Home›Lesson Plans›World Languages›Swahili · Grade 8

Swahili Making Plans

Eighth graders make plans in Swahili (kupanga) — ask utafanya nini wikendi? (what are you doing this weekend?), say nitaenda (I’m going), and invite a friend to do things pamoja (together).

Grade 8Making Plans50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
Start the Lesson
Assign or share this lesson
Share to Google Classroom Share to Microsoft Teams

Copy link works with Canvas, Schoology, Moodle and any other LMS — paste it in as a resource or assignment.

Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Make plans.
  • ✓Use nitaenda.
  • ✓Invite someone pamoja.
  • ✓Talk about the weekend.
Essential Question

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

0
Lesson Phases
0
Vocabulary Terms
0
Standards Aligned
0
Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

Swahili Plans Check

Project each item and have students answer about making plans in Swahili.

🗓️ Understand making plans in SwahiliTry it
Answer each question about making plans in Swahili.
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 — This Weekend

6 min

How do you make plans in Swahili?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask “utafanya nini wikendi?”
  • Mime going out.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Watch.
  • Get ready.
2

Present — Making Plans

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Plans Check.
  • Note nitaenda.
  • Note pamoja (together).

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
3

Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

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

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Invite.
  • Name.
4

Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Jumamosi nitaenda bustani”.
  • 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).

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: make plans & invite.

ACTFL
Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe plans.

ACTFL
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 words.
  • Frame: “nitaenda ___.”
  • Model inviting aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with nitaenda & pamoja.
  • 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
  • 💻Swahili Plans Check
  • 📅Weekend planner
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

mipangoplanswikendiweekendnitaendaI will gopamojatogethersinemacinemakukutanato meetkeshotomorrowJumamosiSaturday
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 “I’m going to the cinema” in Swahili?
nitaenda sinema.
QUESTION 2
What does “pamoja” mean?
Together.
QUESTION 3
How do you ask “What are you doing this weekend?”
utafanya nini wikendi?

Reflect: making plans.

Have students write one weekend plan in Swahili (“nitaenda ___”). A printable Swahili plans 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.

🃏 Swahili Making PlansFlip
Card 1
Term
Tap to flip →
Meaning
0

Nice work!

Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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

📝 Swahili Making PlansQuiz
Score: 0
1 / 6
Question 1
0%

Nice work!

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.

🖨️ Swahili Making PlansPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: Jumamosi, kesho, kukutana, mipango, nitaenda, pamoja, sinema, wikendi
  1. plans
  2. weekend
  3. to meet
  4. cinema
  5. I will go
  6. together
  7. Saturday
  8. tomorrow

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “I’m going to the cinema” in Swahili?
  2. What does “pamoja” mean?
  3. How do you ask “What are you doing this weekend?”
Answer key — Part A: 1) mipango · 2) wikendi · 3) kukutana · 4) sinema · 5) nitaenda · 6) pamoja · 7) Jumamosi · 8) kesho
Part B: 1) nitaenda sinema. 2) Together. 3) utafanya nini wikendi?