What Are You Doing?

Topic: Asking about who, what, where, when, why and how in Arabic language

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to ask questions in Arabic about who, what, where, when, why and how.
• Students will be able to understand the answers to those questions in Arabic.

Materials

• Arabic alphabet cards or Arabic writing practice sheets (optional)
• Arabic sentence cards with the question words on them (who, what, where, when, why, how)
• Picture cards or real-world objects for students to use in the activities
• Markers or colored pencils

Warm-Up

• Have students stretch their bodies and get ready to move by doing some simple stretches, such as touching their toes or doing a handstand against the wall.
• Next, have students do some simple movements to get their bodies and minds ready to learn, such as marching in place or doing a simple dance to a song.
• Finally, have students take a deep breath and stretch their bodies out as far as they can, reaching their hands up to the sky and bending down to touch their toes.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the topic of the day, which is asking about he or she where they are and what they are doing in Arabic language.
• Model how to ask these questions using the Arabic words for "where" and "what are you doing."
• Demonstrate how to answer these questions using the Arabic words for "I am... (at/doing)."
• Review the words for "where" and "what are you doing" using the handouts.

Guided Practice

• Divide the students into small groups and give each student a book with pictures of people doing various activities.
• Have the students work together to identify the people in the pictures and the activities that they are doing.
• Then have the students ask each other the questions about the people and their activities in Arabic.
• Afterwards, have the students answer the questions in Arabic.

Independent Practice

• Divide the students into small groups and give each student a set of pictures of people doing various activities.
• Have the students work together to identify the people in the pictures and the activities that they are doing.
• Then have the students ask each other the questions about the people and their activities in Arabic.
• Afterwards, have the students answer the questions in Arabic.

Closure

• Review the questions and answers from the activity.
• Ask the students to repeat the questions and answers in Arabic.
• Encourage the students to use the questions in a real-world setting.

Assessment

• Observe the students during the guided and independent practice activities to assess their understanding of the questions and answers.
• Collect and review the students' drawings and written sentences to assess their ability to communicate in Arabic.