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FIRST YEAR PRIMARY.
Reading and CoNy.iRSATiON (Three Periods a Week).
Reading (inciiiding synonyms of colloquial words and the cor
rect equivalents of corrupted forms).
The pupils must read from the reading books prescribed, with
correct pronunciation and proper expression, not less than 50 pages.
They must understand the meaning of what they read, and they
should also be required to repeat the stories they read in their own
words. All faults should be corrected without converting the read
ing lesson into a grammar lesson.
Synonyms of colloquial words and the correct equivalents of
corrupted forms :
The words of both kinds should not be less than 100, of which at
least 25 should belong to the former class.
Dictation (Two Periods a Week).
The number of dictation exercises written in the exercise books
must not be less than 25 in the year, and they should be of a more
difficult nature than the exercises given in Elementary Classes.
Special attention should be paid to :—
(1) Words with the definite article preceded by the preposition
J c _«JJ i wjAis 4 4
(2) Words of four or more letters whose final letter is alif
maqsura ( _ jk** )
(3) Words with the hamza in different positions
•ii- I < d” - " * ^
(4) Words in which a letter is pronounced but not written
(5) The open and closed Cj h Qi-A 2 4
Recitation (One Period a Week).
, The pupils must learn by heart not less than seven pieces of poetry
of an easy nature and seven pieces of prose, the subject-matter being
suited to the intelligence of the class. The meaning of the poetry or
prose must, first of all, be understood before the pupils commit it to
memory. The pieces will be written by the pupils in their copy
books and will be corrected by the Master.
Grammar (Two Periods a Week).
A careful study of the following rules, together with the power
of applying them in reading, writing and speaking :—
Words : Their division into noun, verb and particle, with ex
amples of each.
Division of the verb into preterite, aorist (present and future),
and imperative, with examples of each.
Speech : The formation of sentences. Declinable and inde
clinable words. The three inflectional endings of the verb : Rafa’,
nasb and jazm. Subject of. the active and passive verbs : Mubtada
and khabar; subject of an( l predicate of afc' and
; direct object; predicate of subject of*l; nouns following
prepositions : * Jl t ^ * J* . j * AM* o£M * ; genitive or con
structive case; the adjective; masculine and feminine; the parsing
of words following the conjunction, etc.
Numerous oral tests should be given, and the blackboard should
be made use of, though the pupils are not expected to parse in the
usual way at all. It is advisable that, at the end of a reading lesson,
and after understanding the passage read, the pupils should be ask
ed to explain the reason for the various terminations of easy words.
In the latter part of the school year, the pupils should be given simple
written tests corresponding to the oral exercise previously done.