Year 8Ages 12-13

Expanding Tenses and Reading

توسيع الأزمنة والقراءة

Expand your Arabic grammar by learning past and future tenses, negation, and longer sentence construction. Begin reading short Arabic texts and using Islamic phrases in context.

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Autumn Term

Topic 1

Past Tense Verbs

الأفعال في الماضي

Learn to conjugate Arabic verbs in the past tense and use them to talk about completed actions and events.

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Topic 2

Future Tense and Making Plans

المستقبل والتخطيط

Learn to express future actions and intentions using سوف (sawfa) and سـ (sa-) with present tense verbs.

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Topic 3

Negation in Arabic

النفي في العربية

Learn to negate sentences in all three tenses using the correct negation particles.

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Topic 4

Food Culture and Meals

ثقافة الطعام والوجبات

Explore Arabic food vocabulary in depth, learn to order food, describe meals, and understand Arab food culture.

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Spring Term

Topic 1

Reading Short Arabic Texts

قراءة نصوص عربية قصيرة

Develop reading comprehension skills by working with short Arabic texts on familiar topics.

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Topic 2

Islamic Phrases in Daily Life

العبارات الإسلامية في الحياة اليومية

Learn common Islamic phrases and understand when and how they are used in everyday Arabic conversation and culture.

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Topic 3

Weather, Seasons, and Comparisons

الطقس والفصول والمقارنات

Discuss weather and seasons using comparative and superlative adjective forms to make comparisons.

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Topic 4

Transport, Travel, and Directions

المواصلات والسفر والاتجاهات

Use transport vocabulary in grammatically complex sentences, give directions, and talk about travel experiences.

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Summer Term

Topic 1

Shopping and Market Transactions

التسوق والمعاملات في السوق

Learn to navigate shopping situations in Arabic, including bargaining, asking prices, and describing what you want to buy.

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Topic 2

Jobs, Careers, and Ambitions

المهن والوظائف والطموحات

Discuss jobs and future career ambitions using all three tenses and expressing opinions and reasons.

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Topic 3

Writing Longer Texts

كتابة نصوص أطول

Develop extended writing skills by combining all grammatical structures learned to write multi-paragraph texts.

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Topic 4

Year 8 Review and Skills Assessment

مراجعة وتقييم السنة الثامنة

Consolidate all Year 8 learning across reading, writing, speaking, and listening with a focus on using all three tenses accurately.

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