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Teenage life in an Arabic-speaking community and Australia

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Description:

Students create a PowerPoint presentation of about 10 slides in which they present a typical weekday and weekend for both a teenager in an Arabic-speaking community and for a teenager in Australia. Students include daily routines, hobbies and pop cultures and make comparisons between teenage life in an Arabic-speaking community and teenage life in Australia. Students are to write in Arabic.

Context:

Students have been learning about leisure activities, hobbies, school and daily routine. They know how to express time, periods of time, use present tense, and associated vocabulary.

Outcomes:

A student:
5.UL.3 uses Arabic by incorporating diverse structures and features to express own ideas
5.UL.4 experiments with linguistic patterns and structures in Arabic to convey information and to express own ideas
5MLC.2 uses linguistic resources to support the study and production of texts in Arabic
5.MBC.1 explores the interdependence of language and culture in a range of texts and contexts
5.MBC.2 identifies and explains aspects of the culture of Arabic-speaking communities in texts

Criteria for assessing learning:

(These criteria would normally be communicated to students with the activity.)

Students will be assessed on their ability to:

  • present an interesting and creative PowerPoint of about 10 slides about teenage life in an Arabic-speaking community and teenage life in Australia
  • make a comparison between teenage life in an Arabic-speaking community and teenage life in Australia
  • convey information and express own ideas by selecting and incorporating particular linguistic structures, and make linguistic choices to enhance intended meaning
  • demonstrate effective communication in clear and cohesive text by applying grammatical rules and conventions consistently
  • apply knowledge of the conventions of the writing system.

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