Arabic١٢٣
Year 10Spring TermAges 14-15

Lesson Plans

Media, Technology, and Social Media

1

Technology in Daily Life

⏱ 55–60 minutes

Lesson Objectives

  • Discuss different types of media and technology in Arabic
  • Describe personal use of technology

🌅 Warm-Up (5 min)

Tech survey: how many hours do you spend daily on your phone, computer, and TV? Share results in Arabic.

Main Activities

  1. 1Vocabulary building: هاتف ذكي (smartphone), حاسوب (computer), شاشة (screen), تطبيق (app), موقع إلكتروني (website)
  2. 2Sentence construction: describe your daily technology use — أستخدم هاتفي لـ... (I use my phone for...)
  3. 3Listening or reading: short text about how teenagers in the Arab world use technology
  4. 4Writing practice: 8 sentences describing how you and your family use technology

Resources Needed

Technology vocabulary posterReading/listening textWriting Practice Worksheet

⭐ Extension Challenge

Write a typical "digital day" diary entry in Arabic — from waking up to going to sleep.

2

Social Media: Benefits and Drawbacks

⏱ 55–60 minutes

Lesson Objectives

  • Express opinions about benefits and drawbacks of social media
  • Use balancing arguments in a discussion

🌅 Warm-Up (5 min)

Agree/disagree cards: hold up agree or disagree for statements like "Social media brings people closer together."

Main Activities

  1. 1Benefits vocabulary: التواصل (communication), مشاركة (sharing), تعلم (learning), ترفيه (entertainment)
  2. 2Drawbacks vocabulary: إدمان (addiction), تنمر إلكتروني (cyberbullying), عزلة (isolation), أخبار كاذبة (fake news)
  3. 3Structured debate: two teams argue for and against social media using Arabic phrases
  4. 4Create vocab cards for 12 media and technology terms

Resources Needed

Debate preparation sheetVocab cards worksheetArgument phrase bank

⭐ Extension Challenge

Write a 150-word balanced argument about social media for a school Arabic magazine.

3

Reading About Technology

⏱ 55–60 minutes

Lesson Objectives

  • Read a short article about technology and summarise key points
  • Identify opinion and fact in media texts

🌅 Warm-Up (5 min)

Headline predictions: read 3 Arabic article headlines about technology — predict what each article is about.

Main Activities

  1. 1Read an adapted Arabic article about technology in education or social media trends
  2. 2Fact vs opinion sort: identify which statements in the article are facts and which are opinions
  3. 3Summary writing: write a 5-sentence summary of the article in your own Arabic words
  4. 4Discussion: do you agree with the article's main argument? Why or why not?

Resources Needed

Adapted Arabic technology articleFact vs opinion sorting sheetSummary writing frame

⭐ Extension Challenge

Find a real Arabic technology article online and write a 100-word summary.

4

Essay: Impact of Social Media on Young People

⏱ 60 minutes

Lesson Objectives

  • Write a balanced essay on the impact of social media
  • Use sophisticated linking phrases and arguments

🌅 Warm-Up (5 min)

Essay planning: brainstorm 3 points for and 3 points against social media for young people.

Main Activities

  1. 1Review essay structure: introduction with thesis, body paragraphs with evidence, conclusion with personal opinion
  2. 2Extended writing: 200+ word balanced essay on social media's impact on young people
  3. 3Tracing practice for technology and media vocabulary
  4. 4Peer marking using a success criteria checklist

Resources Needed

Essay structure guideTracing WorksheetPeer marking checklist

⭐ Extension Challenge

Record a 2-minute spoken version of your essay argument as a podcast-style audio.

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