken. (You may expect dictation

quizzes in class!)

D. Learn the English translation of

each phrase. Cover the Arabic

column and practice giving the

Arabic equivalent for each English

phrase. Next cover the English

column and give the translation of

each.

E. Think of word associations for each

category of vocabulary. What

words, both English and Arabic, do

you associate with each word or

phrase on the list? Which words are

cognates? Cognates are words

that sound or look like English

words. Which words come from

word families in Arabic “same root”

that you recognize (noun, adjective,

verb, and adverb)? These are

words with the same lexical stem. F Listen to DVD and try to write the

sentences that you hear. G Follow the syllabi to complete some

vocabulary exercises.

Vocabulary Study Guide

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Say good-bye and excuse yourself politely before leaving the company of someone.

Express wants and needs. List six basic colors and use them to describe some objects. ( أخضر -أزرق -أبيض -احمر-

أسود -أصفر ) Order some food items / drinks using polite expressions like “ من فضلك “. List some places you would like or want to go to like: cinema, university, office,

library, coffeehouse, cafeteria, bathroom, classroom, room, building, city, state, street, and house.

List some school supplies like “ كتاب –دفتر –قلم “ and objects in your room/ classroom like: “ صفحة -تليفزيون -كمبيوتر –ورقة –باب –شباك –طاولة –كرسي –ساعة “.

Describe objects/ places / people using adjectives you have learned in class like: “ طيب -واسع -عالي -قريب –بعيد –قصير –طويل –لطيف –جميل –صغير –كبير “.

Express your state of feeling like: “ سعيد -جيد -جوعان -حران –بردان –عطشان -تعبان “. Handle a phone call; asking about someone “ and leave a message if“موجودة – موجود

it is necessary. Understand basic information about topics learned in class. Interact with your classmates/ teacher/ TA and sympathetic native speakers.

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By the end of units 1 - 4, you should be able to:

“ أعجمي و ال أبيض وال أسود إال بالتقوىال فرق بين عربي و ال

There is no difference between the black, white, the Arab, the non-Arab except by the

level of piety.”

― Muhammad(S)

You will be having a discussion with your classmates and

posting your findings and reflections on class blog on the

following topics; please feel free to search other topics of your

interest.

At the Coffeehouse p. 132 Expressions with Allah p. 166 Guests’ and Hosts’ Roles p. 167 Calligraphy p. 225 Movies “ Lemon Tree”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55HFJczgv0s

In Class Homework Due Date

Week #1

Ahlan wasahlan!

Intro to the course, the Alif Baa textbook & blog

Introduce yourself: Ahlan! Ana …

Alif Baa: Unit 1 pp. 1-13: Arabic alphabet overview

Get your books and be ready for Arabic.

Read the syllabus carefully and be ready to ask questions.

Alif Baa: read pages 1-13 Accept your professor invitation to class

blog, familiarize yourself with blog content and be ready to ask questions.

Tues.

9/3

Practice greeting, name, city, state

Drill 4 p. 16 and act it out

Letter recognition and writing ( ت , ب , أ )

Alif Baa: read “Preface to the Student” p. vii

Unit 1 pp. 13-17: Study vocab p. 15 (formal & Levantine) do drill #4 p. 16; be prepared to use new vocab in class.

Unit 2 pp. 19-27 “ learn letters ت , ب , أ “

Wed.

9/4

Practice greeting, name, city, state with new partner

Letter recognition and writing ( ث/ و/ي )

Short vowels

Review vocab p. 15

Watch the videos on writing ت , ب , أ and practice writing the letters on your notebook

Unit 2 pp. 27-33 ; watch the videos on writing the letters ث/ و/ي

Fri.

9/6

Week #2

Review the letters

Meeting people: Practice vocab. pp. 41+42, Drill 14 p. 43, talk to 10 classmates.

Drill 17 p. 44 scene 2 Levantine

Review the letters that you have learned so far and the short vowels.

Learn the new vocab pp. 41+42 and prepare for Drill 14 p. 43

Drill 17 p. 44 scene 2 Levantine

Mon.

9/9

Warm-up (pair-work): Can you guess your partner’s name? City?

Unit 3 pp. 45-56 ( letters: ج/ ح / خ )

Act out the scene on drill 17 p. 44 with your partner

Review letters and vocab.

be prepared to act the scene on drill 17 p. 44 with your partner

Unit 3 pp. 45-53 ( letters: ج/ ح / خ )

Turn in #1: Drill 4 p. 52

Tues.

9/10

Review letters and vocab.

constant ي pg 57

Activate vocab pp. 61-62 and do drill# 13

Review letters and vocab.

drills 5 & 6 pg 53

Unit 3 pp. 57-64 o Study vocab. pg 61 & 62 and do

drill # 14 pg 63 o Prepare drill 13

Wed.

9/11

Daily Assignments & Classwork Units 1-4

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Activate vocab pp. 61-62

Unit 4 pp. 65-70 “ letter ء “ and 77-80 “ letters ذ / د “

Number practice p. 71: Answer in Arabic: o How many classes do you have

this semester? o How many sisters do you have? o How many textbooks do you have? o How many uncles do you have?

Review vocab pp. 61-62

Unit 4 pg. 65-70: learn letter “ء “, watch videos and listen to the pronunciation.

Unit 4 pp. 71-73: learn how to count in Arabic from zero to 10.

Fri.

9/13

Week #3

Review

Warm-up: Share your sentences with your partner. Report to the class the new information you learned about your partner.

Activate vocab pp. 74-75

Review letters and vowels

Review counting

Study and practice vocab pp. 74-75

Prepare 5 sentences to say about you and your friends (using vocab pp. 15, 41, 42, 61, 62, 74, and 75).

Mon.

9/16

Activate vocab.: Drill 5 p. 76

Letter recognition and writing (ر / ز )

Drill 11 p. 85

Introduction to vocab p. 86

Review vocab. pg 74-75 and prepare drill 5 p. 76

Watch videos for letters “ ر / ز “ p. 81-83

Drill 9 p. 84

Turn in #2: Drill 10 p. 85

Tues.

9/17

Activate vocab p. 86

Share your dialogue to activate vocabulary through real life scenarios

Study & review vocabulary pp.74,75,86

Pair- work: With a partner; prepare a dialogue to share with class. “ no need to memorize it, you just need to practice the proper pronunciations”

Wed.

9/18

Review worksheet (units 1-4): alphabet, vocabulary, and conversation

Pair-work: Greet your partner, ask them how they are doing, tell them 5 things about you (e.g., your name, where you are from, what you like, what’s your sister’s name, your phone number,…) Use as much of the vocabulary in units 1-4 as you can.

Study Group #1 is due

Review numbers, alphabet, vowels, and vocabulary units 1-4

Review worksheet (units 1-4)

Prepare for the in class pair work exercise.

Study Group #1 is due

Fri.

9/20

Week #4

Quiz #1: Units 1-4 Drill 18 p. 88

Study for Quiz #1: Units 1-4

Mon.

9/23

Warm-up: Ask your partner questions. Report to a new partner.

dictation practice Unit 5 pp. 91-99

Unit 5 p. 91-99 “ س /ش/ “

Prepare 5 questions to ask your partner

Tues.

9/24

Unit 5 pg 100- 109 “ vocab. and ص /ض “

Share your sentences

Unit 5 pp. 100-101: study vocab. p. 100

Write 5 sentences using the new vocab.

Prepare unit 5 pp.102-107

Wed.

9/25

Unit 5 pp. 109-115

Drills 19 & 20 p. 114

Turn in #3: Drill 8 p. 105 & drill 10 p. 105

Unit 5 pp. 109-114 “study vocab. pp. 112& 113”

Drills 19 & 20 p. 114

Fri.

9/27

Week #5

Skits: Drill 21 p. 114, class votes on best skit!

Theme: Colors

Unit 6 pp. 117-132

letter recognition and writing ( ط / ة / ظ )

Prepare a skit: Drill 21 p. 114 (with a partner)

Theme: Colors

Review vocab. pg 112-113

Unit 6 pp. 117-129

Mon.

9/30

Roots pg. 115

Unit 6 pp. 133-142

Activate vocab p. 130-131

Letter recognition and writing (غ / ع )

Roots pg. 115

Unit 6 pp. 130-144

Study vocab p. 130-131 and write 5 sentences

Tues.

10/1

Review vocab. / alphabet

Activate vocab. pg. 143

Unit 7 pg 146-159

letter recognition and writing (ف / ق / ك / ( ل

Turn in #4: Drill 21 p. 141 and Drill 23 p. 142

Review vocab. pp. 130-131

Study vocab. p. 143, drills # 26,27 & 28

Unit 7 p. 146-155

Wed.

10/2

Activate vocab. pp. 130-131/ 143

Go over HW

Letter recognition and writing ( م / ن )

Review vocab. pp. 130-131/ 143

Drill # 9 p. 161

Turn in #5: Drills 6 and 7 p. 155

Fri.

Study Group #2 is due

Unit 8 p. 170-174

Study Group #2 is due 10/4

Week #6

Activate vocab. pp. 163-164

Unit 8 pp. 175-180 “ ه “

Review worksheet

Study vocab. pp. 163-164

Unit 1-7 vocabulary review worksheet (sentences 1-10 only)

Unit 8 pp. 175-178

Drill 2 p. 175

Mon.

10/7

Unit 8 pp. 183-188 and pp. 181+182 Review vocab. pg. 163-164 and write 5 sentences

Unit 8 pp.183-188

Tues.

10/8

Unit 8 pp. 189-191

Drills 11 p. 190 and Drill 15 p. 191

Turn in # 6: Drill 8 p. 187

Unit 8 pp.189-191

Wed.

10/9

نشاط حر

نشاط حر

Fri.

10/11

Week #7

Holiday!

عطلة!

Mon.

10/14

Monday schedule!

Warm-up: How do you feel?

Unit 9 pg. 193-203

Worksheet: Vocabulary Review Units 1-8 (#10-20)

Unit 9 p. 193-199

Tues.

10/15

Unit 9 pp. 204-209 and Unit 10 pp. 211-225

Unit 9 p. 204-209

Drill 12 p. 205

Unit 10 p. 211-214

Wed.

10/16

Alphabet and vocabulary review worksheet

Skit #1: work with your partner/s to create a real life scenario. You will practice it in

Fri.

“Review Units 1-9” worksheet

Skit pronunciation practice

Study Group #3 is due

class and you will have a chance to fix its structure and practice proper pronunciation.

Complete Drill A in “Review Units 1-9” worksheet

Study Group #3 is due

10/18

Week #8

Quiz #2: Units 1-10

Song

Prepare for Quiz #2: Units 1-10

( alphabet, vowels, vocabulary)

Mon.

10/21

Theme: Numbers and days of the week

Intro to Al Kitaab & classroom phrases

Culture Entry #1 is due

Theme: Numbers and days of the week

Intro to Al Kitaab & classroom phrases

Culture Entry #1 is due

Tues.

10/22

Skit #1

Theme: Animals/Pets

Skit #1

Theme: Animals/Pets

Wed.

10/23

Activate vocabulary pp. 2+3

Worksheet: Unit one vocab. In pictures

Practice the verb “work” on pp. 3+4

Read pp. xxi-xxvii (Introduction for Students)

Unit 1:

Learn the new vocabulary pp. 2+3

study verb “work” conjugation pp. 3+4

Complete and turn in # 7: ex. 1 on p. 4 (write the sentences you hear then translate)

Fri.

10/25

Al-

Kitaab

Week #9

Activate vocab: share your sentences

Ex. 3 p. 4+5 اسألوا زمالءكم

Grammar: Gender & Nisba pg. 6+7

Ex. 7 p. 9

Listen to vocab. again then write 5 sentences

Prepare ex. 3 p. 4+5 “translate 3 questions from part A and three from B”

Read Grammar 1 explanation on pp. 6 + 7 then write 2 examples

Mon.

10/28

Go over HW.

Interrogatives pp. 9-11

Ex. 10 p. 11+12

Review vocab. and write another 5 sentences

Ex. 5+6 p. 8

prepare interrogatives pp. 9-11 and write 5 questions

Tues.

10/29

Review vocab. through story discussion

Grammar 2 pp. 14+15

Unit 1 review worksheet

Ex. 11 p. 13 (listen to Maha and complete the exercise)

Read Grammar 2 pp. 14+15

Ex. 12 p. 15

Unit 1 review worksheet

Wed.

10/30

Unit 1 review

Theme: Housing

Study Group #4 is due

Ex. 16 p. 18 (record yourself using vocaroo.com then email it to your instructor)

Theme: Housing “study new vocab.”

Turn in # 8: Write 10 sentences about yourself.

Study Group #4 is due

Fri.

11/1

Week #10

نشاط حر

نشاط حر

Mon.

11/4

Quiz #3: Unit 1 & housing

Quiz #3: Unit 1 & housing

Tues.

11/5

activate vocab. pp. 20+ 21

go over vocab. notes p. 21

Ex. 3 p. 23 (asking questions) اسألوا زمالءكم

Unit 2:

Learn the new vocabulary pp. 20+ 21

read vocab. notes p. 21

Complete ex. 1 on pp. 21-23 online

Ex. 3 p. 23 (prepare three questions from part A and any three from part B)

Wed.

11/6

Share ex. 2 sentences

Subject pronouns pp. 25+26

Ex. 2 p. 23

prepare subject pronouns pp.25+26 then use each pronoun in a sentence

Fri.

11/8

Week #11

Plural verb conjugation p. 27

Noun plural pp. 27-31

Review vocab.

Turn in # 9: Ex. 6 p. 26

prepare plural verb conjugation p. 27

prepare noun plurals pp. 27-31

Mon.

11/11

Plural practice

Unit 1 and 2 practice worksheet

Review grammar, memorize plurals and write 5 sentences

Ex. 7 p. 32

Tues.

11/12

Theme: Fruits

Theme: Fruits

Ex. 14 p. 37 (record yourself using vocaroo.com then email it)

Wed.

11/13

Ex. 9 (story discussion in formal)

Ex. 11 p. 36

Review units 1+2: Conversation practice worksheet

Study Group #5 is due

Ex. 9 p. 33 (listen to Maha and answer the questions).

Ex. 15 p. 38 online

Review units 1+2: Conversation practice worksheet

Study Group #5 is due

Fri.

11/15

Week #12

Theme: Vegetables

Theme: Vegetables

Mon.

11/18

.Tues نشاط حر نشاط حر

11/19

Quiz #4: Unit 2 & Fruits & vegetables

Study for Quiz #4: Unit 2 & Fruits &

vegetables Wed.

11/20

activate vocab. pp. 40+41 and review notes

Unit 3: Fri.

P. 42 + 43 (family tree)

share your sentences with a partner

Learn the new vocabulary on pp. 40+41

read vocab. notes p. 41

Ex. 2 p. 43 ( DVD or online sentences)

11/22

Week #13

Activate vocab. pp. 40+41

Ex. 4 pg. 44+45 اسألوا زمالءكم

Study vocab. pp 40+41

Turn in # 10: Ex. 3 p. 44

Prepare ex. 4 pp. 44+45 ( prepare three questions from part A and any three from part B)

Mon.

11/25

Theme: Family

Culture Entry #2 is due

Theme: Family

Culture Entry #2 is due

Tues.

11/26

Happy Thanksgiving!

11/27 – 12/1

Week #14

Skit #2 pronunciation practice.

Plural pp. 48-51

Ex. 8 p. 51

Skit #2: work with your partner/s to create a real life scenario. You will practice it in class and you will have a chance to fix its structure and practice proper pronunciation.

memorize plurals pp. 48-51

Ex. 8 p. 51 (1-5 only)

Mon.

12/2

Activate vocab. and share your sentences

Idaafa pp. 52+53

Ex. 14 p. 57

Review vocab. and write 3sentences/ questions

Idaafa pp. 52+53

Ex. 10 p. 53 online

Tues.

12/3

Possessive pronouns pp. 54+55

share your sentences

Ex. 12 p. 56

Possessive pronouns pp. 54+55 and write 5 sentences using them in formal

Ex. 11 p. 56 (online)

Wed.

12/4

share possessive pronouns sentences

Ex. 15 pp. 57+58 (reading comprehension)

Study Group #6 is due

study possessive pronouns pp. 54+55 then write 5 sentences using them

prepare reading text pp. 57+58 and be ready for active discussion

Study Group #6 is due

Fri.

12/6

Week #15

Ex. 17 p. 59+60

Ex. 18 p. 60

Essay is due

Finalize your essay—it is due

Ex. 17 p. 59+60

Ex. 18 p. 60

Mon.

12/9

Quiz #5: Unit 3 & Family

Prepare for Quiz #5: Unit 3 & Family

Tues.

12/10

Skit #2

Skit #2

Wed.

12/11