Grammar · JHS2 Arabic

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B8.3.3.1.2 - Demonstrate understanding of grammatical rules by reading out a selected text with fluency, identifying the relationship between words and their qualifying adjectives.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Read out a short Arabic passage with fluency and correct pronunciation.
Identify qualifying adjectives in a text and state which noun each adjective describes.
Form dual and plural forms of masculine nouns by adding the correct suffixes (ـان / ـون) and link them to their matching adjectives.
Form dual and plural forms of feminine nouns by adding the correct suffixes (ـتان / ـات) and link them to their matching adjectives.
Explain the agreement rule between a noun and its qualifying adjective in number (singular, dual, plural) and gender (masculine, feminine).

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Grammar (3.3)
Content standard: B8.3.3.1 - Learner reads Good Arabic: Grammar Unit: Qualifying words- adjectives (sizes, heights, shapes, colours).
Indicator: B8.3.3.1.2 - Demonstrate understanding of grammatical rules by reading out a selected text with fluency, identifying the relationship between words and their qualifying adjectives.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 1 (Week 25 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. 62
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Add suffixes to masculine nouns in column أ in order to turn them into dual and plural forms as in ب and ج
respectively.
أ   ب   ج
االسم   مثىن   مجع
معلّ  م   معلمان   معلّ  مون مهندس   مهندسان   مهندسون
شائ ٌ  ق   سائقان   سائقون
مضين   مضينان   مضينون
مربمج   مربرلان   مربرلون
مّدرس   مدرسان   مد ّ  رسون طيّا ر   طياران   طيّا  رون
جنا ٌ  ر   جناران   جنارون
Add suffixes to feminine nouns in column أ in order to turn them into dual and plur al foms as in ب and ج
respectively.
أ   ب
االسم   مثىنمعلماتن   ج مجع
معلّ  مة   مهندساتن   معلّ  مات
مهندسة   ممرضتان   مهندسات
ممرضة   مضيناتن   ممرضات
مضينة   طالبتان   مضينات
طالبة   مدرسان   طالابت
ّمدرسة   طبيبتان   ّمدرسات
طبيبة   مشرناتن   طبيابت
مشرنة   مشرنات