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Arabic · Grade 9

Explain and Defend an Idea

Learners build a short argument in Arabic: a clear claim, reasons, examples and evidence, an honest look at the other side, and a response to it. They analyse a student's opinion paragraph about giving one school hour a week to a school garden, practise the language of claims, evidence and concession (أَرَى أَنَّ، عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْمِثَالِ، صَحِيحٌ أَنَّ … لٰكِنَّ …), defend an idea in a discussion, and write and present their own opinion paragraph.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 115 minutes
  • Argument check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, choose a reply, highlight a text, match pairs and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • State a clear claim on a question and support it with relevant reasons (أَرَى أَنَّ، أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ، لِأَنَّ، بِسَبَبِ).
  • Support reasons with examples and evidence and judge which support is strongest (عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْمِثَالِ، تُشِيرُ … إِلَى أَنَّ، كَمَا أَنَّ).
  • Acknowledge a counterargument fairly and respond to it (صَحِيحٌ أَنَّ … لٰكِنَّ …؛ قَدْ يَرَى بَعْضُهُمْ أَنَّ … غَيْرَ أَنَّ …).
  • Write and present a structured opinion paragraph: claim, reasons with examples, counterargument and response, conclusion.

Lessons

  1. Claims and reasons 5 steps3 practiceabout 28 min
  2. Examples and evidence 5 steps3 practiceabout 28 min
  3. The other side 5 steps4 practiceabout 28 min
  4. Write and present your argument 4 steps2 practiceabout 31 min
  5. Argument check 9 questions at the end

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