Read a short authentic-style personal profile in Arabic and extract key information
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Reading and Writing Personal Profiles
قراءة وكتابة البُطاقات الشَّخصِيَّة
Greetings & Personal Information · Everyday communication
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Learning Objectives
Focus on these outcomes rather than trying to memorise everything at once.
Write a personal profile of 60–80 words using all F2 language
Identify key information in an unvowelled short text
Lesson outline
- 8 minStarterQuick vocabulary sprint
- 15 minMain 1Reading a personal profile
- 25 minMain 2Writing your own profile
- 12 minPlenaryPeer feedback and redraft
Exam connection: Paper 3 Speaking: role play (transactional — meet and greet) and topic conversation (personal information). Paper 4 Writing Q1: form-filling. Paper 2 Reading: personal profiles. Paper 1 Listening: introductions.
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Vocabulary
Tap each card to reveal the meaning, category and example.
Three-step recall
- Say the Arabic aloud.
- Cover the meaning and recall it.
- Use six items in your own spoken or written sentences.
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Quizzes
Use the two short checks. Errors show you what to revise next.
Quiz 1 — Meaning check
0 / 61. What does مَعْلومات mean?
2. What does المُفَضَّلَة mean?
3. What does تَقْرَأ mean?
4. What does يَدْرُس mean?
5. What does يَكْتُب mean?
6. What does يُحِبّ mean?
Quiz 2 — Match Arabic and English
العربية
English
Matched: 0 / 6
Stretch challenge
Choose three matched items and combine them into one accurate sentence or short exchange.
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Grammar
Read the rule, notice the pattern and then produce your own examples.
Core rule / strategy
Review of all F2 structures in written form. Introduction to يعيش/تعيش and يدرس/تدرس — present tense third person. Writing connected sentences (using و, لكن, أيضاً as connectors). Profile text as a genre: formal register, third or first person.
Notice the pattern
- بُطاقة شَخْصِيَّة
- مَعْلومات
- مَعْلومة
- يَعيش
Accuracy checklist
- Check the subject and verb or noun/adjective agreement.
- Check gender, number and tense or time frame.
- Use the lesson structure in a complete, meaningful sentence.
- Read the sentence aloud and correct anything that sounds incomplete.
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Skills Practice
Practise listening, reading, speaking and writing with the same lesson language.
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Listening
Listen twice: first for the main idea, then for details.
بُطاقة شَخْصِيَّة. مَعْلومات. مَعْلومة. يَعيش. تَعيش.
- What is the main topic?
- Write three Arabic words you recognise.
- What one detail can you hear or infer?
Teacher/partner guidance and possible answer
Read the Arabic text naturally twice. A successful answer identifies the lesson topic, any three accurate key words and one relevant detail from the text.
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Reading
Underline known words before answering.
بُطاقة شَخْصِيَّة. مَعْلومات. مَعْلومة. يَعيش. تَعيش.
- What is the main topic of the text?
- Find two words or phrases connected with “Reading and Writing Personal Profiles”.
- What specific detail can you identify?
- Which grammar structure from this lesson appears, or could be added?
Reading support
Start with names, numbers, repeated words, connectors and familiar verb patterns. You do not need to translate every word.
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Speaking
Build your answer, then ask a follow-up question.
- Explain the topic “Reading and Writing Personal Profiles” in your own words.
- Use at least five items from the vocabulary section.
- Give an opinion or personal example and justify it.
- Ask and answer two follow-up questions with a partner.
Useful frame:في رَأيي... لِأَنَّ... أَيضاً... وَمِن جِهَةٍ أُخرى...
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Writing
Plan, write, check and improve.
Task: Write about Reading and Writing Personal Profiles. Use at least eight vocabulary items, the lesson grammar and two connectors. Target: 60–80 words.
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Activities
Complete the activities in order, or choose the one that addresses your weakest area.
Starter8 min
Quick vocabulary sprint
Study 15 words from Lessons 1–7 on the board (mix of nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs). You have 2 minutes to write translations in their books. Then check together. This retrieval practice strengthens retention before the reading and writing tasks. Note which words most You struggle with — address in the main activity.
Main 115 min
Reading a personal profile
Give You the model profile text (Ahmed, 13, Egyptian, lives in London, speaks Arabic and English, studies at Al-Rashid School). Fully vowelled. Read silently for 2 minutes. Then comprehension questions (Arabic questions, Arabic answers): ما اسمه؟ كم عمره؟ ما جنسيته؟ أين يعيش؟ ما اللغات التي يتكلَّمها؟ Write answers in full sentences. Then read the text aloud together. teacher or partner highlights key vocabulary: يعيش، يدرس، يتكلَّم — the يـ prefix throughout.
Main 225 min
Writing your own profile
Three levels of support: Level 1 (beginners) — fill in a writing frame with personal details. Level 2 (most You) — write a profile of 60–80 words using the model as a guide but with their own details. Level 3 (heritage/advanced) — write a profile entirely independently, 80+ words, without the model visible, using as wide a range of structures as possible. All Write about themselves. teacher or partner circulates and gives written feedback on drafts in real time (write in pencil first, then pen after teacher or partner feedback).
Plenary12 min
Peer feedback and redraft
You exchange profiles with a partner. Partner reads and underlines: green = correct gender agreement, orange = correct verb form, red = needs checking. Partners discuss their underlinings. You redraft one sentence that received a red underline. 3 volunteers read their final profile to the class. teacher or partner gives specific praise: "I noticed that [student] correctly used تتكلَّم because the subject was female — excellent."
Useful resources
- Model profile text (Arabic — 70 words, fully vowelled)
- Profile reading comprehension questions
- Profile writing frame
- Graded writing task (3 levels)
Stretch / heritage-reader challenge
Heritage readers: write a profile of a real or fictional Arabic-speaking young person from a different Arab country (not their own). 100+ words. Use third-person throughout (اسمه/اسمها). Include a variety of connectors (و، لكن، أيضاً، لأن).
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Plenary
Finish with a quick check and one clear next step.
Key takeaways
- Read a short authentic-style personal profile in Arabic and extract key information
- Write a personal profile of 60–80 words using all F2 language
- Identify key information in an unvowelled short text
- Grammar focus: Review of all F2 structures in written form. Introduction to يعيش/تعيش and يدرس/تدرس — present tense third person. Writing connected sentences (using و, لكن, أيضاً as connectors). Profile text as a genre: formal register, third or first person.
Exit ticket
Reading comprehension questions (collected). Written profile draft (teacher or partner written feedback). Peer feedback process.
Optional follow-up
Redraft your personal profile incorporating the feedback from today. Write a clean final version — 60–80 words minimum. This will be kept in your portfolio.
Confidence check
How secure do you feel after this lesson?
Remember: quick revision works best when you revisit weak vocabulary and correct errors, not when you try to complete everything in one sitting.