Below is a sample outline I put together for beginning Arabic grammar. I have linked to lessons and other materials I have made. Occasionally I will link to outside resources, in shaa Allah.
Parts of Speech
Introduction to the Parts of Speech
The Ism: Types of Isms (beginning level)
Gender
- Lesson: Gender
Definiteness/Indefiniteness
- Lesson: Indefiniteness vs. Definiteness
Describing Words Must Match Words They Describe
Detached Pronouns
- Flashcards: Detached Personal Pronouns (Anaa, Anta, Nahnu.....)
- Lesson: Detached Singular Pronouns (for young kids!)
- Neat little graphic for learning/memorizing detached pronouns! (offsite)
Attached Pronouns
- Attached Pronouns: He/Him (Hu)
- Attached Pronouns: I/My
- Attached Pronouns: You (male, singular)
- Attached Pronouns: You (female, singular)
- Attached Pronouns: She (Hiya)
- Attached Pronoun: We/Our
- Attached Pronouns: They (feminine)
Ism Review
The Harf: Introduction
- Chart: Harf Chart (a really nice chart I found in one of my Arabic reference books
The Effect of Harf preceding words
The Harf with attached pronouns
The Verb: The 3 Verb Tenses
- Flashcards: 100 verb roots (verbs you will find in the Quraan/hadith).
- Review Chart Template - for recording new verbs as you learn them; great review aid
- Chart: Conjugating Past Tense Verbs - I made this as a reminder chart for my kids
- Lesson: Introduction to the Past Tense Verb
- Conjugating for I (Anaa)
- Conjugating for He/She (Huwa/Hiya)
The “Future tense verb”
- Template for conjugation practice of present and past verbs
- Template for Universal Conjugation - contains a list of verbs and teacher can decide which type of conjugation (tense and person) to assign to student. Version 2
- Review Lesson
Types of Sentences
Jumlatul Ismiyyah
Jumlatul Fi’liyyah
Review
Numbers
(recognition, if not already taught, or up it to using the numbers in context)
Cardinal numbers
0-10- Flashcards and file folder activities - super old school but may provide inspiration for making your own activities.
21-99
100 - 999
- Counting by 100s - Reading board
- Counting by 1000s - digit and word form of 1000s
- Counting by 1000s - reading board drill
Ordinal numbers
Review
Negation
- Negation recording sheet - a single sheet I made up to record negation words and when they are used and the rules for using them.
