Schemes of Work for Year 7 Arabic
Resources:
Arabic text books:
*Arabic in Your Hands
*Mastering Arabic
*Carnival 2
*Arabic folder (different worksheets)
* ICT Pack: web pages –
www.arabic4fun.com
www.classtools.net ( To make your activities for students)
www.languageguide.arbic.org
Latifa Aitelhawa . Belle Vue Girls’ School , Year 7 Arabic Schemes of work
Year 7 Arabic
Topics / Framework
objectives
Module : Let’s go
‫هيا ننطلق‬
Learning Objectives
To know how to read and
write Arabic Alphabets
Vocabulary and key
language
Alphabets
-Position of alphabets
‫ حروف الهجاء‬within the word.
َ‫ ﺐ‬-ِ‫ ﺐ‬-ُ‫ﺐ‬
Unit 1: Arabic Alphabets
‫حروف الهجاء‬
Unit 2: People and places
P:34/5.6
‫مرحبا‬
To know how to say your
name and ask people
about their name, how to
greet someone
Grammar
How to say your name in
Arabic
How to greet people in
Arabic
Teaching resources
Arabic Language skills for non
Arab, CD/
Gateway to Arabic.P:68
-Alharakat: short and long
vowels in Arabic.
Tanween/ Ashada
To differentiate between
male and female while
asking about their names
(modakar /motnat)
‫أهال \ مرحبا\ السالم عليكم‬
‫مع السالمة‬
‫ما اسمكَ ؟‬
‫ما اسمكِ؟‬
......‫أنا اسمي‬
PPP
Arabic Language skills for non
Arab, P:53,54
Start Arabic ( Arabic for non
Arabs)CD
Cranival Book 1, P:12
Carnival workbook P: 4/5
Worksheet 1
‫كيف يكتﺐ اسمك؟‬
Unit 3: Classroom objects
‫أدوات المدرسة‬
Unit 4: Expressing people’s
ages
‫؟ِ رمع م ك‬
To know how to name
different classroom
objects
To be able to say how old
you are and ask people
about their ages
To name different objects
using demonstrative
pronouns
Introduction to numbers
(1 – 20)
How to say
Days and months in Arabic
how to write them
How to say their age using
these detail
-Demonstrative pronouns
-Negation in Arabic
what I have and haven’t
got
-To make the difference
between masculine and
feminine ( Ka, 3mroka)
(Ki, 3mroki)
‫؟ِ رمع م ك‬
‫؟ِ رمع م ك‬
‫ﺃﻧﺎﻋﻤﺮﻱ‬
Latifa Aitelhawa . Belle Vue Girls’ School , Year 7 Arabic Schemes of work
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 2)
PPP
Carnival book P: 15
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 3)
Teaching activities
-Alphabet games, songs, chants.
- Simulate telephone
introductions and spell out the
names.
-to say and write the alphabet
-To ask and answer basic
questions when meeting and
greeting someone
-Conduct conversations
using
‫مرحبا‬
‫ما اسمكِ؟‬
......‫أنا اسمي‬
‫كيف يكتﺐ اسمك؟‬
‫مع السالمة‬
-Pupils practise the phrases,
shaking hands in groups of four.
-Guessing games (hidden flash
cards, objects pictured at an
unusual angle, slow reveal on
overhead projector).
-Pupils share strategies for
memorising the spellings,
meanings and gender of the
words, e.g. similarities to English,
colour-coding.
-Picture bingo: pupils can take the
part of the bingo caller.
-Pair work asking for classroom
objects.
-numbers 1–12 and how to use
them to express their age and the
number of classroom objects
Number games.
-Counting games, counting
against the clock; chanting
(slowly, softly, loudly).
-Pair work asking and answering
the question ‫؟ِ رمع م ك‬
Year 7 Arabic
Topics / Framework
objectives
Unit 5: My Birthday
‫عيد ميالدي‬
Learning Objectives
To be able to say when is
your birthday and the birthday
of others
Key language
To say your birthday using
‘I’
‫متى عيد ميالدكَ ؟‬
‫متى عيد ميالدكِ ؟‬
‫عيد ميالدي يوم الخميس من‬
‫شهر فبراير‬
Unit 6: Colours
‫األلوان‬
To be able to say different
colours in Arabic
To use colours when
describing their classroom
objects
‫ما لون المسطرة؟‬
‫ما لونه؟‬
‫ما لونها؟‬
‫أزرق __ زرقاء‬
Module 2: My family
Unit 1: My family
Unit 2: Brothers and sisters
Unit 3: Brothers and sisters
names
To be able to say the
members of your family
To be able to say how many
brothers and sisters you have
To be able to say your
brothers and sisters names
‫هذه أسرتي‬
- ‫هذا أخي‬- ‫هذا أبي‬- ‫هذه أمي‬
‫ هذا جدي – هذه‬- ‫هذه أختي‬
‫جد تي‬
Grammar
Resources
-How to make a question
in Arabic
-Make a difference
between feminine and
masculine
PPP
Carnival Book 1 P: 16 -17
Carnival Book 1: P: 6 - 7
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 4)
-How colors adjective
changes when used with
masculine and feminine
nouns
PPP
Carnival Book 1 P: 26
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 4)
-Demonstrative pronouns
-Make a differences
between a feminine and
masculine
-Possessive pronouns
PPP
Carnival Book 1. P: 24.
Carnival workbook 1. P: 9
-Tow ways of saying I
have in Arabic
-Revision of numbers in --How numbers change
while used with feminine
and masculine/ plural
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 5)
Carnival workbook 1. P: 6 (word
search numbers)
‫ ؟َ يخِ مسإ ا ك‬-Demonstrative pronouns/
‫ ؟َ يخِ مسإ م ك‬possessive pronouns
-Attached pronouns
-Subject pronouns (Third
persons)
Latifa Aitelhawa . Belle Vue Girls’ School , Year 7 Arabic Schemes of work
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 6)
Teaching activities
-Counting/number games and songs.
-To introduce the months of the year,
present the birth dates of famous
American and British stars, showing a
picture of each person and giving the
date in figures, e.g. 12/02/75.
Pupils progress to listening to a tape
some young people, giving details of
their birthdays. Pupils listen and
identify who is talking.
-Pupils arrange themselves into birth
date order around the class.
-Pupils can note their own birthdays on
a card in figures. These can then be
used for birthday bingo. Pupils ask and
answer around the class, in the form of
a survey
-Pupils draw and label their own
family tree or one which is fictitious or
historical.
-Pupils work in pairs, each pupil
having different information about the
same family. They find out the missing
information by asking each other
questions.
-Pupils interview each other about
their families, in pairs.
-Round-the-class survey on names and
numbers of family members.
-Presentation of an imaginary family
using overhead transparencies (OHT)
or pupil-made posters/flashcards.
- Pupils could also make a collage of a
family with speech bubbles or Post-it
notes acting as labels.
Year 7 Arabic
Topics / Framework
objectives
Unit 4: Pets
Learning Objectives
Key language
To be able to say what pets
you’ve got and ask people
what pets they have.
Grammar
Resources
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheets 7/8)
My Little world P18.19
Word search P:19
-Teach names for common pets and
practise new vocabulary by playing
language games, eg picture bingo,
noughts and crosses with pictures on
OHP, ‘Pelmanism’ game, matching
words to pictures.
-Class survey on pets. Pupils report
back findings in pairs to see who has
recorded the most.
-Pupils create a wall display, with text
to accompany family photographs.
This could be done using ICT
-Adjective agreement
-Using connectives
-Two forms of ‘Your’
Carnival Book 1. P: 13
Arabic Language Skills for non
Arabic P: 32. 23.38
-Pupils match reading/listening texts to
photos.
-Pupils discuss family photos
(including pets) in groups, using a
range of familiar structures.
-Revision of colours
-Asking questions using
‘what’
-Dual in Arabic
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 9)
*Carnival Book 1 : P:38
-Asking questions ‘do
you have ‘
-Negation in Arabic
-Plural / using numbers
32 -69
Unit 5: Pets and colours
Talking about what colour is
your pet
‫؟َ تطق نوإ م ك‬
‫؟َ تطق ؟ول ا ك‬
Teaching activities
Unit 6:
Saying the colour of your
eyes and hair
Physical description
Latifa Aitelhawa . Belle Vue Girls’ School , Year 7 Arabic Schemes of work
-OHT presentation of physical
characteristics using a range of
different physical types and people of
different ages and ethnic groups.
-Presentation of adjectives of character
using well-known cartoon characters.
-Slowly reveal pictures of famous
people; elicit as much description as
possible.
-Pupils match description (written or
spoken) to object/picture.
-Describing and guessing who (other
pupil/teacher).
Year 7 Arabic
Topics / Framework
objectives
Module 3: In my house
Learning Objectives
Talking about where people
live
Key language
‫أين تسكن؟‬
‫أين تسكنين؟‬
‫أسكن في شقة؟‬
‫أسكن في بيت؟‬
Grammar
Unit 3: Furniture
Describing the rooms of the
house
Describing furniture in
different rooms
Unit5: Telling the time
How to say the time in
Arabic
Asking and saying the time
‫ماالوقتالﻶن؟‬
-To ask questions about
where people live, using
where and who?
-To answer questions
using Fi + name of town
and some simple phrases
-How to develop a
conversation about where
do you live.
- Guessing countries.
- Flashcards
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet s9 /10)
Carnival Book 1. P: 36
-Making questions using
‘What’ how many )
-Further use of ‘there is ‘
Using adjectives
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 11)
Carnival Book 1. P: 36/37
Carnival Book
1:P:87(questions pronouns)
-Further use of ‘there is’
there isn’t’
-Using adjectives
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 12)
-To make the difference
between prepositions and
the other adverb of places
*Carnival Book1: P: 69
*Carnival Book 1.
P:37(prepositions)
*Carnival Book 1: P:73
(Adverb Places)
-Introducing prepositions
using actions
-Make the actions and get
them to say the
prepositions.
- Fill in the gap
-Revision of numbers
-Use of verbs in Present
tense
-Numbers from 70-100
*Carnival Book 1P:56
*Carnival Book 1P:54/55
(Verbs in school context)
-Sequencing times
-ICT: interact clock
background
-Matching the time with
the right clocks.
To describe the position of
different items in the house
Unit 4: Prepositions / The
time and the Place
Teaching activities
-Making questions using
‘where?’.
Unit 1: Where do you
live?
Unit 2: Rooms in the
house
Resources
Latifa Aitelhawa . Belle Vue Girls’ School , Year 7 Arabic Schemes of work
- Starter: Matching parts
of sentences
-Card game : matching
activities with rooms.
- Squashed sentences.
- Starter: identifying
furniture from descriptions
-Finding the odd one out .
-Describing items in
different rooms.
-ICT: write a description
of own bedroom
Year 7 Arabic
Topics / Framework
objectives
Learning Objectives
Key language
Grammar
Resources
Teaching activities
Module 4: At school
Unit 1: Classroom
instructions
To be able to understand
classroom instructions
Unit 2: School subjects
‫المواد الدراسية‬
Unit 3: Likes and dislikes
Unit 4 : describing the
school day
‫يومي المدرسي‬
Saying your school subjects
Saying your opinion about
school subjects and giving
reasons
Describing your school day
:‫المواد الدراسية‬
.‫أدرس الرياضيات‬
. ‫المسرح‬.‫التاريخ‬.‫اللغة العربية‬
‫الدين العلوم‬.‫الجغرافية‬.‫الفرنسية‬.
..‫أدرس‬
‫مادتي المفضلة هي‬-‫أفضل‬. ‫المسرح‬.‫التاريخ‬.‫اللغة العربية‬
‫العلوم‬
....‫ألنه متعﺐ\ ممتع\سهل\ ممل‬
‫ماذا تفعل في المدرسة ؟‬
‫أذهﺐ الى المدرسة‬
‫أصل الى المدرسة‬
‫أذهﺐ الى المدرسة‬
‫أصل الى المدرسة‬
‫أستمع الى المعلم‬
‫أكتﺐ في دفتري‬
‫أقرأ في كتابي‬
‫ألعﺐ مع أصدقائي وقت‬
‫االستراحة‬
-To understand the
difference between the
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 13)
-To ask questions
-To use basic connectives
-Definite /indefinite
article
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 14)
Carnival book 1. P: 50
-To use verbs in the
present tense
-Asking questions “Do
you like maths’
‘Why’
-Negative in Arabic
Quantifiers
-To use present tense
-To use more connectives
-New ways of asking
questions
Latifa Aitelhawa . Belle Vue Girls’ School , Year 7 Arabic Schemes of work
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 15)
Carnival book 1. P: 52.53
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 16)
Carnival book 1. P: 87
-Pupils answer the register in Arabic.
- Deliberately set work for which
pupils must request certain
materials.
-Competitions using classroom
language “ James says: …….”
-To introduce school subjects suing
students time table.
- Asking students “what is your
Favourite subject?
- Pupils write own likes and dislikes
with reasons.
-Listening activities to Arab
youngsters talking about the subjects
they like or dislike.
- Squashed-up sentences
- Pupils draw a “ storyboard” cartoon
describing what the do at school.
-ICT: to make their own PPP
Describing their day at school.
- Reading activities
Year 7 Arabic
Topics / Framework
objectives
Unit 5 : What do you do
after school
Learning Objectives
Talking about what you do
after school
‫ماذا تفعل بعد المدرسة ؟‬
Module 5: Hobbies
Unit 1: Hobbies
Saying what hobbies you
like or dislike
Key language
‫بعد المدرسة‬
‫أستمع الى الموسيقى‬
‫أشاهد التلفاز‬
‫أحل واجباتي المدرسية‬
‫ألعﺐ مع أصدقائي‬
‫أساعد أمي في المطبخ‬
‫أقرأ الكتﺐ‬
‫ألعﺐ الشطرنج‬
Grammar
Resources
-Using present tense
More connectives
Quantifiers
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 17)
-Using affirmative and
negative form in Arabic
-Constructing complex
sentences about interest
and hobbies.
-how to ask simple
questions about people’s
likes and dislikes by
revising the raised voice
technique and by asking:
PPP
Arabic Folder for worksheets
(worksheet 18)
Carnival book 1. P: 71
-How to ask why
and give a simple
reason for their
opinion by using
because in Arabic
with he/ she followed
by a range of
adjectives
Latifa Aitelhawa . Belle Vue Girls’ School , Year 7 Arabic Schemes of work
Teaching activities
-Finding the odd one out
-Matching sentences halves.
-Reordering a text.
-Write what the do after school using
different connectives.
Starter:
Reading :
Listening: to listen to the three friends
and choose the correct word from the
bracket
Year 7 Arabic
Topics / Framework
objectives
Learning Objectives
Key language
Grammar
Unit 2: Sports
Talking about sport and
saying what you like and
don’t like
‫ألعاب القوى‬
‫الهوكي‬
‫ركوب الدراجات‬
‫الجمباز‬
‫الدراجات‬
‫السنوكر‬
‫الجودو‬
Unit 3: What do you do as
a sport?
Saying what sport you do in
your free time and how
many times you do it.
-Using (what is this ? in
Arabic
-Using other personal
pronouns (he, she, we)
-How the verb changes
when used with these
pronouns
-_How to express a simple
opinion using some
adjectives
-Using connectives
-How to use their
knowledge of I do/ I
practice etc ..
-To develop a
conversation by
giving a statement
about sports and
asking questions
(in Arabic)
-How to express
agreement and
disagreement
using time
frequency
-Describe a third
person’s likes and
dislikes
Latifa Aitelhawa . Belle Vue Girls’ School , Year 7 Arabic Schemes of work
Resources
PPP
Arabic Folder for
worksheets
(worksheet 19)
PPP
Arabic Folder for
worksheets
(worksheet 20)
Teaching activities
-Starter: Hobbies with opinions
Pelmanism’ game, matching pictures
to sentences.
-Listening: To listen to different
people describing what they do as
sport and giving opinions. They have
to fill in the grid with sport and
opinion.
-Reading: to combine a small number
of sentences using time adverbs as
connectives to sequence their text. Or a
text not in the right order, to put the
sentences in the right order to make a
whole text.
-Writing: understand and produce in
speech and writing sentences such as I
play football. I don’t like swimming.
My brother likes tennis.
-Starter: Brainstorming names of
sports they know in Arabic /match
picture to labels.
-Speaking: converse with others
by asking:
and give opinions and time frequency
using constructions such as
-Reading: Pupils skim a letter by
highlighting key words with a marker
pen.
Work as a class through a text which
contains unfamiliar language and guide
pupils to ask themselves contextual
and grammar-based questions to aid
understanding.
Year 7 Arabic
Topics / Framework
objectives
Learning Objectives
Unit 4 : Musical
instrument
Saying what musical instrument
you play
Unit 5: What do you do at
the weekend?
Talking about what you do at
the weekend
Key language
‫القيثارة‬‫الناي‬‫البيانو‬‫العود‬‫الكمان‬‫أعزف على البيانو‬‫ال أعزف على القيثار‬-
Grammar
-To use play followed with
the definite article.
-Revisit the negative to say
which musical instrument
they do not play.
-Revision of present tense.
To combine a small number
of sentences using time
adverbs as connectives to
sequence their text
-Ask and understand
questions about hobbies
Latifa Aitelhawa . Belle Vue Girls’ School , Year 7 Arabic Schemes of work
Resources
Teaching activities
PPP
Arabic Folder for
worksheets
(worksheet 21)
- Matching symbol to text from
PPP
Arabic Folder for
worksheets
(worksheet 21)
-Starter: To match the four speech
bubbles to the pictures / revision of
days of the week/ adverbs of time.
-Reading: Analysing the letter and
highlighting the key words. Answer
the question to show understanding.
- Writing: how to set out a simple
informal letter to a pen friend.,
seeking and giving information
about hobbies and interests. To
write their own informal letter
about hobbies.
- Pupils listen to Arab speakers
on video talking about their
favorite instrument and tick
when key words are heard.
- Guessing games based on
teacher’s or pupils’ mimes.
- Pupils requiring support might
match visuals to text and
reconstruct a story.
Latifa Aitelhawa . Belle Vue Girls’ School , Year 7 Arabic Schemes of work