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3.4 Guided Writing: Descriptive Writing

Arabic · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Describing a Kenyan street: مدرسة, مسجد, سوق, شارع, موقف, بيت
  • Direction phrases in writing: على اليسار, على اليمين, أمام, خلف, قرب
  • A four-sentence description from a map or a window: one street, several landmarks
  • Keep one place-idea; do not mix a family paragraph into the street

What you will be able to do

  • write a short description of a familiar surrounding using direction words
  • order landmarks so a reader can walk the street on the page

Key questions

“How do we help a reader see a place we have written?”

Lessons

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  1. Place first, then the side
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Bank surrounding frames and build one sentence from a place word plus على اليسار / على اليمين / خلف.
  2. Four sentences a finger can walk
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Write a four-sentence description of the school street and test it by a partner walking the turns without the sketch.