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Emerald spring
Textbook: Part 2, pp. 63–66
GoalName the signs of spring; find personification (giving life to things) in a poem.
New words
spring · bahorsnowdrop (early spring flower) · boychechakbud · kurtakswallow · qaldirg‘och
Explanation
Spring is the season when nature wakes up: snow melts, buds swell, first flowers open, swallows return. The textbook has the poem “Ko‘klamjon” by Quddus Muhammadiy: a boy named O‘ktamjon calls and searches for spring, and Ko‘klamjon (spring) answers him. The poet addresses spring like a living person. We call this personification.
Worked examples
“The snowdrop’s question”. The snow had not melted yet. A snowdrop raised its head from under the snow. “Has spring come?” it asked the sun. The sun sent a warm ray and said: “It has come, my little one.” The swallows also began to fly back. The orchards blossomed and clothed themselves in green.
Personification: the snowdrop asked and the sun answered — they speak like people.
Class activity
“Signs of spring”: children find spring signs in a picture (flower, swallow, rain, bud) and make sentences about them.
Practice
1
What raised its head from under the snow?
A snowdrop
2
What did the snowdrop ask the sun?
Has spring come?
3
What did the sun answer?
It has come, my little one.
4
Which bird returns in spring?
The swallow
5
Which things in the text speak like people?
The snowdrop and the sun