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Arabic · Grade 4

Connect Sentences and Narrate Events

Learners tell what happened in connected Arabic. Through a class trip that does not go to plan, they order events with time expressions (قَبْلَ أَنْ، بَعْدَ أَنْ، عِنْدَمَا), explain causes and results (لِأَنَّ، بِسَبَبِ، لِذٰلِكَ), show contrast (لٰكِنَّ، مَعَ أَنَّ، مَعَ ذٰلِكَ), combine sentences with الَّذِي / الَّتِي, and write a narrative of a memorable day.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 105 minutes
  • Narration check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Narrate past events in order with time expressions, including قَبْلَ أَنْ + present verb, بَعْدَ أَنْ + past verb and عِنْدَمَا.
  • Link ideas to show cause and result (لِأَنَّ، بِسَبَبِ، لِذٰلِكَ، فَـ) and contrast (لٰكِنَّ، مَعَ أَنَّ، مَعَ ذٰلِكَ).
  • Combine short sentences into longer ones with عِنْدَمَا and the relative pronouns الَّذِي، الَّتِي، الَّذِينَ after definite nouns.
  • Write a connected narrative paragraph about a memorable event, with a clear order, a problem and an ending.

Lessons

  1. Tell it in order 5 steps3 practiceabout 26 min
  2. Why? So? But? 5 steps3 practiceabout 26 min
  3. Longer sentences: عِنْدَمَا and الَّذِي 5 steps3 practiceabout 25 min
  4. Write a narrative 3 steps2 practiceabout 28 min
  5. Narration check 10 questions at the end

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