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For all use Edexcel’s recommended vocabulary even at primary level, train them to use these. Give the students generic vocabulary they can use for any topic to maximise their chances of success DRILL! DRILL! DRILL! Vary your activities while setting a nice routine. Culture enhances learning and raises motivation Good, positive feedback on how to improve Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun! 12

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Reading and responding إِقرَأ وَ أُكْتُب Reading and responding 15

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

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In English Abir Subhi Nizar Mourad Samar Samia 1. Listen and label with the right name 2. Use the table to write the name of the city. 3. How old is Nizar? 4. Who is short? 5. Who hates fishing? 6. Who is bald? 7. Who likes football? 8. Who is very chatty? Abir Subhi Nizar Mourad Samar Samia Cities Location/descriptions Questions 3 - 8 ____________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________ 4. ____________________ 5. ____________________ 6. ____________________ 7. ____________________ 8. ____________________

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Generic structure زهيرة جون علي أمينة Time phrases intensifiers Listen again and list adjectives, verbs, connectives, intensifiers, time phrases used by each person Time phrases intensifiers connectives verbs adjectives ____________________________________________ زهيرة 1 ____________________________________________ Generic structure 2 ____________________________________________ جون ____________________________________________ 3 علي ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 4 ____________________________________________ أمينة ____________________________________________ 26 26

أُكْتُب Write

Arabic homes

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

Low ability There Also Room Dining هُنَاكَ أَيْضا مَطْبَخ Write a description of this house using the information provided untidy small old red huge Low ability big tiny new tidy small There Also Kitchen Room Dining هُنَاكَ أَيْضا مَطْبَخ غرفَة الطَّعَام Small huge red old big صغير ضخم أحمر قديم كبير Sitting Office Big Beautiful And Comfortable الجُلُوس مَكْتَب كَبيرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَ مُرِيحٌ Smart New Untidy I like I hate أنيق جديد غيرمرتب أحب أكره 30

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

Reading and responding إِقرَأ وَ أُكْتُب Reading and responding Game 33

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In pairs, find the texts and answer the questions. Task 1 Task 2 Khalid is from Egypt Where is Khalid from? __________________________________ Where does he live? __________________________________ 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) He lives in Cairo Where is Karl from? __________________________________ Where is his city? __________________________________ America New York is is in north east America طويل مسن Baghdad, Iraq Where does Zaynab’s uncle and aunty live? __________________ What’s her cousin Mary like? ____________________ _________ لدي Beautiful and very kind أخت واحدة Write 1 thing about Zaynab’s city?__________________________ _______________________________________________________ Very big نشيط Very interesting Capital of Jordan مع How many people in Karl’s family?__________________________ How old is his dad? ______________________________________ 4 / 5 أسكن أعيش 40 years old هو How many brothers & sisters Khalid has? ____________________ Where does his grand ma live? _______________ 1 sister and 2 brothers ألعب Syria على الساحل Who is 30 years old? _____________________ Who lives in Tunisia ? __________________________________ Karl’s mum ابن خالي إبنة خالي Zaynab’s uncle and aunty (maternal) إبنة عمي 38

In pairs, find the texts and answer the questions. Task 1 Task 2 Where is Khalid from? __________________________________ Where does he live? __________________________________ 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 Karl from? __________________________________ Where is his city? __________________________________ Where does Zaynab’s uncle and aunty live? __________________ What’s her cousin Mary like? ____________________ _________ Write 1 thing about Zaynab’s city?__________________________ _______________________________________________________ How many people in Karl’s family?__________________________ How old is his dad? ______________________________________ How many brothers & sisters Khalid has? ____________________ Where does his grand ma live? _______________ Who is 30 years old? _____________________ Who lives in Tunisia ? __________________________________ 39

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

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

Sitting Office Big And الجُلُوس مَكْتَب كَبيرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَ مُرِيحٌ Beautiful And Comfortable الجُلُوس مَكْتَب كَبيرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَ مُرِيحٌ untidy small old red huge Smart New Untidy I like I hate أنيق جديد غيرمرتب أحب أكره big tiny new tidy huge There Also Kitchen Room Dining هُنَاكَ أَيْضا مَطْبَخ غرفَة الطَّعَام Small huge red old big صغير ضخم أحمر قديم كبير ugly beautiful tidy medium sized old tidy tiny small 44

There Also Room Dining هُنَاكَ أَيْضا مَطْبَخ غرفَة الطَّعَام Write a description of this house using the information provided untidy small old red huge big tiny new tidy small There Also Kitchen Room Dining هُنَاكَ أَيْضا مَطْبَخ غرفَة الطَّعَام Small huge red old big صغير ضخم أحمر قديم كبير Sitting Office Big Beautiful And Comfortable الجُلُوس مَكْتَب كَبيرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَ مُرِيحٌ Smart New Untidy I like I hate أنيق جديد غيرمرتب أحب أكره 45

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

Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ Χ زهيرة جون علي أمينة Listen to the 4 conversations about furniture they and put a cross in the right box Χ Χ زهيرة Χ Χ جون Χ Χ علي Χ Χ أمينة 47 47

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In pairs, find the texts and answer the questions. Task 1 Task 2 Where is Khalid from? __________________________________ Where does he live? __________________________________ 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 Karl from? __________________________________ Where is his city? __________________________________ Where does Zaynab’s uncle and aunty live? __________________ What’s her cousin Mary like? ____________________ _________ 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? _______________________________________ 49

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

زهيرة جون علي أمينة intensifiers connectives verbs adjectives Listen again and list adjectives, verbs, connectives, intensifiers, time phrases used by each person intensifiers connectives verbs adjectives ____________________________________________ زهيرة 1 ____________________________________________ 2 ____________________________________________ جون ____________________________________________ 3 علي ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 4 ____________________________________________ أمينة ____________________________________________ 54 54

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