Bismillah,
Here is the pdf for the Arabic grammar review worksheet that I used to begin my first lesson back in Term 2. I like to review previous knowledge with the girls before teaching anything new. Of course, review and revision should factor heavily in Arabic teaching practice.
I hope you find the following sheets useful insha Allah!
HM
Bismillah,
This is the worksheet I used for my year 4 class several years ago. It covers the rules they were learning at the time:
Here’s the pdf for the above: Recap worksheet pdf
HM
Bismillah,
A few years back I used to teach Year 3 who were learning Surah al-Nas and Surah al-Falaq masha Allah.
Here is one of the worksheet I handed out to the class. I hope you find it useful insha Allah.
Why should I read Surah Nas and Surah Al Falaq? pdf
HM
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Bismillah,
The latest grammar rule I introduced to the Year 8s was the Arabic verb root system. Telling them that if they learnt this correctly, they would know 50% of Arabic seemed to do the trick. For me to have even gotten their attention after teaching them 6 grammar rules already was a massive deal. But Allah made things easy for me alhamdolillah!
I introduced the 3 Arabic verb roots as 3 roots of a tree. The fruit the tree has are the words that can be made out of the three roots. Obviously, it will take many more lessons to even get 50% of the class to grasp this weird and wonderful language concept.
Here is an activity I created to help the girls grasp an idea that we talked about related to the Arabic verb system: words are created using the three root letters and additional letters.
Facebook Arabic verb root system activity pdf
I hope you enjoy using this activity with your class insha Allah!
HM
Bismilla
Next term, my year 9 class will be studying Surah al-Burooj as one of their Surahs for the term.
I came across the Arabic cartoon that I used to watch as a child that explained the story of أصحاب الاخدود (Ashab al-Ukhdood). At the time, I understood very basic Arabic but loved to listen to the language. I think I might send the link to my class to watch in their own time.
I just wish the video was translated. If you do comeacross a subtitled version of this on Youtube, please le me know, so I can update this page insha Allah.
HM
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Bismillah, A few years back, I delivered a two week intensive Juz `Amma course to the kids at my local masjid. It was a way to offer classes on one of my favourite Juz to kids over their summer vacation.
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Bismillah,
A core aspect of the curriculum for Qur’anic Arabic which I have designed for years 8-10 includes making the tafsir of the Juz `Amma surahs practical and relatable to teenage Muslims.
To this end, after the recitation of the Surah and its meaning, I brainstorm with the class, activities that we can do to engage with the Surah.
In Surah `Abasa and at-Teen, food items have been mentioned and I thought it would be a fun and exciting thing to present the food items on each group’s table and have a discussion around these questions:
“why might Allah have mentioned these food items?”
“what are the benefits of eating these foods?”
“why has Allah asked us to reflect on food?”
“what is the role of food in our lives?”
Aside from being a visual reminder of the keywords they have to learn from the Surahs, for many of the kids it was their first time both tasting olives and figs for example, but also, their first time grasping the concept that the Qur’an asks us to ponder on the things around us.
I believe that Muslim classrooms need to be engaging and in particular, the Qur’an needs to be presented as a source of guidance, a springboard for intellectual reflection and a place of refuge from everyday teenage angst.
Using food in Qur’anic Arabic lessons is a start towards looking at ways to combine the Qur’an with Active learning.
In my lesson, I laid out the different plates I had pre-prepared on each table group. I then led the class discussion by asking the above questions. In the next lesson, they will brainstorm with me the topics for discussion that can come out from the keywords “foods mentioned in the Qur’an”.
I will then give each pair of student one of these topics to discuss for 5 minutes to present to the class.
Surah at-Teen
Surah `Abasa
Some ideas and suggestions on working with the theme of food in the Qur’an can be found below:
Suggested topics for discussion:
Useful resources:
Insha Allah, I will be updating this page as and when I create materials.
HM
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Arabic Adventures 