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Edexcel GCSE 2009 Arabic

Year 10

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Edexcel GCSE Arabic Year 10

Edexcel scheme of work

|Y10 |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

|Week |key questions (and *topic area) | | | |

|3 & 4 |The Alphabet: |Identification of individual letters |Students work in groups: on displays/charts showing |Online programmes teaching the Alphabet. |

| |Pronunciation. |(attached/detached): |distinction of sun letters from moon letters. |Teacher’s own materials to suit the age group: extra exercises to drill |

| |Sound discrimination. |sun and moon letters. |Students work in pairs: dialogues practised in twos. |sound discrimination and correct spelling, eg contrast سمّم / صمّم |

| |Conversation |Grammar: the noun |Students listen: sound discrimination. |Units 4, 5 and 6 (pages 37–80) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, J |

| |(*Personal information): |plural |Emphatic and non-emphatic letters: |and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |What you do. |definite & indefinite |eg ك ق : كلب / قلب |Mastering Arabic Script: A Guide to Handwriting by Wightwick, J (Palgrave |

| |Requests. |case endings: nominative and genitive. | |Macmillan, 2005). |

| |Asking where things are and whose |Vocabulary learning and testing. | | |

| |they are. | | | |

|Y10 |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

|Week |key questions (and *topic area) | | | |

|7 |Review and assessment. |Assimilation of material learnt so far.|Students do all the exercises in Unit 8 from Mastering|Unit 8 (pages 90-100) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, J and |

| | | |Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| | |Active, practical use of the language. |(Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |Mastering Arabic Script: A Guide to Handwriting by Wightwick, J (Palgrave |

| | | |Students play games and quizzes on learnt vocabulary. |Macmillan, 2005). |

| | | |Students undergo listening and reading tests on |Online/PowerPoint material on alphabet and days of the week. |

| | | |familiar vocabulary. |Build Your Arabic Vocabulary by Shirwani, H (GW Publishing, 2007). |

|Half-term | | | | |

|break | | | | |

|8 & 9 |Countries/Nationalities (*Out and |Grammar: Formation of nisba adjectives |Students play classroom games/quizzes devised by |Unit 9 (pages 101-113) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, J and |

| |about): |(and their regular plurals): |teacher and students, eg Is she from Egypt? Yes, she |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |The Middle East. |masc. يّ |is Egyptian! |For more information on ‘Cultural input: The Arab world’ go to the link to |

| |Other countries. |fem. يّ |Students practise reading: anticipating and |Arabic in ‘Resources’ on the TES website: tes.co.uk. |

| |Capital cities. |Vocabulary revision and learning. |identifying adjectives of nationality in headlines. |Give PowerPoint presentation: maps, photographs, travel brochures. |

| |Conversation | | |For vocabulary revision use Units 1-7 of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by |

| |(*Personal information): | | |Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |Talking about where you come from. | | |For vocabulary learning use Unit 9 of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by |

| | | | |Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

|Y10 |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

|Week |key questions (and *topic area) | | | |

|12 |Colours. |Grammar: |Students go through learnt vocabulary and put in the |Unit11 (pages 131-145) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, J and |

| |Party. |i) plurals |plural, using patterns 1 and 2 where applicable. |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |Conversation. |pattern 1 |Students practise listening and reading comprehension |Online programmes teaching the colours. |

| |Going shopping (*Customer service |pattern 2 |exercises. |Teacher’s own materials to suit the age group. |

| |and transactions). |ii) the accusative case. | |For vocabulary study use Unit 11 of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, |

| | |Vocabulary study. | |J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

|13 & 14 |News: |Grammar: |Students practise using a traditional dictionary. |Unit 12 (pages 147-164) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, J and |

| |What happened yesterday. |the past tense |Students undergo classroom activity with display |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |Key questions where, when, what, |building up complex sentences |charts on active and passive participles (see |Build Your Arabic Vocabulary by Shirwani, H (GW Publishing, 2007). Use |

| |how, why. |plural and dual case endings. |Appendix, page 285 of Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by |topics as needed, to supplement or vary approach. |

| |(Listening, Speaking, Reading and |Vocabulary study. |Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, |Teacher’s own materials with reference to the Minimum Core Vocabulary List |

| |Writing papers). | |2007). |(mcvl) from Appendix 5 in Edexcel GCSE in Arabic: Teacher’s Guide (from |

| | | |Students engage in end-of-term activities: |2009). |

| | | |calligraphy, word games, numerals, colours. |For vocabulary study use Unit 10 of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, |

| | | | |J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| | | | |For more on active and passive participles see Appendix page 285 of |

| | | | |Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave |

| | | | |Macmillan, 2007). |

|Christmas | | | | |

|break | | | | |

|Y10 |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

|Week |key questions (and *topic area) | | | |

|17 |News: current affairs. |Word order. |Students practise reading comprehension. |Unit 14 (pages 181-196) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, J and |

| |Reading comprehension material. |Headlines. |Students practise writing: short items of news. |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |Media. |Singular and plural verbs. |Students practise editing: using each other’s short |Topic 11 in Build Your Arabic Vocabulary by Shirwani, H (GW Publishing, |

| | |Noun complements: (idafa). |items of news. |2007). |

| | |Vocabulary learning. | |Teacher’s own materials with reference to the Minimum Core Vocabulary List |

| | | | |(mcvl) from Appendix 5 in Edexcel GCSE in Arabic: Teacher’s Guide (from |

| | | | |2009). |

| | | | |For vocabulary learning use Unit 14 of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by |

| | | | |Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

|18 |Review: shopping. |Consolidation of vocabulary and |Students practise in all four skills: Listening; |Unit 15 (pages 198-207) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, J and |

| | |structures in given themes. |reading; speaking; writing (using all exercises in |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| | | |Unit 15 (pages 198-207) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by|Topic 5 in Build Your Arabic Vocabulary by Shirwani, H (GW Publishing, |

| | | |Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, |2007). |

| | | |2007). |Use topics as needed, to supplement or vary approach. |

| | | | |Teacher’s own materials with reference to the Minimum Core Vocabulary List |

| | | | |(mcvl) from Appendix 5 in Edexcel GCSE in Arabic: Teacher’s Guide (from |

| | | | |2009). |

|Y10 |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

|Week |key questions (and *topic area) | | | |

|20 |Food and Drink (*Customer service |Verb forms II, III and IV |Students practise applying/recognising verb forms and |Build Your Arabic Vocabulary by Shirwani, H (GW Publishing, 2007). Use |

| |and transactions). |Past tense negative: |guessing meaning. |topics as needed, to supplement or vary approach. |

| |Conversation: |ma + past tense |They carry out individual research, with the use of a |Unit 17 (pages 225-241) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, J and |

| |In the restaurant. |lam + present (jussive). |dictionary. |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

|Half-term | | | | |

|break | | | | |

|21 |Compare and contrast. |Grammar: |Students undertake classroom activity: posters |Unit 18 (pages 244-257) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, J and |

| |The past and the present. |formation of the comparative and |illustrating the comparative and superlative. |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |How things were once, how things |superlative. |Students practise speaking and writing tasks: own |Teacher’s own materials with reference to the Minimum Core Vocabulary List |

| |are now. |weak verbs. |statements using the comparative. |(mcvl) from Appendix 5 in Edexcel GCSE in Arabic: Teacher’s Guide (from |

| |(*All common topic areas). |verb forms V and VI. | |2009). |

|22 & 23 |Future plans. |Grammar: |Students undertake classroom activity: create verb |Unit 19 (pages 260-270) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, J and |

| |Travel. |the future tense. |forms chart with examples of commonly used verbs |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |The environment. |verb forms VII, VIII, X. |fitting each form. |Topic 14 Build Your Arabic Vocabulary by Shirwani, H (GW Publishing, 2007).|

| |Months of the year. |other features of verbs. |Students practise listening: reading comprehension |Teacher’s own materials with reference to the Minimum Core Vocabulary List |

| |(*All common topic areas). |Vocabulary study. |exercises. |(mcvl) from Appendix 5 in Edexcel GCSE in Arabic: Teacher’s Guide (from |

| | | | |2009). |

| | | | |For vocabulary study use Unit 19 of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, |

| | | | |J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

|Y10 |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

|Week |key questions (and *topic area) | | | |

|25 |Review. |Revision (exercises). |Students undergo preparation for speaking test: engage|Unit 20 (pages 272-280) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 by Wightwick, J and |

| | | |in conversation (see page 277 of Mastering Arabic, |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| | | |Book 1 by Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave |For revision use Exercises 1–9 (pages 272-277) of Mastering Arabic, Book 1 |

| | | |Macmillan, 2007). |by Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

|26 |Individual speaking tests from |Listening/emulating. |Teacher and students engage in classroom activity: |Unit 1(Pages 2–10) of Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J and Mahmoud,|

| |previous week and introduction to |Developing fluency. |random volunteered individual speaking tests. |G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |Myself and others (*Personal |Developing variety of response. | | |

| |information) from Mastering Arabic,| | | |

| |Book 2 by Wightwick, J and Mahmoud,| | | |

| |G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). | | | |

|Easter break | | | | |

|27 & 28 |Talking about yourself, childhood, |Developing confidence and fluency in |Students work in pairs: meeting someone for the first |Unit 1 (pages 2-18) of Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J and |

| |nationality, family. |speaking. |time. |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |Describing character and feelings. |Revision of greetings and essential |Students practise writing: developing style. |Topics 1, 3 and 4 in Build Your Arabic Vocabulary by Shirwani, H (GW |

| |The Arab World: a look at Egypt. |vocabulary for the set exercises. |Students practise reading comprehension: Omm Kalthoum |Publishing, 2007). |

| | |Widening vocabulary. |(from page 15 of Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by |Teacher’s own materials with reference to the Minimum Core Vocabulary List |

| | | |Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)|(mcvl) from Appendix 5 in Edexcel GCSE in Arabic: Teacher’s Guide (from |

| | | |and Naguib Mahfouz (on page 17). |2009). |

|29 & 30 |House and Home. |Grammar review: |Students practise speaking in pairs: compare and |Unit 2 (pages 20-36) of Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J and |

| |For rent. |the plural |contrast living conditions in different types of |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |The Arab World: a look at Saudi. |adjectives and plurals. |dwelling. |Topic 2 in Build Your Arabic Vocabulary by Shirwani, H (GW Publishing, |

| | |Vocabulary: |Students practise listening and reading comprehension |2007). |

| | |adjectives describing home and local |passages: based on newly learnt vocabulary. |Teacher’s own materials with reference to the Minimum Core Vocabulary List |

| | |environment. | |(mcvl) from Appendix 5 in Edexcel GCSE in Arabic: Teacher’s Guide (from |

| | | | |2009). |

|Y10 |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

|Week |key questions (and *topic area) | | | |

|Half-term | | | | |

|break | | | | |

|33 & 34 |Sport and Leisure. |Grammar: |Students practise short writing tasks: themes can be |Unit 4 (pages 56–72) of Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J and |

| |Free time and hobbies. |expressing preference |sport, leisure and work. |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |Going out. |verbal nouns |Students practise speaking: questions within the topic |Topic 10 in Build Your Arabic Vocabulary by Shirwani, H (GW Publishing, |

| |The Arab World: Morocco. |participles |area. |2007). |

| | |subject object. |Students practise listening comprehension: based on |For vocabulary study use Unit 4 of Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J |

| | |Vocabulary study. |newly learnt vocabulary. |and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| | | |Students practise reading comprehension: working |Edexcel Specification and Sample Assessment Materials (SAMs) for GCSE |

| | | |through all the exercises in Unit 4, page 71 Mastering |Arabic. |

| | | |Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave| |

| | | |Macmillan, 2007). | |

|35 & 36 |Travel and tourism. |Grammar: |Students practise speaking: producing sentences stating|Unit 5 (pages 74-90) of Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J and |

| |Around town (local area). |the past tense |how things were in the past and how they are now. |Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| |Means of travel. |the past continuous — use of the |Students practise reading comprehension: working |Topics 13, 14 in Build Your Arabic Vocabulary by Shirwani, H (GW Publishing,|

| |Travel in the Arab world. |verbكان |through exercises in Unit 5, page 89 Mastering Arabic, |2007). |

| |Letter of complaint. |Vocabulary study. |Book 2 by Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave |For vocabulary study use Unit 5 of Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J |

| |The Arab World: Tunisia. | |Macmillan, 2007). |and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| | | |Students practise writing from an examination paper: on|Teacher’s own materials, including sources from the Internet. |

| | | |Media, travel and culture. |Edexcel Specification and Sample Assessment Materials (SAMs) for GCSE |

| | | | |Arabic. |

|Y10 |Content coverage/ |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |

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|39 |Review. |Review grammar and vocabulary. |Students do all exercises in Unit 7, page 116 Mastering|Unit 7 (pages 110-117) of Mastering Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J and |

| | | |Arabic, Book 2 by Wightwick, J and Mahmoud, G (Palgrave|Mahmoud, G (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). |

| | | |Macmillan, 2007). | |

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