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Arabic Seasons

Seventh graders explore the four seasons in Arabic (الفصول) — الربيع (spring), الصيف (summer), الخريف (autumn), الشتاء (winter) — and the weather of each, including the hot, dry summers of much of the Arab world.

Grade 7Seasons50 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…

  • ✓Name the seasons.
  • ✓Learn each season.
  • ✓Explore الفصول.
  • ✓Say your favorite.
Essential Question

الربيع، الصيف، الخريف، الشتاء — what are the seasons in Arabic?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Arabic Seasons Explorer

Project this and tap each. Have students explore the four Arabic seasons.

🌷 Explore the Arabic seasons — tap eachTry it

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

50 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — Four Seasons

6 min

What are the four seasons in Arabic?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a sunny desert photo.
  • Ask which season.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

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

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Seasons Explorer.
  • Present each season.
  • Note the hot summers.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a season.
  • Say its weather.
  • Say your favorite.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “أحب الربيع” (I like spring).
  • Describe a season.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a season.
  • Say its weather.
  • 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 (Novice-High).

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand season words.

ACTFL
Cultures 2.1

Explore Arab-world climate & seasons.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to weather & seasons.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe seasons.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Season cards with pictures.
  • Match weather to season.
  • Repeat aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with الصيف & الشتاء.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Compare climates across the region.
  • Make a season poster.
  • Describe your favorite.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🌷Season cards
  • 💻The Arabic Seasons Explorer
  • 🖼️Seasonal images
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

الفصول (al-fusul)seasonsالربيع (ar-rabi’)springالصيف (as-sayf)summerالخريف (al-kharif)autumnالشتاء (ash-shita’)winterحار (harr)hotبارد (barid)coldمطر (matar)rain
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 “summer” in Arabic?
الصيف (as-sayf).
QUESTION 2
What season is الشتاء?
Winter.
QUESTION 3
What season is الربيع?
Spring.

Reflect: seasons.

Have students name their favorite season in Arabic and say why. A printable Arabic seasons sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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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 SeasonsPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: الخريف (al-kharif), الربيع (ar-rabi’), الشتاء (ash-shita’), الصيف (as-sayf), الفصول (al-fusul), بارد (barid), حار (harr), مطر (matar)
  1. summer
  2. winter
  3. cold
  4. seasons
  5. spring
  6. rain
  7. hot
  8. autumn

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “summer” in Arabic?
  2. What season is الشتاء?
  3. What season is الربيع?
Answer key — Part A: 1) الصيف (as-sayf) · 2) الشتاء (ash-shita’) · 3) بارد (barid) · 4) الفصول (al-fusul) · 5) الربيع (ar-rabi’) · 6) مطر (matar) · 7) حار (harr) · 8) الخريف (al-kharif)
Part B: 1) الصيف (as-sayf). 2) Winter. 3) Spring.