JHS2 Arabic · Term 2 Week 12: Reading Comprehension

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B8.3.2.1.5 - Identify the common text structures of an expository text as an organisation principle to facilitate understanding.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the four common text structures of expository texts: cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and time order.
Match signal words and phrases (such as بسبب، لذلك، المشكلة، الحل، مثل، أولاً، ثم، أخيراً) to their corresponding text structure in Arabic.
Reorganise a scrambled passage about environmental pollution into a logical text structure and explain the principle used.
Read an Arabic expository text on environmental pollution and state which organisational structure the writer used, giving evidence from the text.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Reading Comprehension (3.2)
Content standard: B8.3.2.1 - Learner demonstrates knowledge of Reading Comprehension strategies and steps that help to make sense of a text.
Indicator: B8.3.2.1.5 - Identify the common text structures of an expository text as an organisation principle to facilitate understanding.
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 12 (Week 24 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. 60
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Use the following principles to reorganize the passage on environmental pollution.
تل ّ  وث البِي  ئة : أضرار النناايت   سيارات النظانة   وقاية من األمراض   سوء التننس
Cause and effect
- Problem and solution
- Compare and contrast
- Time order (sequence of events, actions or steps)
TRAND: B8.3 Reading