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Fill your head with wisdom
Textbook Part 1, pp. 43–44
GoalUnderstand that cleverness depends on learning, not age; explain proverbs.
New words
mind, wisdom · aqlwise · donoenergy, effort · g‘ayratwise saying · naql
Explanation
The textbook has the poem “Wisdom is not in age” by Kavsar Turdiyeva. Even a small child becomes clever by reading a lot. Proverbs: “Wisdom is in the head, energy is in youth.” “A head without wisdom is a lamp without light.”
Worked examples
“Clever Malika”. Malika is only six years old. But she knows a lot. Because she reads every day and asks many questions. One day some older children asked her the answer to a riddle. Malika thought and gave the right answer.
Main idea: wisdom is not in age but in the head — a child who reads becomes wise.
Class activity
“Hidden words”: find kitob (book), bilim (knowledge) and aql (mind) in the row of letters on the board (U H K I T O B I L I M A Q L).
Practice
1
How old is Malika?
6
2
Why does Malika know a lot?
She reads every day and asks many questions.
3
What did the older children ask Malika?
The answer to a riddle
4
Complete the proverb: “Aql — boshda, g‘ayrat — ...”
yoshda