Arabic١٢٣
Year 8Summer TermAges 12-13

Lesson Plans

Jobs, Careers, and Ambitions

1

Jobs and Professions Vocabulary

⏱ 45–50 minutes

Lesson Objectives

  • Name 12 jobs in Arabic with masculine and feminine forms
  • Say what different people do for work

🌅 Warm-Up (5 min)

Career guessing game: teacher mimes a job — students guess in Arabic. If they don't know the word, they learn it!

Main Activities

  1. 1Teach job vocabulary with masculine/feminine pairs: طبيب/طبيبة (doctor), مهندس/مهندسة (engineer), معلم/معلمة (teacher), محامي/محامية (lawyer), ممرض/ممرضة (nurse), شرطي/شرطية (police officer), طباخ/طباخة (cook), صحفي/صحفية (journalist), رجل أعمال/سيدة أعمال (businessman/businesswoman)
  2. 2Pattern recognition: notice how adding ة creates the feminine form for many jobs
  3. 3Family job descriptions: "أبي طبيب. يعمل في المستشفى." (My father is a doctor. He works in the hospital.)
  4. 4Vocab cards worksheet: write each job pair with illustrations

Resources Needed

Jobs FlashcardsMasculine/Feminine Pairs ChartVocab Cards Worksheet

⭐ Extension Challenge

Write about 5 family members' or neighbours' jobs in Arabic with descriptions of what they do.

2

What Do You Want to Be?

⏱ 45–50 minutes

Lesson Objectives

  • Express career ambitions using أريد أن أكون
  • Give reasons for career choices

🌅 Warm-Up (5 min)

Dream job poll: quick show of hands for different careers — which is most popular? Discuss why.

Main Activities

  1. 1Teach the key phrase: أريد أن أكون + job (I want to be a...) — "أريد أن أكون طبيبة لأنني أحب مساعدة الناس"
  2. 2Expand with reason phrases: لأنني أحب (because I like), لأن الراتب جيد (because the salary is good), لأنها مهنة مهمة (because it is an important profession)
  3. 3Speaking carousel: ask 6 classmates about their dream job and record their answers
  4. 4Writing practice: write a paragraph about your dream career with reasons

Resources Needed

Career Ambition Phrases SheetSpeaking Carousel SheetWriting Practice Worksheet

⭐ Extension Challenge

Write a short article about your top 3 dream careers and explain the pros and cons of each.

3

Describing What Jobs Involve

⏱ 50–55 minutes

Lesson Objectives

  • Describe job responsibilities using present tense verbs
  • Write a job description in Arabic

🌅 Warm-Up (5 min)

Job description quiz: teacher reads a job description in Arabic — students guess the profession.

Main Activities

  1. 1Teach work-related verbs: يعمل (works), يساعد (helps), يعلّم (teaches), يبني (builds), يطبخ (cooks), يكتب (writes)
  2. 2Model a job description: "المعلم يعلّم الطلاب. يعمل في المدرسة. يبدأ العمل في الصباح."
  3. 3Write job descriptions for 4 different professions
  4. 4Tracing worksheet: write job titles and descriptions with correct masculine/feminine forms

Resources Needed

Work Verbs ChartJob Description TemplateTracing Worksheet

⭐ Extension Challenge

Design a "job advert" in Arabic for a position at your school — include requirements and responsibilities.

4

My Career Plan: Past, Present, and Future

⏱ 45–50 minutes

Lesson Objectives

  • Write about career ambitions using all three tenses
  • Present career plan orally

🌅 Warm-Up (5 min)

Career timeline: draw a timeline from age 5 to age 30 — what did you want to be at each stage?

Main Activities

  1. 1Three-tense career text: "عندما كنت صغيراً أردت أن أكون... الآن أدرس... في المستقبل سأكون..."
  2. 2Students write a career autobiography using past, present, and future tenses
  3. 3Include opinions, reasons, and connectives for a high-quality text
  4. 4Picture vocab activity: create a career timeline with Arabic labels and descriptions

Resources Needed

Career Timeline TemplateThree-Tense Writing ModelPicture Vocab Worksheet

⭐ Extension Challenge

Interview a family member about their career journey and write it up in Arabic.

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