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Arabic Feelings

Fifth graders learn to share feelings in Arabic (المشاعر, al-masha’ir) — سعيد (happy), حزين (sad), متعب (tired), غاضب (angry), متحمس (excited) — and answer “كيف حالك?” (how are you?).

Grade 5Feelings45 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 feeling words.
  • ✓Answer “كيف حالك?”.
  • ✓Say how you feel.
  • ✓Ask a friend.
Essential Question

كيف حالك? How do you say how you feel in Arabic?

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Interactive Task
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Arabic Feelings Check

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

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — How Are You?

5 min

How do you say how you feel in Arabic?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make a happy face.
  • Ask “كيف حالك?”
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Feelings

10 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Feelings Check.
  • Note سعيد & حزين.
  • Note متعب & متحمس.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

12 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Match face to feeling.
  • Say “أنا سعيد.”
  • Say how you feel.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Say.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Answer “كيف حالك?”
  • Ask a partner.
  • Trade feelings.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Ask.
  • Trade.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a feeling.
  • Say how you feel.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

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

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Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-Mid).

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: ask & say feelings.

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand feeling words.

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: express a feeling.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare feeling words.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Feeling cards with faces.
  • Frame: “أنا ___.”
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with سعيد & حزين.
  • Use face cards.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add خائف, متفاجئ.
  • Draw feeling faces.
  • Ask 3 classmates.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 😊Feeling face cards
  • 💻Arabic Feelings Check
  • 🖼️Emotion pictures
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

المشاعر (al-masha’ir)feelingsسعيد (sa’id)happyحزين (hazin)sadمتعب (mut’ab)tiredغاضب (ghadib)angryمتحمس (mutahammis)excitedكيف حالكhow are youبخير (bikhayr)fine / well
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

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QUESTION 1
What does “سعيد” mean in Arabic?
Happy.
QUESTION 2
How do you say “I’m tired” in Arabic?
أنا متعب.
QUESTION 3
What does “حزين” mean?
Sad.

Reflect: feelings.

Have students say how they feel in Arabic (“أنا ___”). A printable Arabic feelings sheet is in the World Languages library.

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Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

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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.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: المشاعر (al-masha’ir), بخير (bikhayr), حزين (hazin), سعيد (sa’id), غاضب (ghadib), كيف حالك, متحمس (mutahammis), متعب (mut’ab)
  1. angry
  2. excited
  3. tired
  4. fine / well
  5. feelings
  6. sad
  7. happy
  8. how are you

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “سعيد” mean in Arabic?
  2. How do you say “I’m tired” in Arabic?
  3. What does “حزين” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) غاضب (ghadib) · 2) متحمس (mutahammis) · 3) متعب (mut’ab) · 4) بخير (bikhayr) · 5) المشاعر (al-masha’ir) · 6) حزين (hazin) · 7) سعيد (sa’id) · 8) كيف حالك
Part B: 1) Happy. 2) أنا متعب. 3) Sad.