JHS1 Arabic · Term 3 Week 4: Reading Comprehension

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.3.2.1.2

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Break a reading passage into smaller sections and read each section one at a time.
Deduce the meaning of unfamiliar words in a passage by using the surrounding sentences as clues.
Identify the main idea of a short Arabic passage about school examinations.
Apply context-based strategies to resolve comprehension problems when reading simple Arabic texts.
Explain in clear order the steps they used to understand a difficult word or sentence.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Reading Comprehension (3.2)
Content standard: B7.3.2.1 - Learner demonstrates the ability to recognise words and their semantic representations in simple Arabic phrases about education.
Indicator: B7.3.2.1.2 - Demonstrate the skill of using appropriate strategies to resolve comprehension problems.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 4 (Week 28 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

exemplars - p.25: 1 glyph(s) in this cell have no entry in the PDF's character map, and are stored as U+FFFD. They print as ordinary Arabic letters, but the file does not say which letters, so they are not guessed. See REPORT-arabic.md section 9 item 4
Curriculum reference: Arabic, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 25
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Take the following steps to understand the meanings of difficult words in a passage:
School Examination day يوم امتحاانت املدرسة -
- Break up the reading into smaller sections.
- Deduce the meaning of a sentence or paragraph based on the context.
ا ْ  للسة األوىل ا ْ  للسة الاثنية   االمتحان يف مادة الرايض �ت،   االمتحان يف العلوم
جنح ُ  تابمتياز   لقد حصل على تسع ُ  ت درجةً  يف العربية