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Reading and responding إِقرَأ وَ أُكْتُب

1.Where is Tangier? 2.Does Samir like his city? Why? 3.Where is his family from? 4.Describe two members of his family? 4.Does he like his brother Khalid? Why? 5.Does he like his two sisters? 6.What are his plans for next Saturday? 7.What does he often do with his friends? Why? Read the text and answer the questions in EnglishTask 2: There are 4 mistakes in the text, what are they? Explain why?Task 3: underline feminine adjectives in Blue and masculine ones in BlackTask 4: Circle verbs in the present tense in Black and future tense in Blue صحية مزعجتان لأنه لكنهما Task 5: Highlight time phrases in greyTask 6: Rewrite the text in the 3 rd person masculine. إسمه سميروهو يعيش

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Listen to the 4 conversations about furniture they and put a cross in the right box زهيرة جون علي أمينة Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ

Listen again and list adjectives, verbs, connectives, intensifiers, time phrases used by each person زهيرة جون علي أمينة adjectivesverbsconnectivesintensifiers ____________________________________________

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Write what rooms are in this house? big old small tidy new huge medium sizedbeautiful untidy Now, describe each room in this house? Add colour? Say what you don’t have in this house? Add furniture + prepositions?

bigtiny redoldsmall tidynew huge small untidy Write a description of this house using the information provided هُنَاكَ أَيْضا مَطْبَخ غرفَة الطَّعَام أنيق جديد غيرمرتب أحب أكره الجُلُوس مَكْتَب كَبيرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَ مُرِيحٌ صغير ضخم أحمر قديم كبير There Also Kitchen Room Dining Small huge red old big Smart New Untidy I like I hate Sitting Office Big Beautiful And Comfortable Low ability

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ﻧﺸﻴﻁﺔ ﺜﺭﺜﺎﺭﺓ ﺃﻧﺎﻧﻴﺔ ﻜﺭﻴﻤﺔ ﻔﻅﻴﻌﺔ ﺫﻛﻴﺔ ﻤﻨﻅﻤﺔ ﺮﻴﺎﻀﻴﺔ ﻜﺴﻭﻟﺔ active chatty selfish kind horrible clever organised sporty lazy Describing your self and family ﺧﺟﻭﻠﺔ Shy Give opinions with reasons بل لكنه و جدا ليست غير أحب لأنها لأنه but But he is and A lot Is not Is not Because she is Because he is عائلتي أبي أمي أخي أختي أبي وأمي هما هما ﻤﻄﻠﻗﺎﻥ ﻨﺤﻥ ﻤﺘﻔﺎﻫﻤﻮﻦ ﺃﺧﺘﻲ ﺍﻠﺻﻐﺮﻯ ﺃﺧﺘﻲ ﺍﻠﻜﺒﺮﻯ ﺃﺧﻲ ﺍﻷﺼﻐﺮ ﺃﺧﻲ ﺍﻷﻜﺒﺮ خالتي عمتي My family My dad My mum My brother My sister My dad and mum They are (2) divorced We get on My younger sister My older sister My younger brother My older brother My aunty (M) My aunty (P) ليس مثيرة Exciting / I like لكنها But she is Now add negative sentences connectives هي She is هو He is Exam mode please!!

Reading and responding إِقرَأ وَ أُكْتُب Game

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In pairs, find the texts and answer the questions. Where does Zaynab’s uncle and aunty live? __________________ What’s her cousin Mary like? ____________________ _________ Where is Karl from? __________________________________ Where is his city? __________________________________ Write 3 things about Zaynab’s city?__________________________ _______________________________________________________ How many people in Karl’s family?__________________________ How old is his dad? ______________________________________ How many brothers & sisters Khalid has? ____________________ Write age difference between his mum and dad?_______________ Where does Khalid’s grand mother live? _____________________ Describe his city? _______________________________________ Find the meaning of the following words in texts, write your answers in Arabic. Tall Old _______________ I have One sister _______________ Active With _______________ I live (2) He is _______________ I play On the coast _______________ Cousin (maternal) Uncle (paternal) _______________ Where is Khalid from? __________________________________ Where does he live? __________________________________ طويل مسن لدي أخت واحدة نشيط مع أسكن أعيش هو ألعب على الساحل إبنة عمي ابن خاليإبنة خالي Task 1 Task 2 Khalid is Egypt He lives in Cairo Washington, America Washington is in north east America Baghdad, Iraq Beautiful and very kind Very big Very interesting 4 / 5 40 years old 1 sister and 2 brothers 10 years Syria Cairo is big and very beautiful Capital of Jordan

In pairs, find the texts and answer the questions. Where does Zaynab’s uncle and aunty live? __________________ What’s her cousin Mary like? ____________________ _________ Where is Karl from? __________________________________ Where is his city? __________________________________ Write 3 things about Zaynab’s city?__________________________ _______________________________________________________ How many people in Karl’s family?__________________________ How old is his dad? ______________________________________ How many brothers & sisters Khalid has? ____________________ Write age difference between his mum and dad?_______________ Where does Khalid’s grand mother live? _____________________ Describe his city? _______________________________________ Find the meaning of the following words in texts, write your answers in Arabic. Tall Old _______________ I have One sister _______________ Active With _______________ I live (2) He is _______________ I play On the coast _______________ Cousin (maternal) Uncle (paternal) _______________ Where is Khalid from? __________________________________ Where does he live? __________________________________ Task 1 Task 2

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مَاذَا يُوجَدُ في مَنْزِلكِ؟...فِي منْزِلِي يُوجَدُ أيضًا و جَمِيل مُرِيح كَبِير صَغِير بَلْ Ask and answer questions about what there is in your house? لَكِن لا يُوجَدُ...

Ask and answer questions about what there is in your house? أيضًا و جَمِيل مُرِيح كَبِير صَغِير بَلْ مَاذَا يُوجَدُ في مَنْزِلكِ؟...فِي منْزِلِي يُوجَدُ لَكِن لا يُوجَدُ...

bigtiny redoldsmall tidynew huge untidy oldtidy beautifulugly smalltiny medium sized huge هُنَاكَ أَيْضا مَطْبَخ غرفَة الطَّعَام أنيق جديد غيرمرتب أحب أكره الجُلُوس مَكْتَب كَبيرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَ مُرِيحٌ صغير ضخم أحمر قديم كبير There Also Kitchen Room Dining Small huge red old big Smart New Untidy I like I hate Sitting Office Big Beautiful And Comfortable

bigtiny redoldsmall tidynew huge small untidy Write a description of this house using the information provided هُنَاكَ أَيْضا مَطْبَخ غرفَة الطَّعَام أنيق جديد غيرمرتب أحب أكره الجُلُوس مَكْتَب كَبيرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَ مُرِيحٌ صغير ضخم أحمر قديم كبير There Also Kitchen Room Dining Small huge red old big Smart New Untidy I like I hate Sitting Office Big Beautiful And Comfortable

1.Where is Tangier? 2.Does Samir like his city? Why? 3.Where is his family from? 4.Describe two members of his family? 4.Does he like his brother Khalid? Why? 5.Does he like his two sisters? 6.What are his plans for next Saturday? 7.What does he often do with his friends? Why? Task 1: Read the text and answer the questions in English.

Listen to the 4 conversations about furniture they and put a cross in the right box زهيرة جون علي أمينة

Listen again and list adjectives, verbs, connectives, intensifiers, time phrases used by each person زهيرة جون علي أمينة adjectivesverbsconnectivesintensifiers ____________________________________________

1. Listen and label with the right name 2. Use the table to write the name of the city and descriptions of it. CitiesLocation/descriptions __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ In English Samia Mourad Nizar Abir Samad Subhi

Listen to the 4 conversations about furniture they and put a cross in the right box زهيرة جون علي أمينة Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ