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Building a text
Textbook Part 1, pp. 84–87
GoalOrder sentences by meaning to build a short text and give it a title.
New words
text · matntitle · sarlavhaplan · reja
Explanation
A text is two or more sentences about one topic. Fairy tales, poems, stories and riddles are texts too. In a text the sentences come in the right order: what happened first, what happened next. A text gets a title that fits its topic.
Worked examples
The Sapling. Dilshod planted a sapling in the yard. He watered it every day. In spring the sapling put out leaves.
Plan: 1) Planting. 2) Caring. 3) The result.
Class activity
Children put three picture cards (seed — sprout — flower) in the right order and say one sentence for each picture to make a short text.
Practice
1
How many sentences does a text have?
two or more
2
Put in order: (a) Then I had breakfast. (b) I woke up in the morning. (c) Then I went to school.
b, a, c
3
Give a title to the text about Dilshod planting a sapling.
For example: Yosh bog‘bon (The Young Gardener)