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Every season has its own beauty
Textbook: Part 2, pp. 52–53
GoalName the four seasons and their months; know what a poem and a rhyme are.
New words
season · fasladornment, beauty · ziynatrhyme · qofiyapoem · she’r
Explanation
There are four seasons in a year and each has three months. Each season has its own beauty. The textbook has a poem by Po‘lat Mo‘min about this. A poem is musical speech expressing feeling; similar-sounding words at the ends of lines are called rhymes.
Worked examples
“The four seasons”. There are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each has three months. In spring the trees blossom. In summer the sun warms and fruits ripen. In autumn the harvest is gathered in the orchards. In winter the earth is wrapped in a white quilt.
Spring: March, April, May. Summer: June, July, August. Autumn: September, October, November. Winter: December, January, February.
Class activity
“Season groups”: the class splits into four groups; each describes its season with a picture and 3 sentences.
Practice
1
How many seasons are there in a year?
Four
2
What do trees do in spring?
Blossom.
3
Which season is wrapped in a white quilt?
Winter
4
Name the summer months.
June, July, August
5
Which season do you like and why?
The child gives a reasoned answer.