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How do you send a message?
Textbook Part 2, pp. 8–11
GoalKnow how people sent messages in the past and how they do it now.
New words
letter · xatenvelope · xatjildpost office · pochtamessenger on horseback · chopar
Explanation
Long ago pigeons carried letters, and urgent news was taken by messengers on horseback (choparlar). Later letters were put in envelopes and sent by post. Then the telegraph and the telephone were invented. Now we send messages anywhere in the world by mobile phone.
Worked examples
“A letter to Grandma”. My grandma lives in a faraway village. Long ago people sent letters by pigeon or by messenger on horseback. I wrote Grandma a letter and put it in an envelope. Then I took the letter to the post office. A week later Grandma phoned me and said thank you.
Ways of sending messages: pigeon → horseback messenger → post → telegraph → telephone.
Class activity
Children write a short letter (1–2 sentences) to a friend or family member, make a paper envelope and post it in the “class post box”.
Practice
1
Where does Grandma live?
In a faraway village
2
Who or what carried letters long ago?
A pigeon or a horseback messenger
3
What did the child put the letter in?
An envelope
4
How did Grandma say thank you?
By phone
5
Put in order (oldest first): telefon, kabutar, pochta
kabutar, pochta, telefon