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Arabic Making Plans

Eighth graders make plans in Arabic (وضع الخطط) — ask ماذا ستفعل في عطلة نهاية الأسبوع؟ (what are you doing this weekend?), say سأذهب… (I’m going…), and invite a friend to do things معًا (together).

Grade 8Making Plans50 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…

  • ✓Make plans.
  • ✓Use سأذهب….
  • ✓Invite someone معًا.
  • ✓Talk about the weekend.
Essential Question

What are you doing this weekend? How do you make plans in Arabic?

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Interactive Task
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Arabic Plans Check

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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 — This Weekend

6 min

How do you make plans in Arabic?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask “ماذا ستفعل؟”
  • Mime going out.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Watch.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Making Plans

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Plans Check.
  • Note سأذهب…
  • Note معًا (together).

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say where you’re going.
  • Invite with معًا.
  • Name a weekend plan.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “سأذهب إلى الحديقة يوم السبت”.
  • Invite a partner.
  • Make a plan together.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Invite.
  • Plan.
5

Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a plan.
  • Say where you’re going.
  • 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).

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: make plans & invite.

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe plans.

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand invitations.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to social life.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Activity cards with romanization.
  • Frame: “سأذهب إلى ___.”
  • Model inviting aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with سأذهب & معًا.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add times & days.
  • Write a weekend plan.
  • Invite two friends.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🗓️Activity cards
  • 💻Arabic Plans Check
  • 📅Weekend planner
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

الخطط (al-khutat)plansعطلة نهاية الأسبوعweekendسأذهب (sa’adhhab)I’m goingمعًا (ma’an)togetherالسينماcinemaنلتقي (naltaqi)to meetغدًا (ghadan)tomorrowالسبتSaturday
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

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QUESTION 1
How do you say “I’m going to the cinema” in Arabic?
سأذهب إلى السينما.
QUESTION 2
What does “معًا” mean?
Together.
QUESTION 3
How do you ask “What are you doing this weekend?”
ماذا ستفعل في عطلة نهاية الأسبوع؟

Reflect: making plans.

Have students write one weekend plan in Arabic (“سأذهب إلى ___”). A printable Arabic plans sheet is in the World Languages library.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

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Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: الخطط (al-khutat), السبت, السينما, سأذهب (sa’adhhab), عطلة نهاية الأسبوع, غدًا (ghadan), معًا (ma’an), نلتقي (naltaqi)
  1. plans
  2. cinema
  3. weekend
  4. I’m going
  5. Saturday
  6. to meet
  7. tomorrow
  8. together

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “I’m going to the cinema” in Arabic?
  2. What does “معًا” mean?
  3. How do you ask “What are you doing this weekend?”
Answer key — Part A: 1) الخطط (al-khutat) · 2) السينما · 3) عطلة نهاية الأسبوع · 4) سأذهب (sa’adhhab) · 5) السبت · 6) نلتقي (naltaqi) · 7) غدًا (ghadan) · 8) معًا (ma’an)
Part B: 1) سأذهب إلى السينما. 2) Together. 3) ماذا ستفعل في عطلة نهاية الأسبوع؟