Lesson Unit

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Lesson Unit Food of the Arabic-Speaking Regions

• Arabic Intermediate Level
• By
• Therisa Rogers
• Mohamed Ali
• Atef Nazir
• Youness Mountaki

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Standards

• Cultural Products
• Make Connections
• Acquire New Information
• Presentational Communication

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Objectives

• Communicating
• - Communicate information orally with brief and
  simple
• messages
• - Communicate likes and dislikes
• - Ask and respond to basic questions
• - Ask for information and permission
• - Follow classroom instructions given in Arabic
• - Share preferences and interests
• - Participate in familiar activities (real or
  similated) using
• simple Arabic
• - Use pattern phrases top make simple requests
  for
• classroom objects

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Objectives (Continued)

• Acquiring Information
• - Extract specific information from
  appropriate resources in Arabic to complete
  authentic tasks, and convey the information
  orally and visually.
• Experiencing creative works
• - View or listen to creative works with
  visual and contextual support, and respond to
  them in various ways.
• - View, listen to, and, to some extent, read
  creative works with visual and contextual
  support, and respond to them in various ways.
• Understanding Culture and Society
• - Identify elements of their own and their
  classmates cultural backgrounds
• - Identify characteristics of Arabic culture
• - Identify similarities and differences of
  opinion among class members despite differing or
  similar cultural backgrounds

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Exploratory Activities

• Students work in pairs to discuss foods they like
  and dislike
• Students will work in groups to provide a list of
  Cultural phrases and practices regarding food.
• Groups will report out and write
  phrases/practices on board.

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Instructional Activities

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v8-EtPKrGY94 How
  to prepare ful medammes
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vh5bxNaZrpGc Baked
  Okra Preparation

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Activity I

• The ful video has no sound. Students will create
  instructions to go along with the video.
  Instructions will include the use of verbs in the
  imperative form and some vocabulary.
• Differentiating the instruction will include
  providing a vocabulary list with key nouns and
  verbs for L2 and other students who need it.
• Students will then compare their instructions
  with an existing recipe for fulhttp//www.shobiklo
  bik.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID271646whichpage
  7

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Word List for ful video

• Nounsfava beans, lemon, oil, garlic, tomato,
  spices, bread
• Verbs cut, heat, squeeze, stir, boil, peel, crush

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Cultural Awareness Phrases

• Ma sha Allah
• Al-Hamdu lillah
• Itfaddal
• Sahtein
• Bil hana wal shifa

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Learning Activities

• Students will organize in 5 regional groups
  representing 5 regions of the Arabic-Speaking
  world to compose a recipe in writing for a food
  common in their area.

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Cultural Norms

• People will eat the majority of what is served to
  them.
• Diners will praise the cook, often using phrases
  such as tislam eidik

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Authentic Outcome

• Students will produce a video, together with
  their regional group, in which they demonstrate
  and narrate how to produce the food they have
  chosen.

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Verbs

• ???? cut
•  ??? add
•  ???? crush
•  ??? stir
• ??? heat
•  ???? boil
• ??? peel

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Cultural Phrases

• ????? ??? Thanks be to God!
• ???? ??? Bless the cook!
• ???????? ??? God bless you!
• ?????? ?????? Bon appetite!
• ????? Enjoy!

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Nouns

• ??? ????
•  ???
• ?????
•  ?????
• ???
• ?????
• ???

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Assessment Rubric

• http//www.olejarz.com/arted/digitalvideo/intervie
  wrubric.pdf