Prince William County Public Schools

By the end of each marking period, students can perform the following functions:

Marking Period 1

Unit 1: Joining The Global Community

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Identify stereotypes
• Identify language communities world-wide
• Recognize similarities between languages
• Say and identify the alphabet sounds
• Spell my name in Arabic
• Ask how to say a word in Arabic

Demonstrate intercultural awareness by:

• Expressing courtesy
• Greeting and saying goodbye
• Using correct register, gestures, and body language

Unit 2: My Personal Identity

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Ask for and give names, age, birthday
• Identify days and months
• Make introductions
• Ask for and give contact information
• Ask and tell where someone is from
• Identify numbers

Marking Period 2

Unit 3: My School Life

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Identify the rooms in a school
• Ask and say where people go in school
• Identify and describe classroom objects by name and color
• Express which objects people have and need for school
• Ask and tell about subject sequencing
• Identify and carry out specific classroom commands
• Request someone to do something within the classroom (orally and in writing)

Marking Period 3

Unit 4: My Daily Life

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Identify the seasons
• Discuss the weather
• Identify and give the time
• Discuss recreational activities that I like and do not like to do
• State when I do recreational activities

Marking Period 4

Unit 5: My Family And Friends

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Discuss relationships between family members and friends
• Describe people by appearance and personality
• Identify and ask about family members (orally and in writing)
• Identify common jobs
• Describe what family members do as a profession

By the end of each marking period, students can perform the following functions:

Marking Period 1

Unit 1: Family and Friendship

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Discuss extended family and relationships
• Describe professions of family members and friends
• Describe, then compare the appearances and personalities of family and friends
• Describe professions of family members and friends
• Discuss pets and animals
• Discuss the holidays that I celebrate with my family and friends
• Express in relation to family members, friends, and myself:
• Feelings
• Timeliness
• What we are doing
• What we want, are able, and need to do

Marking Period 2

Unit 2: My Community/Food

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Discuss places in the city/community
• Identify and describe food that is typically served in a café/ school cafeteria
• Order food and beverages at a café / restaurant
  
  

Marking Period 3

Unit 3: Navigating Communities/Shopping

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Locate specialty shops in the community
• Identify which products are sold at certain shops
• Ask for a certain amount of a product
• Discuss how to get places in the community
• Say where I went or where I came from in town
• Narrate a sequence of places visited in the community
  
  

Marking Period 4

Unit 4: My Routine and Well-Being

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Identify parts of the body
• Discuss what is needed to maintain personal hygiene
• Describe what people do to stay healthy
• Identify the rooms in a house and locate related items
• Discuss household chores and explain which items are used to do them
• Discuss daily routines in sequence

By the end of each marking period, students can perform the following functions:

Marking Period 1

Unit 1: Communities at Home and Abroad

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Recall a trip to a small community
• Compare and contrast small communities at home and abroad
• Identify how weather differs in different communities around the world
• State what I packed to travel to a specific community
• Narrate a sequence of places visited in a community
  
  

Marking Period 2

Unit 2: Exploring the World

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Identify continents, countries, and cities around the world
• Identify the Arabic-Speaking World
• Discuss travel and locations
• Identify different means of transportations
• Ask for and give information about travel
• Describe what is needed to bring on a trip
• Describe where I went on a trip
• Describe what I did on summer vacation
• Share and describe in sequence the events from a past trip
  
  

Marking Period 3

Unit 3: Cultural Awareness in the Arab World

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Identify different forms of Arabic literature and art
• Name different professions related to literature and art
• Discuss the difference between traditional and contemporary culture

Marking Period 4

Unit 4: Expressions of Musical Knowledge and Preferences

Functions/Objectives- I can:

• Express opinion on different forms of culture
• Identify genres of music
• Discuss favorite instruments to listen to or to play
• Distinguish between Western genres of music and those in the Middle East and North Africa