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Progression P1 — Healthy Lifestyles

P1-L09

Writing — Healthy Lifestyles (Paper 4 Extended Writing)الكِتَابَةُ — أَسَالِيبُ الحَيَاةِ الصِّحِّيَّةِ (كِتَابَةٌ مُوَسَّعَةٌ)

Assemble the nine P1 Range criteria into a structured 140-150 word health article, and mark it against the Paper 4 Q3 scheme.

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Retrieve · orient · prepare

Objectives and visible success

Today you will

  • Plan a four-paragraph health article: hook, diet, exercise and mental health, conclusion.
  • Combine conditional, passive, rhetorical question and academic vocabulary in one text.
  • Use formal connectors and statistical language to raise the register.
  • Self-assess against the nine Range criteria and reach at least seven.

You can show success when…

Tick achievements as you secure them.

Retrieval bridge

Wake up previous learning

Answer four questions before opening the new language.

1Which sentence shows the widest Range?

2Complete the passive: ___ بِتَنَاوُلِ الخُضَارِ يَوْمِيًّا.

3Which fixes the preposition error?

4Which opener best fits a Paper 4 article?

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Recognise · organise · retrieve

Vocabulary studio

The complete lesson-relevant language bank is organised by meaning and recycled in the activities below.

26 lesson words and phrases

The nine Range criteria

نِطَاقٌ لُغَوِيٌّ
linguistic range

The variety of structures.

جُمْلَةٌ شَرْطِيَّةٌ
a conditional sentence

إِذَا … سَـ.

مَبْنِيٌّ لِلْمَجْهُولِ
a passive

يُعَالَجُ، يُوصَفُ.

سُؤَالٌ بَلَاغِيٌّ
a rhetorical question

هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ.

رَابِطٌ رَسْمِيٌّ
a formal connector
فِعْلُ إِفَادَةٍ
a benefit verb

Form II: يُقَوِّي، يُحَسِّنُ.

صِيغَةُ التَّفْضِيلِ
the comparative form

أَفْعَل.

بِنْيَةُ الرَّأْيِ
an opinion structure

أَرَى أَنَّ، مِنَ الأَفْضَلِ.

لُغَةٌ إِحْصَائِيَّةٌ
statistical language

يُمَثِّلُ، يَبْلُغُ.

Formal connectors

عِلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ
moreover
بِالإِضَافَةِ إِلَى
in addition to
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ
despite
مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ أُخْرَى
on the other hand
نَتِيجَةً لِذٰلِكَ
as a result
وَمَعَ ذٰلِكَ
nevertheless
خِتَامًا
in conclusion
أَوَّلًا
firstly

Statistical and analytical language

يُمَثِّلُ
represents, constitutes

Direct object.

يَبْلُغُ
amounts to, reaches
بِالْمِئَةِ
percent
نِسْبَةٌ
a proportion, rate
تُشِيرُ الإِحْصَاءَاتُ
statistics indicate
مُعَدَّلٌ
a rate, average
يَتَزَايَدُ
is increasing
يَنْخَفِضُ
decreases
ثُلُثٌ
a third

Vocabulary mission

Retrieve in both directions

Move between Arabic and meaning without relying on the order of the cards.

8 questions
1Choose the meaning of نِطَاقٌ لُغَوِيٌّ

2Choose the Arabic for “a conditional sentence”.

3Choose the meaning of مَبْنِيٌّ لِلْمَجْهُولِ

4Choose the Arabic for “a rhetorical question”.

5Choose the meaning of رَابِطٌ رَسْمِيٌّ

6Choose the Arabic for “a benefit verb”.

7Choose the meaning of صِيغَةُ التَّفْضِيلِ

8Choose the Arabic for “an opinion structure”.

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Explain · notice · apply

Assembling the P1 Range

تَرْكِيبُ النِّطَاقِ اللُّغَوِيِّ فِي السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ

Not a new rule but a synthesis: how to combine the P1 structures and raise register with connectors and statistical language.

1Meaning

What does the structure communicate?

2Form

Which word or ending changes?

3Agreement

What must match the noun or person?

4Transfer

Can you use it with new vocabulary?

هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ثُلُثَ المُرَاهِقِينَ لَا يَنَامُونَ كِفَايَةً؟
What to notice

Rhetorical question plus statistic.

إِذَا مَارَسْتَ الرِّيَاضَةَ، سَتَنْخَفِضُ نِسْبَةُ التَّوَتُّرِ
What to notice

Conditional plus statistical language.

عِلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ، يُوصَى بِالنَّوْمِ الكَافِي
What to notice

Formal connector plus a passive.

1

Hook with question plus statistic

هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ + accusative … بِالْمِئَةِ

Open with a rhetorical question carrying a number.

هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ثُلُثَ المُرَاهِقِينَ لَا يَنَامُونَ كِفَايَةً؟
2

Combine conditional and statistic

إِذَا + past → سَـ + نِسْبَةٌ

Pack two Range markers into one sentence.

إِذَا مَارَسْتَ الرِّيَاضَةَ، سَتَنْخَفِضُ نِسْبَةُ التَّوَتُّرِ
3

Raise register with connectors

عِلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ · عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ

Replace a bare وَ with a formal connector.

عِلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ، يُحَسِّنُ النَّوْمُ التَّرْكِيزَعَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ، يُهْمِلُ كَثِيرُونَ الرَّاحَةَ
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Statistical language

يُمَثِّلُ · يَبْلُغُ · مُعَدَّلٌ

Quantify a claim to add analytical weight.

يُمَثِّلُ النَّشَاطُ البَدَنِيُّ رُكْنًا أَسَاسِيًّايَبْلُغُ مُعَدَّلُ النَّوْمِ المُوصَى بِهِ ثَمَانِيَ سَاعَاتٍ
Range markerExampleParagraph
Rhetorical questionهَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ …؟1 hook
Passiveيُوصَى بِـ …2 diet
Conditionalإِذَا … سَـ …3 exercise
Formal connectorعِلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَany
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One sophisticated sentence can carry two Range markers

إِذَا اتَّبَعْتَ حِمْيَةً مُتَوَازِنَةً، سَتَنْخَفِضُ نِسْبَةُ الإِصَابَةِ بِأَمْرَاضِ القَلْبِ combines a conditional with statistical language. Aim for sentences that do two jobs at once — that is double Range value in one line.

2
Structure the article in four moves

P1 a rhetorical hook plus a statistic; P2 diet with academic vocabulary and a passive; P3 exercise and mental health with a Form II verb and a conditional; P4 an opinion and a forward look joined by a formal connector. The plan is what turns vocabulary into a Level A text.

Grammar laboratory

Choose the form for a reason

Every answer checks a stated rule, change or agreement decision.

8 questions
1Which sentence carries two Range markers at once?

2Which is a formal connector rather than a plain link?

3Complete the hook: هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ___ المُرَاهِقِينَ لَا يَنَامُونَ كِفَايَةً؟

4Which verb adds statistical weight?

5Which is a medical passive suitable for paragraph two?

6Which connector signals contrast?

7Complete: يَبْلُغُ مُعَدَّلُ النَّوْمِ المُوصَى بِهِ ثَمَانِيَ ___.

8Which opening best fits a Paper 4 Q3 article?

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Build · transform · justify

Sentence-building and transformation studio

The guided builder develops flexible sentence construction. The three independent tasks then test different skills: grammatical transformation, meaning and coherence, and original sentence production.

Combinatorial builder studio

Build a Level A article sentence from a hook, a Range structure and a formal close.

This guided builder accepts 27 accurate combinations. Build 3 different sentences, changing one meaningful chunk each time. Compare the grammar and meaning before moving to the independent tasks.

My generated sentence

اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ.

0/3 different sentences built.

Each hook, Range structure and formal close is accurate on its own, so any three different combinations work.

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Transformation challenge

Fix the preposition

Repair the collocation so غَنِيٌّ has its fixed preposition.
Original sentence

الطَّعَامُ غَنِيٌّ مِنَ البُرُوتِينِ.

غَنِيٌّ + ؟
Choose the best Arabic response
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Transformation challenge

Raise the register

Replace the chained وَ with a formal connector and an analytical verb.
Original sentence

وَالنَّوْمُ مُهِمٌّ وَالرِّيَاضَةُ مُهِمَّةٌ.

رَابِطٌ رَسْمِيٌّ + فِعْلٌ تَحْلِيلِيٌّ
Choose the best Arabic response
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Transformation challenge

Fix the conditional

Repair the verb after إِذَا and the result marker.
Original sentence

إِذَا تَتَمَرَّنُ، تَشْعُرُ بِتَحَسُّنٍ.

إِذَا + مَاضٍ → سَـ
Choose the best Arabic response

0/3 purposeful tasks secured.

05

Read · understand · respond

Range Mission — Build a Level A Article

Spot the Range marker, fix the register, and choose the sentence that does two jobs at once.

Arabic application challenge

Spot the Range marker, fix the register, and choose the sentence that does two jobs at once.

Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points

06

Spot · explain · repair

Accuracy repair workshop

Strong learners do not only recognise an error: they identify the system and repair it.

الطَّعَامُ غَنِيٌّ مِنَ البُرُوتِينِ.

الطَّعَامُ غَنِيٌّ بِالبُرُوتِينِ.

غَنِيٌّ is fixed with بِـ, not مِنْ.

وَالنَّوْمُ مُهِمٌّ وَالرِّيَاضَةُ مُهِمَّةٌ وَالغِذَاءُ مُهِمٌّ.

عِلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ، يُمَثِّلُ النَّوْمُ رُكْنًا أَسَاسِيًّا لِلصِّحَّةِ.

Chained وَ adds no Range; a connector and analytical verb do.

إِذَا تَتَمَرَّنُ، تَشْعُرُ بِتَحَسُّنٍ.

إِذَا تَمَرَّنْتَ، سَتَشْعُرُ بِتَحَسُّنٍ.

إِذَا takes a past-form verb and the result is marked with سَـ.

Repair check

Preserve the intended meaning

6 questions
1Choose the accurate sentence.

2Choose the accurate sentence.

3Choose the accurate sentence.

4Which sentence carries two Range markers at once?

5Which is a formal connector rather than a plain link?

6Complete the hook: هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ___ المُرَاهِقِينَ لَا يَنَامُونَ كِفَايَةً؟

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07

Predict · listen twice · verify

Listening: an examiner explains Range

Read the questions first. Listen once for the main message and again for the exact detail.

1Predict

Which person, time, frequency, sequence, contrast or changed detail might you hear?

2First listening

Catch the speaker, setting and overall message.

3Second listening

Confirm the exact detail and reject close distractors.

Audio is coming soon.
1What three things does Paper 4 Q3 assess?

2What does “range” mean here?

3Why is 150 words with one structure not enough?

4How should the article open?

5Where should the conditional go?

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Listening script

فِي الوَرَقَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ، السُّؤَالُ الثَّالِثُ يُقَيِّمُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْيَاءَ: المُحْتَوَى، وَالنِّطَاقَ، وَالدِّقَّةَ. النِّطَاقُ يَعْنِي تَنَوُّعَ البُنَى: جُمْلَةٌ شَرْطِيَّةٌ، وَمَبْنِيٌّ لِلْمَجْهُولِ، وَسُؤَالٌ بَلَاغِيٌّ، وَرَابِطٌ رَسْمِيٌّ. لَا يَكْفِي أَنْ تَكْتُبَ مِئَةً وَخَمْسِينَ كَلِمَةً بِبُنْيَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مُكَرَّرَةٍ. اُكْتُبْ مِئَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ إِلَى مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ كَلِمَةً، وَاجْعَلْ كُلَّ فِقْرَةٍ تَحْمِلُ عَلَامَةَ نِطَاقٍ جَدِيدَةً. اِفْتَحْ بِسُؤَالٍ بَلَاغِيٍّ وَإِحْصَائِيَّةٍ، ثُمَّ اسْتَعْمِلْ فِعْلًا مَبْنِيًّا لِلْمَجْهُولِ فِي فِقْرَةِ الغِذَاءِ، وَجُمْلَةً شَرْطِيَّةً فِي فِقْرَةِ الرِّيَاضَةِ. خِتَامًا، أَعْطِ رَأْيًا وَنَظْرَةً إِلَى المُسْتَقْبَلِ.

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Preview · scan · prove

Reading: an annotated model (extract)

Read once for meaning, then return to the exact Arabic evidence before choosing an answer.

1Preview

Identify the text type and likely purpose.

2Scan

Locate names, numbers, repeated words and question cues.

3Prove

Choose only an answer supported by the text.

هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ثُلُثَ المُرَاهِقِينَ لَا يَحْصُلُونَ عَلَى نَوْمٍ كَافٍ؟ إِنَّ الصِّحَّةَ الجَيِّدَةَ تَقُومُ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَرْكَانٍ. أَوَّلًا، الغِذَاءُ: يُوصَى بِتَنَاوُلِ طَعَامٍ غَنِيٍّ بِالخُضَارِ وَالبُرُوتِينِ، وَيَنْبَغِي تَقْلِيلُ الأَطْعِمَةِ المُصَنَّعَةِ. عِلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ، تُقَوِّي الرِّيَاضَةُ الجِسْمَ وَتُحَسِّنُ المِزَاجَ؛ فَإِذَا مَارَسْتَ الرِّيَاضَةَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ أُسْبُوعِيًّا، سَتَنْخَفِضُ نِسْبَةُ التَّوَتُّرِ. عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ، يُهْمِلُ كَثِيرُونَ الرَّاحَةَ وَالنَّوْمَ. فِي رَأْيِي، التَّوَازُنُ بَيْنَ الغِذَاءِ وَالحَرَكَةِ وَالنَّوْمِ هُوَ المِفْتَاحُ. خِتَامًا، أَدْعُوكَ إِلَى خُطْوَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ تَبْدَأُ بِهَا اليَوْمَ.
1Which Range marker opens the text?

2Which passive appears in the diet section?

3Find the conditional sentence.

4Which connector marks the contrast about rest?

5How does the writer close?

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Model · rehearse · respond

Speaking: talk through your plan before you write

Use the model to notice the structure, then answer a randomly selected prompt without reading a full script.

Prompt bank

  1. مَا سُؤَالُكَ البَلَاغِيُّ الافْتِتَاحِيُّ وَإِحْصَائِيَّتُكَ؟
  2. أَيَّ فِعْلٍ مَبْنِيٍّ لِلْمَجْهُولِ سَتَسْتَعْمِلُ فِي فِقْرَةِ الغِذَاءِ؟
  3. مَا جُمْلَتُكَ الشَّرْطِيَّةُ فِي فِقْرَةِ الرِّيَاضَةِ؟

اِضْغَطْ لِاخْتِيَارِ سُؤَالٍ.

Model exchange

A

مَا سُؤَالُكَ الافْتِتَاحِيُّ؟

Hook
B

هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ثُلُثَ المُرَاهِقِينَ لَا يَنَامُونَ كِفَايَةً؟

Rhetorical question plus statistic
A

وَجُمْلَتُكَ الشَّرْطِيَّةُ؟

Conditional
B

إِذَا نَظَّمْتُ نَوْمِي، سَيَتَحَسَّنُ تَرْكِيزِي، وَعِلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ سَيَرْتَفِعُ نَشَاطِي.

Conditional plus a formal connector
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Plan · draft · improve

Guided writing workshop

Write a 140-150 word article for a youth health magazine on healthy lifestyles in the twenty-first century. Aim for at least seven of the nine Range criteria: a rhetorical question, a statistic, a medical passive, a Type 1 conditional, a Form II benefit verb, a comparative, a formal connector, an opinion structure and academic vocabulary.

Success checklist

  • A rhetorical opener with a statistic.
  • A medical passive and a Type 1 conditional, both accurate.
  • At least two formal connectors instead of bare وَ.
  • An opinion structure and a forward-looking close; 140-150 words.
1 · content2 · target grammar3 · check and improve
Reveal an achievable model

هَلْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ثُلُثَ المُرَاهِقِينَ لَا يَحْصُلُونَ عَلَى نَوْمٍ كَافٍ؟ إِنَّ الصِّحَّةَ الجَيِّدَةَ فِي القَرْنِ الوَاحِدِ وَالعِشْرِينَ تَقُومُ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَرْكَانٍ. أَوَّلًا، الغِذَاءُ: يُوصَى بِتَنَاوُلِ طَعَامٍ غَنِيٍّ بِالخُضَارِ وَالبُرُوتِينِ، وَبِتَقْلِيلِ الأَطْعِمَةِ المُصَنَّعَةِ الَّتِي تُمَثِّلُ خَطَرًا مُتَزَايِدًا. عِلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ، تُقَوِّي الرِّيَاضَةُ الجِسْمَ وَتُحَسِّنُ المِزَاجَ؛ فَإِذَا مَارَسْتَ الرِّيَاضَةَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ أُسْبُوعِيًّا، سَتَنْخَفِضُ نِسْبَةُ التَّوَتُّرِ وَسَتَنَامُ أَعْمَقَ. عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ، يُهْمِلُ كَثِيرُونَ النَّوْمَ، وَهُوَ أَهَمُّ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ أَحْيَانًا. فِي رَأْيِي، التَّوَازُنُ بَيْنَ الغِذَاءِ وَالحَرَكَةِ وَالرَّاحَةِ هُوَ المِفْتَاحُ الحَقِيقِيُّ. خِتَامًا، أَدْعُوكَ إِلَى خُطْوَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ تَبْدَأُ بِهَا اليَوْمَ، فَالتَّغْيِيرُ يَبْدَأُ بِقَرَارٍ وَاحِدٍ.

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Retrieve · judge · transfer

Complete the lesson checkpoint

The final check mixes vocabulary, grammar and communication rather than repeating one exercise type.

Core

Write the four-paragraph plan and one sentence per paragraph.

Develop

Expand to 140 words with five Range markers labelled.

Stretch

Reach 150 words with seven or more markers and two combined-marker sentences.

Final self-marking check

Show what you can now do

6 questions
1Which sentence shows the widest Range?

2Complete the passive: ___ بِتَنَاوُلِ الخُضَارِ يَوْمِيًّا.

3Which fixes the preposition error?

4Which opener best fits a Paper 4 article?

5Which sentence carries two Range markers at once?

6Which is a formal connector rather than a plain link?

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Complete the check to receive a next step.

Exit ticket

Record one secure achievement and one precise next step.

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