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Introduction `eanChapter One zg` dcig§i

Chapter One Workbook oelibxzChapter Objectives 1Getting Acquainted zEx¥Mi ¤d :z` in ,dz` in mely 2Reading Hebrew: right to left zixarA d`ixw 2Taking a Hebrew Name zeny ,my 3Pronunciation of Words Learned diibd 5Reading and Writing in Hebrew zixarA cEwipe d ¨ i ¦x §w 6 (with example of fully pointed text)Software Chapter 1:1 “The Hebrew Letters and Writing In Script”Software Chapter 1:4 “Building Reading Proficiency”, Exercise Set 1

Reading in Script: New Letters a x m l y a ,x ,m ,l ,y : zia sl`d 8The Vowels in Israeli Hebrew- cEwipd cEwipd 11Software Chapter 1:2 “The Vowel Symbols”

The Vowel Sounds ah, oh, oo, eh :cEwipd ¢ £ © E F ¤ ¥ 11The Vowel Symbol: shva è :cEwipd 14The Vowel Sound ih: the use of yood and hirik :cEwipd¦ i 14Useful Expressions miiEhia 16Reading in Script: New Letter d d :zia sl`d 16Introduction to the Definite Article d (the) dricid `d 17Software Chapter 1:4 “Building Reading Proficiency”, Exercise Set 2

Reading in Script, New Letters c z n p r ` zia sl`d:` ,r ,p ,z ,n ,c 17Software, Chapter One, “The Hebrew Letters & Writing in Script”

Pronouns: Singular sEbd zFn §y 20Getting Acquainted - paying attention to gender zEx¥Mi ¤d:ce`n mirp ,iny 21Reading in Script: More Letters u l v w v ,w ,l ,u : zi¥a s¤l`d 23Software Chapter 1.4 "Building Reading Proficiency” Exercise Set 3

“A Song Is Not Just Words” (with youtube) ymilin wx `l `Ed :xi 24More Letter, Plus Diphthong i` b ee r g zia s¤l`d:i` b ee r g 24g and r at the end of a word dlin seqa r \ g zeize`d 25The letter vav as a consonant xEvirk ee 26 Reading in Script: New Letters and Dipthongs - iE` ie` ii` b 26Software Chapter 1:4 “Building Reading Proficiency” Exercise Set 4

“A Song Is Not Just Words” (with youtube) ymilin wx `l `Ed :xi 27

Chapter One - continued zg` dcig§iThe Dagesh within the letters t R a A t R a A :y¥bcd 27Software Chapter 1.14 "The Use of the Dagesh”Software Chapter 1:4 “Building Reading Proficiency” Exercise Set 5

Classroom Phrases dziMA yEniy§l miiEhiA 29The Letter Yood as a Consonant xEvirM cei 29Reading in Script: More Letters q f h zi¥a s¤l`d:q f h s 31Software Chapter 1:4 “Building Reading Proficiency” Exercise Set 6Software Chapter 1:4 “Building Reading Proficiency” Exercise Set 7

Expressing “this” and “that” in Hebrew (f) זאת and הכנה לשימוש זה 33Reading: “Closed Syllables” `eeyd 34Word Stress - the accented syllable dxEbq dxad 34Reading in Script: More Letters U j M o zia sl`d:U j M o 34Software Chapter 1:4 “Building Reading Proficiency” Exercise Set 8Software Chapter 1:12 “Dots that Make a Difference”Software Chapter 1.15 "The Shva Marker in Hebrew”

Pronunciation Drill dii ¦bd lib §xz 37Reading and Writing Words of Foreign Origin zei ¦frel milin 37Reading in Script: Yood to Protect the Vav Sound eiykr :dnbEcl 39Reading in Script: Review of all letters dxfg :zia sl`d 39Software Chapter 1:4 “Building Reading Proficiency” Exercise Set 9Software Chapter 1:9 “Learning the Hebrew Keyboard”

Song: (with youtube) yaFh dn d¥pd :xi 40Pronunciation Drill diibd 40Classroom Phrases: Review dziMA yEniyl mi¦iEhiA 41Software Chapter 2:1 “Classroom Phrases”

Prefixes in Hebrew: an introduction e d A :oFyl 43Strategies for Listening and Understanding Hebrew rn §y¦pd zpad 44Software Chapter 1 Drills: "Drill On Vowels”Q

Questions: Use in Class “who, where 45 מי , איפהSoftware Chapter 1.11 "Drill On Prepositions”Software Chapter 1.8 "Prepositions Indicating Location”

Expressing “There is”, There are, “There are no” oi` ?yi inl ,yi 46Software Chapter 1.6 "The Colors in Hebrew”

Responding to Classroom Situations: Review miiEhiA :dxfg 47Software Chapter 2:2 “Responding to Classroom situations”Software Chapter 1.7 "Vocabulary Presentation”

Understanding Dialogue, Exercise in Writing cece dptc ,dpix : ©giUÎEc 49Software Chapter 1.10 "Hebrew Personal Names”

Writing Practice: sentences and phrases daizM i¥libxz 51Software Chapter 1 Drills: "Typing Practice on the Hebrew Keyboard”

Pronunciation Drills diibd 53

Chapter One - continued zg` dcig§iThe Gender of Nouns: introduction oine m¤v¤r zeny 54Software Chapter 1.13 "Gender Agreement With Nouns and Adjectives”Software Chapter 1.5 "Spelling and the Order of the Alphabet”

Agreement of Adjectives and Nouns x`Fz §e m ¥y oi ¥a dn` §zd :oeyl 55Software Chapter 1 Drills: "Drill on Adjectives of Mixed Gender”

Consonantal “heh” at the end of a word dlind seqa xEvirM "d" ze`d :d`ixw 58Non-consonantal “heh” at the end of a word dlind seqa "d" ze`d :d`ixw 59Chapter Review: Exercises dcigid lr dxfg 60Software Chapter 2:13 “Drill on Masculine and Feminine Commands”

Reading Biblical Passages קריאה בתנ"ך 63Summary of Skills Learned in Chapter mEMiq 64Chapter One Vocabulary zg` dcigi - oFlin 65

Chapter Two miizy dcig§iChapter Two Exercise Workbook oelibxz

Chapter Objectives 71Dialogue Two: Friends Meet giU Ec 72Building Vocabulary milin xve` 73Software Chapter 2:3 “Listening Comprehension”

Nouns - professions mvr zeny 73Asking Questions m`d :zel`y 74Dialogue Comprehension: Yes or No `le ok - rnypd zpad 76Software Chapter 2:4 “Complete the Sentence”

Negative Sentences “no” or “not” - Use of `l 76Reading for Meaning 77Asking Questions iM ,dnl 79Reading: Degashim and “heh” at end of word dlind seqA "d" ,miy¥bc 80The Complete Set of Vowel Marks cEwipd 81Building Vocabulary milin xve` 82Software Chapter 2:5 “Vocabulary for Speaking and Writing”

Conversation x ¤weAA dgiU 83Common Classroom Phrases dziMl miiEhiA 84Exercise in Reading With Vowels cEwip mr d`ix §w 86“Simon Says” Parts of the Body “xne` oern ¦y” Software Chapter 2:6 “Simon Says”

Counting from One to Ten xŸ¤y¤r cr zg` ¥n xeR §q¦l 88Software Chapter 2:7 “The Numbers One to Ten”

Math: Adding and Subtracting xEqigo xEAig 88Counting: How Many? ?yi dnM 89Telling Time ?dryd dn 89Software Chapter 2 Drill “Telling Time in Hebrew”

Chapter Two - continued miizy dcig§iSubject Pronouns: Singular sEbd zen §y 90Software Chapter 2:8 “ Past Tense Verbs and Pronouns”

Using Verbs in Hebrew zixarA lreRd 92Software Chapter 2:9 “Dictation: Past Tense Verbs”

Location and Destination - o §l ,dŸti ¥ o`§l ,dŸti ¥ 96Pronunciation Drill dii ¦bd libxz 98Memorizing Useful Hebrew Phrases mElwic 98Reading for Understanding 100The Definite Article “The” dric§id `d 101Expressing Ownership l ¤y 103Software Chapter 1:10 “Expressing Possession with “l ¤y”

The Inflection of "l ¤y" Evd :l ¤yxcigi §a ze 104Song (youtube) Software Chapt 2 Drill:"Learning a Song" mlerd z ¤ d¤p©y§p dz`e ip`106A Song Using a Biblical Passage (music on youtube) ( )oepaln iz` oepaln iz` 108Identifying the Gender of a Noun cigi :m¤v¤r zeny 109Software Chapter 2:11 “Changing Plural Nouns to SingularSoftware Chapter 2:12 “Changing Singular Nouns to Plural

Numbers and Gender mixtqin 111Reading Strategies d`ixw 112Software Chapter 2:14 “A Letter From Uncle Avner”

Grammatical Analysis and Translation wEcwice d`ixw 114A Letter That Rina Wrote dazk dpixy azkin 115Software Chapter 2:15 “A Letter that Rina Wrote”

Review: Negative and Positive Sentences 116Listening Comprehension Exercise rn §y¦pd zpad 117Software Chapter 2 Drills “Dictation and Translation - Short Sentences”Software 2 Drills “Classroom Phrases”

Translation Exercise mEbxiz libxz 119Supplemental Reading - “A Letter to Benny” p d`ix §wez ¤t ¤q 120An Introduction to the Use of z ¤ z ¤ 121Spelling the Names of Numbers xeR §ql 122Reading Biblical Passages j"pzA d`ixw 123Summary of Skills Learned in Chapter mEMiq 124Chapter Two Vocabulary zg` dcigi - oFlin 125

Chapter Three yely dcig§iChapter Three Exercise Booklet oelibxz

Chapter Objectives 132Reading With Block Letters qEt §c zeize` §a d`ix §w 133Software Chapter 3:1 “Reading With Block Letters” and Chapter 3 Part 10

Chapter Three - continued yely dcig§iReading Exercise d`ix §w i¥lib §xz 134Software Chapter 3:2 “Check Your Spelling

Practice Using Adjectives x`eza yEniyd 135Numbers: Reading Familiar Materials - Jumping Rope mixtqin 135Review: The Names of the Letters zeize`d l ¤y zen ¥yd 136Software Chapter 3:3 “Writing Block Letters”Software Chapter 3:4 “Learning the Hebrew Keyboard”

A Dialogue: Reading Familiar Materials dptce dpix : ©giUÎEc 137A Writing Exercise daiz §k lib §xz 138Software Chapter 3:5 “Using the Dagesh in t ,k ,a. Listen and Spell”

Subject Pronouns - Singular and Plural sEbd zen §y 138Review - Past Tense Plural Forms of Verbs izlrR ,lrR 139Software Chapter 3:6 “Determining the ‘Dictionary Form’ of Verbs”Software Chapter 3:7 “Drilling Gender Agreement in Verbs”Software Chapter 3:8 “Matching Vowel Sounds and Symbols”

A Song Based on the Biblical “Song of Songs” zFpA ©A de`P ©d 142Reading Practice d`ixw ilibxz 143Software Chapter 3:9 “Vocabulary and Grammar Drill with Adjectives”

Answers Requiring the Word ‘because” iM 143A Dialogue for Reading Comprehension: At the Concert hxvpewA : ©giUÎEc 144

Discovering How to Use Adjectives x`eza yEniy 147Software Chapter 4:12 “Using Adjectives: Comparison of Degrees: big, bigger,

biggest”Review of Software Chapter 3:9 “Vocabulary and Grammar Drill with Adjectives”

Talking About Your Age ?z` dnk za ?dz` dnk o ¤a 150Software Chapter 3:10 “Using Expressions for Age”

Review of the Inflection of l ¤y Including the Plural Forms l ¤y 153A Short Dialogue - “At the Cafe” ©giUÎ Ec 153Using Numbers to Express Age, Reflect Gender mixtqin 154Software Chapter 3.11 “Numbers Between 10 - 100. Win the Lottery”Software Chapter 3 Drill “Spelling the Numbers”

Guessing at Meaning From Context "drteda" :d`ixw 155Software Chapter 3:12 “Guessing from Context”

Reading Without Helping Vowels cEwip il §A `exwl 157Software Chapter 3:13 “Reading without cEwip”

Familiar Songs Now in Block Letters - Use with Software 3.14 157Pronunciation Drills h \ z - dii ¦bd 158Software Chapter 3:15 “The Perils of Careless Reading”

Memorize These Phrases milin xve` 159Software Chapter 3:16 “Recognizing Verb Patterns in Conjugated Form”

Chapter Three - continued yely dcig§iReadings for Comprehension d`ixw 161Software Chapter 3:17 “Expressing ‘Existence’ did ,oi` ,yi ”Software Chapter 3:18 “Dialog for Comprehension cxr §A x ¤n¤fd laih §q ¤t"

Reading As “Recalled Speech” 162Software Chapter 3:19 “Listening Comprehension. Creating Oral Descriptions”

Intensive Reading 162Software Chapter 3:20 “Hebrew Dictation Drill: Typing What You Hear”

The Poet Rachel (Bluwstein) l ¥gx z ¤x ¤xFy §Od 163Software Chapter 3:21 “Poetry of Rachel”Software Chapter 3 Drills “Memorizing a Poem”

Focus on the Infinitive lretd m ¥y 165Software Chapter 3:22 “Learning to Use Infinitives in - lirtd and ,lrtlrit ”

Looking for the Root Letters yxeyd z` `ev §nl 166Software Chapter 3:23 “Identifying Verbs, Roots and mipiipia”

Prepositional Prefixes k §e d ¤yŸn¥la - yEniy zeize` 167Software Chapter 3:24 “Choosing the Correct Presposition” and 3 Drill #1

The Mark of the Definite Direct Object z ¤ 168Software Chapter 3:25 “Understanding Definite Direct Objects and z ¤ ”Software Chapter 3:26 “Drilling on z ¤ in Hebrew Sentences”Software Chapter 3:27 “Translation: English to Hebrew. Practice Using z ¤ ”

The Forms of z ¤ With Pronominal Endings z ¤ 170The Forms of z ¥ (“with”) mr - z ¥ 171Opposites - Gender Agreement With Nouns and Adjectives j ¤ti ¥dd dn 171Using Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives wEc §wic §a libxz 172More Work With Adjectives x`ez m ¥y 174

The Indefinite Article “a” In Hebrew zg` / cg ¤ 175Reading: “In the Dorm Lobby” “iAela" :d`ixw 175Spelling Bee zEi ¦ A libxz 176Software Chapter 3:28 “Sink or Swim in Spelling”

Review - Script and Block Letters qEt §c zeize` §e az §k zeize` 176Software Chapter 3 Drills “Keyboard Practice: Block Letters”Software Chapter 3 Drills “Typing Hebrew Words: Block Letters”

With or If m` ,mr 177Composing Answers to Questions in Hebrew zixara zel ¥ §yd lr d¥p£r 177Software Chapter 3:29 “Composing Classroom Phrases in Hebrew”Software Chapter 3:30 “Reading Comprehension - The Situation and the Reason”

Oral Comprehension mEb §xze dazkd 178Software Chapter 3:31 “Dictation and Translation”

Reading - The Life of Mozart hx`ven ly miigd :d`ixw 180Reading - Music in Israel l`xyi §a dwiqEnd 181

Reading Biblical Passages j"pzA d`ixw 181Summary of Skills Learned in Chapter 182A Special Section for Practice Reading With Block Letters 183Chapter Three Vocabulary 187

Chapter Four rax` dcig§iChapter Four Exercise Booklet oelibxz

Chapter Objectives 195Verbs: Root, Binyan, Dictionary Look-up ceq§i ©d zxEv ,mipii §pia ,y ¤xeyd :wEc §wic 196Verbs in the Past Tense - li ¦r §t ¦d ,l¥ri ¦R ,l ©rRxar onfa 199Software Chapter 4:2 “Finding Verbs in the Dictionary”Software Chapter 4:1 “Identifying the Binyan: Past Tense”

Looking Up Verbs in the Dictionary ceqid zxEv 202A Song (music on youtube) i ©c i ¦Y §a ©d ¨ Ÿl cer 203The Verb Was/Were §idziEid ,d id ,d 204Software Chapter 4:3 “Expressing having and possession”

Expressing the Concept of “it” in Hebrew z Ÿf ,df ,`id ,`Ed 204Readings From a Diary: A Hike to Mt. Hermon oey`x mei :xpa` ly oneid 206Software Chapter 4:4 “A Hike to Mt. Hermon”

The Hebrew Calendar ix §ard ©gEld 207Readings From A Diary: Day Two and Three iyil §y meie ip ¥y mei :xpa` ly oneid 207Expressing “to do and “with” ziŸyr dn 208Software Chapter 4:5 “Expressing ‘to do’ and ‘with’ ”

Using Your Vocabulary milin xve` 209The “lamed” of Possession and its Inflection odl ,mdl ,okl ,mkl ,Epl ,el ,jl ,il 210Software Chapter 4:6 “Words to use with the Infinitive” Software Chapter 4: 7 “The Infinitive Maker: Stump the Robot”

Indicating Possession in the Past Tense l did 211Identifying the Subject of a Sentence 211Matching the Possessive Pronoun l with the Subject of the Sentence 212Indicating Possession in the Present Tense l y¥i 213A Song and Dance (music on youtube) y¦i ©z Epl y¥iThe “lamed that indicated “to someone” “for someone” 214Review of the Binyanim: Charts lirtd ,lrit ,lrt 217A Story: "A Hike” and use Software Chapter 4:8 wgvie zEx ly lEihd 220 Software Chapter 4:8 "Posing Questions in Hebrew" 222Describing Colors mira §vd 224Review of Software Chapter 1:10 “The Colors in Hebrew”

Describing Behavior and Actions xEq` dn ,xzEn dn 225Software Chapter 4:11 “Describing a Person and 4:12 "Use of "sheh" in Hebrew"

A Song: Jerusalem of Gold (music on youtube) adf ly milyexi 228A Story: “Two College Students Go for a Hike”, continued wgvie zEx ly lEihd 229

Chapter Four - continued rax` dcig§iVerbs, Infinitives, Pronouns - Review ziaiqphpi` d`ixw 231The Infinitive Form of the Verb l ©ret ©d m ¥y 232ReviewSoftware Chapter 4:6 “Words to use with the Infinitive”Software Chapter 4: 7 “The Infinitive Maker: Stump the Robot”

Words Frequently Used With Infinitives 234Using More Classroom Phrases yEniy§l dpkd 237Software Chapter 4:13 “When the English ‘do’ is Omitted in Hebrew”

Readings on a Variety of Topics z ¤t ¤qep d`ix §w 238Software Chapter 4:14 “Going to the Store: Dialog and Vocabulary”

A Poem by the Poet Rachel (music on youtube) ile`e 240Reading for Content and Comprehension zElik §x zv §w :z ¤t ¤qep d`ix §w 241Software Chapter 4:15 “Translate from Hebrew to English”

Additional Readings z ¤t ¤qep d`ix §w 242A Poem by Natan Zach i¦l ¤y dwi ¦h ©ni ¥z ©n§l d ¤xFO ©d l ¤y FY §y ¦ dz ¥n 243Using the Dictionary: Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Prefixed and Suffixed Particles 244Write A Story xeRiq aezkl 246Reading Biblical Passages j"pzA d`ixw 247Summary of Skills Learned in Chapter 249Chapter Four Vocabulary 250

Passages From the Bible (supplementary to those included at the end of each chapter)Appendix A - Verb ChartsAppendix B - Inflected FormsAppendix C - Cardinal and Ordinal NumbersAppendix D - Vowel Symbols and the DageshAppendix E - Nouns With Possessive SuffixAppendix F - Additional Grammatical Topics