a-g Arabic 2B Syllabus and Pacing Guide Spring 2025

 

Course# 7125

Location: Online

Instructor: Aishatu Muhammad

Email: amuhammad@cwcharter.org

Class time: 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Length of Course: one year

Prerequisite: Arabic 1

Year in School Taken: 10 

Grading: 5 credits

Learning materials: Textbook, workbook, notebook, pencil, eraser, and a two pocket folder.

Attendance

Attendance is required.  The Truancy Policy applies to in-person and online classes. An unexcused absence may be counted as a truancy.

On-Camera Expectation

 All students are required to be on camera during the meetings. Students are only visible to their instructor and do not appear on the meeting recording.

Parental Support

Your child will meet with the instructor once a week.  Your child may need some support from you at home with their reading. Please use this pacing guide to help your child complete the assignments each week. We are a team in your child’s education and your child’s success depends on all members giving 100%.

Course Overview 

The course is designed to increase vocabulary and knowledge of necessary grammar as well as speaking ability and writing in the Arabic language. Students will learn to use vocabulary, grammar, speaking ability and writing ability in the Arabic language. Students will demonstrate competency by being able to communicate orally and in writing.

Course Goals and/or Major Student Outcomes

• Students will be able to communicate in Arabic for a variety of purposes.
• Students will gather, analyze and apply the knowledge learned to real-life situations.
• Students will expand their understanding of the history and cultures of the Arabic-Speaking people.
• Students will have gathered experience and knowledge in the Arabic Language and culture. 

Course Objectives

• Students will further their skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Arabic Language.
• Students will build vocabulary and idiomatic expressions to expand their ability to carry on a conversation in the Arabic language.
• Students will explore the cultural aspects of the daily life of Arabic-speaking people.
•  Students will continue to learn about Arab countries and their dialects.

Course Outline

 

Syllabus

Unit 2
Lesson	Writing and Pronunciation	Grammar and Usage	Cultural Notes
At the Doctor’s	Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises	Deriving nouns from verbs, reflexive forms, parts of the body	Health care systems of Arab countries, etiquettes with casual conversation about health and well-being
At Work	Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises	Irregular verbs	Arab work week and demographics of work places in Arab countries
Going to the Beach	Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises	Answering “why” questions, conditional sentences, irregular verbs, saying dates, months of year/days of week/seasons	Holidays and festivals in Arab countries, solar and lunar calendars
News From the Arabic Press	Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises	The case system (nominative, accusative, genitive), the mood markers	Arab media
Review and Reading Passage	Forming sentences and paragraphs	nouns, active and passive participles, future tense

 

Key Assignments - Unit 2

Cultural project

Students will complete at least one cultural project each quarter.

1. A map of a city in an Arab country, or similar project.
2. Meal Menu, recipe of a favorite dish, or similar project.
3. The cultural life in an Arabic country – architecture, art, theatres, music, drama, sports, etc. or similar project.
4. Attendance at a local Arabic festival, event or exhibit that includes a written presentation.

Written final

 Students will demonstrate proper grammar and usage in response to a writing prompt.

Comprehensive Oral Final:

In order to receive credit for second semester Level two, and to be recommended to Level three, all Level two foreign language students must pass an oral proficiency exam successfully. To prepare for the exam, students should practice aloud at home or with an advanced language student. The more practice the better the opportunity for success. The following list comprises the exam:

 

•     Greetings
•     Dates, time, weather
•     Personal information: age, name, hometown, family
•     Daily, leisure activities
•     Finding housing
•     Using public transportation
•     driving in an Arab country
•     Seeking medical attention
•     Daily activities – visiting stores, theatres, events, and using transportation.

 

Instructional Methods and/or Strategies

 

Students will demonstrate mastery throughout the course by completing the following activities:

 

• Dialogues
• Grammar and usage
• Pronunciation practice
• Vocabulary activities
• Language exercises
• Cultural notes
• Writing practice

Assessment Methods and/or Tools

 

Evaluation of student performance is based on individual abilities, interests, and talents. Methods by which student progress is assessed will be through a variety and/or combination of methods. The methods available include but are not limited to the following:

• Monthly review of work by education specialist (credentialed teacher) • Portfolios

•     Parent facilitator and education specialist observation
•     Student demonstrations
•     Student performances
•     Student grades
•     Student work samples
•     Written Examinations

•   Oral Examinations

•     Projects

 

Grading

 

The grades will be determined based on the following:

 

20%     Oral Test

15%      Workbook checks

20%     Cultural project

25%     Student work samples

20%     Final Exam/Written and Oral 

 

Grade Scale

 

    A+ 100% ~ A 93-99%  ~   A- 90-92%

    B+ 89%  ~  B 83-88%  ~   B- 80-82%

    C+ 79%  ~  C 73-78%  ~   C- 70-72%

    D+ 69%  ~  D 63-68%  ~   D- 60-62%

Course Materials

Texts & Supplemental Instructional Materials

Required Textbooks

• Mastering Arabic 2 with Online Audio, 2nd edition: An Intermediate Course

Jane Wightwick (Author), Mahmoud Gaafar (Author) Hippocrene Books; 2nd edition (April 21, 2020)

• Mastering Arabic 2 Activity Book

Jane Wightwick (Author), Mahmoud Gaafar (Author) Hippocrene Books; Act Csm Re edition (April 1, 2016)

• Al-Asas for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers: Part 2, Advanced Beginner

Fawzieh Ahmad Bader (Author) Noorart, Inc.; 3rd edition (July 1, 2010)

Optional Textbooks

• Oxford Picture Dictionary Third Edition: English/Arabic Dictionary

Jayme Adelson-Goldstein and Norma Shapiro, Oxford University Press; 3rd edition (February 1, 2017)

• Arabic-English/English-Arabic Dictionary & Phrasebook… (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks)

Mahmoud Gaafar, Hippocrene Books; Bilingual edition (June 1, 2003)

A-g Arabic 2B Pacing Guide

Pacing Guide

Weeks	Live Instruction with a tutor, parent, or Arabic Instructor (60 minutes weekly)	Textbook Pages Mastering Arabic 2=M.A Al-Asas Part 2	Workbook pages
1/13/25	Review Health care systems of Arab countries, etiquettes with casual conversation about health and well-being Deriving nouns from verbs, reflexive forms, parts of the body	Unit 6-12
1/27/25	Arts and Cinema Holidays and festivals in Arab countries, solar and lunar calendars,  Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises	Unit 13 pages 202-217	Pages 72-77
2/3/25	Review and Further Study Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises, Irregular verbs Arab work week and demographics of work places in Arab countries	Unit 14 pages 218-225	Pages 78-81
2/10/25	At the Bank Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises Answering “why” questions, conditional sentences, irregular verbs, saying dates, months of year/days of week/seasons Forming sentences and paragraphs	Introduction pages 22-30 Lesson 1 pages 31-46	N /A
2/24/25	Post Office  Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises Types of sentences, singular, plural, types of Hamzah Forming sentences and paragraphs	Lesson 2 pages 47-60
3/3/25	Cultural project Students will choose one of the following topics: A map of a city in an Arab country, or similar project. Meal Menu, recipe of a favorite dish, or similar project. The cultural life in an Arabic country – architecture, art, theatres, music, drama, sports, etc. or similar project. Attendance at a local Arabic festival, event or exhibit that includes a written presentation.	Oral Test on the following topics: Greetings Using public transportation Types of transportation    Seeking medical attention
3/10/25	Conversation At the Doctor’s Office Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises The case system (nominative, accusative, genitive), the mood markers Forming sentences and paragraphs	Lesson 3 pages 61-70
3/17/25	Visiting a Friend in the Hospital Types of nouns  News From the Arabic Press Forming sentences and paragraphs	Lesson 4 pages 71-79
3/31/25	The Family  Comparative nouns Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises Forming sentences and paragraphs	Lesson 5 pages 80-92
4/7/25	TESTING WEEK NO CLASSES
4/14/25	Going to the Beach Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises Preposition, pronouns, verbs Forming sentences and paragraphs	Lesson 6 pages 93-102
4/21/25	Bus station Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises Transportation in Arab countries Forming sentences and paragraphs	Lesson 7 pages 103-113 Oral Test  Greetings Dates, time, weather Personal information: age, name, hometown, family Daily, leisure activities Daily school activities
4/28/25	At the Grocery Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises Forming sentences and paragraphs At the vegetables and fruits market Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises Forming sentences and paragraphs nouns, active and passive participles, future tense	Lesson 8 pages 114-123 Lesson 9 pages 124-138
5/5/25	At the Butcher Dialogue, Vocabulary, & Exercises Forming sentences and paragraphs	Lesson 10 pages 139-149
5/12/25	Comprehensive Oral Final      Greetings ●      Dates, time, weather ●      Personal information: age, name, hometown, family ●      Daily, leisure activities Daily activities – visiting stores, theatres, events, and using transportation.
5/19/25	Written final Students will demonstrate proper grammar and usage in response to a writing prompt.