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Arabic Travel

Tenth graders learn travel words in Arabic (السفر) — جواز سفر (passport), طائرة (airplane), فندق (hotel), حقيبة (suitcase), تذكرة (ticket) — everything they need to plan a trip to an Arabic-speaking country.

Grade 10Travel50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Learn travel words.
  • ✓Match words to meanings.
  • ✓Plan a trip.
  • ✓Book & explore.
Essential Question

جواز سفر، طائرة، فندق — how do you plan a trip in Arabic?

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Lesson Phases
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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Travel Word

Project this and match each Arabic travel word to its meaning — tap the word, then tap the meaning.

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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Planning a Trip

6 min

What do you need to travel, and how do you say it in Arabic?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a passport photo.
  • Ask the Arabic word.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Travel

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Travel Word.
  • Match each one.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Say.
  • Repeat.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name what you pack.
  • Say تذكرة & فندق.
  • Use طائرة.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Say.
  • Use it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Plan a trip aloud.
  • Say where you’ll go.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Plan.
  • Say it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a travel word.
  • Say a trip step.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Low).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand travel words.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: plan a trip together.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore travel in the Arab world.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe a trip.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Travel word cards with pictures.
  • Trip-planning checklist.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with جواز سفر & فندق.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add جمرك, خريطة.
  • Plan a 3-day trip.
  • Book a hotel role-play.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • ✈️Travel word cards
  • 💻Match the Travel Word
  • 🗺️Trip planner
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

السفر (as-safar)travelجواز سفرpassportطائرة (ta’ira)airplaneفندق (funduq)hotelحقيبة (haqiba)suitcaseتذكرة (tadhkira)ticketمطار (matar)airportيحجز (yahjiz)to book
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “passport” in Arabic?
جواز سفر (jawaz safar).
QUESTION 2
What does “طائرة” mean?
Airplane.
QUESTION 3
What does “حقيبة” mean?
Suitcase.

Reflect: travel.

Have students list two things they need to travel in Arabic (like جواز سفر, تذكرة). A printable Arabic travel sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Arabic TravelPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: السفر (as-safar), تذكرة (tadhkira), جواز سفر, حقيبة (haqiba), طائرة (ta’ira), فندق (funduq), مطار (matar), يحجز (yahjiz)
  1. airport
  2. hotel
  3. suitcase
  4. ticket
  5. to book
  6. passport
  7. airplane
  8. travel

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “passport” in Arabic?
  2. What does “طائرة” mean?
  3. What does “حقيبة” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) مطار (matar) · 2) فندق (funduq) · 3) حقيبة (haqiba) · 4) تذكرة (tadhkira) · 5) يحجز (yahjiz) · 6) جواز سفر · 7) طائرة (ta’ira) · 8) السفر (as-safar)
Part B: 1) جواز سفر (jawaz safar). 2) Airplane. 3) Suitcase.