ملخص اللغة الإنجليزية تالتة إعدادي، الترم الأول Personal Identity (with Start Smart)

Learning Objectives

• Identify specific details in texts about personal identity (a personal essay, a story, an interview).
• Use vocabulary related to identity: background, identity, self-discovery, value, confidence, strength, unique.
• Talk about what makes you different and discuss how to respect personal identity.
• Use the Present Perfect in the active and passive forms.
• Write a descriptive paragraph about how values shape identity.

Reading texts at a glance

• "Who I Am Beyond My Looks": Ahmed (15, from Giza) explains that his identity "isn't about what others see — it's about who I really am inside." His family values hard work and kindness. He feels stressed by social media to change how he acts or dresses, but reminds himself that being real is more important than being popular. Through self-discovery he gains confidence; being unique means being real, not strange.
• Listening: Leila speaks about identity, individuality and growth, and how support from her teachers helped her gain confidence. A second text is about Dr. Magdi Yacoub, whose true purpose in life was to help people with heart problems.
• "The Mirror Moment": On her first day of Grade 9, Nour adjusts her blazer in the mirror and wants to fit in. She loves drawing real faces. For Ms. Hanan's "Identity Map" project she draws portraits, with her own face at the centre, and writes Strong, Creative, Curious. The class claps, and Ms. Hanan tells her that being different is her strength.
• Story Time, "The School Garden Project" (Chapter One: A New Challenge): Zeina, a new student, notices the large, empty, grey concrete playground full of trash. With her honest friend Nancy she imagines planting a garden. She is not sure anyone will listen to a new student, and she knows it will need time, hard work, help and maybe money, but she believes it is worth it because the garden could bring the school together.
• Let's Talk: Hala and Omar talk about respecting personal identity: everyone is different and special; people who face challenges positively show strength; when people feel accepted, their confidence grows.

Vocabulary List

Grammar Rules

Present Perfect (Active): have/has + past participle (p.p.).

• Used for actions or experiences at an unspecified time in the past, actions that started in the past and continue until now, and recently completed actions.
• Examples: I have already done my homework. She has finished her work.

Present Perfect (Passive): have/has + been + past participle.

• Examples: The homework has been done. The Pyramids have been visited. I have been trusted by my friends.

Since / For: since + point of time (since 1992, since I was six); for + period of time (for 20 years). Adverbs: already, just, yet, ever, never.

Language Skills & Functions

• Speaking: Think-Pair-Share about identity ("How does other people's opinion affect you?"). Use friendly phrases: "That's cool!", "I can see that.", "I'm super happy for you!". Use positive body language (eye contact, nodding) to show respect.
• Writing a descriptive paragraph (about 110 words), with four parts: Topic Sentence (what you are describing), Explanation (more details), Evidence / Example (adjectives, senses, examples), Ending Sentence (refers back to the topic or shows feelings). Target language: Present Perfect active/passive and linking words (and, because, so, also). Target vocabulary: background, popular, self-discovery, unique, value, confident, strong, honesty, honest.

Solved Exercises

1. Choose the correct form: The museum (has visited / has been visited) by many tourists. → has been visited (passive, because the museum receives the action).
2. Correct the mistake: He has never saw snow. → He has never seen snow. (use the past participle).

Common Mistakes

• Using the simple past form instead of the past participle: has never saw → has never seen.
• Using have with a singular subject: She have just finished → She has just finished.
• Forgetting been in the passive: Lunch hasn't cooked → Lunch hasn't been cooked yet.
• Mixing since and for: since 2017 but for ten years.

Quick Revision Checklist

• [ ] I can state Ahmed's main message (being real is more important than being popular) / أفهم رسالة أحمد.
• [ ] I understand how Nour found her strength.
• [ ] I can retell Chapter One of The School Garden Project.
• [ ] I know the key vocabulary and meanings.
• [ ] I can form the present perfect active (have/has + p.p.).
• [ ] I can form the present perfect passive (have/has + been + p.p.).
• [ ] I can use since and for correctly.
• [ ] I can correct common present perfect mistakes.
• [ ] I can write the four parts of a descriptive paragraph.
• [ ] I can use friendly phrases and positive body language.