JHS3 Arabic · Term 3 Week 4: Critical Reading

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B9.3.4.1.3 - Demonstrate competence in vocabulary building to enhance understanding of unfamiliar texts.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and list familiar and unfamiliar words from a given Arabic text, sorting them into two clear categories.
Infer the likely meanings of unfamiliar words using context clues from the surrounding sentences.
Look up unfamiliar words in an Arabic-English dictionary and record the correct definitions.
Compare dictionary definitions with their own inferences and state whether the meanings match or differ.
Use newly learned words in simple Arabic sentences of their own.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Critical Reading (3.4)
Content standard: B9.3.4.1 - Learner demonstrates understanding by making inferences and predictions based on textual cues
Indicator: B9.3.4.1.3 - Demonstrate competence in vocabulary building to enhance understanding of unfamiliar texts.
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.
Curriculum reference: Arabic, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 101
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. List familiar words from the text.
2. List the unfamiliar words or new ones.
3. Infer the meanings of the new words in their context.
4. Look up the word in a dictionary
5. Compare the dictionary definition with what you inferred.