JHS2 Arabic · Term 2 Week 8: Phonological awareness/Oral Reading Fluency

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B8.3.1.1.2 - Demonstrate ability to read words with long vowels and prolonged doubled consonant in shadda words.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the three Arabic long vowels (alif, waw, yaa) and the shadda sign when they appear in a fully-vowelised text.
Read aloud words containing long vowels with correct lengthening of the sound (two counts).
Read aloud words containing shadda with correct doubling and holding of the consonant sound.
Distinguish between a word read with a short vowel, a long vowel, and a shadda in paired word comparisons.
Read the short passage from the exemplars fluently, applying correct pronunciation of long vowels and shadda words.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Phonological awareness/Oral Reading Fluency (3.1)
Content standard: B8.3.1.1 - Learner demonstrates knowledge of Reading rules of a fully-vowelisedtext of nonfiction.
Indicator: B8.3.1.1.2 - Demonstrate ability to read words with long vowels and prolonged doubled consonant in shadda words.
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 8 (Week 20 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.
Curriculum reference: Arabic, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 56
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Read the words with long vowels and then those with diphthong.
اشً  تيت القميص الثمُ  ت من رجل مس ُ  ت   أكل الرجل الثوم بعد صوم اليوم
3. Demonstrate the right articulation of the prolonged doubled consonant in shadda words.
الن ّ  اجر   اخليّ  اط   الب ّ  اقل   السبّ  اك   الصبّا  غ