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Filipok
Textbook: Part 1, pp. 67–70
GoalAppreciate the quality of a child eager to learn; tell apart beginning, development and ending of a story.
New words
to strive · intilmoqletter · harfsign, writing · yozuvcourage · jur’at
Explanation
A story has three parts: the beginning (how it starts), the development (what happens) and the ending (how it finishes). The textbook has the story “Filipok” by Lev Tolstoy, the famous Russian writer, author of the novel “War and Peace”, who also wrote short stories for children. In the story a little boy dares to go to school. We do not retell it; we read our own text.
Worked examples
“Zarif’s writings”. Zarif does not yet go to school. He gazed at his older brother’s books and wanted to learn the letters. One day, going to the market with his grandmother, he searched with his eyes for a sign on a shop counter. Putting the letters together one by one, he read the word “NON” (bread). His grandmother was amazed and hugged him. In the evening his brother gave Zarif a new notebook. That day Zarif wrote his first word.
Parts: beginning – Zarif wants to read; development – reads the sign at the market; ending – he is given a notebook.
Class activity
“Three parts”: children show the beginning, development and ending of a familiar tale in three pictures.
Practice
1
What did Zarif want to learn?
The letters
2
Which word did Zarif read at the market?
“Non” (bread)
3
What did his grandmother do?
She was amazed and hugged him.
4
What did his brother give him?
A new notebook
5
What is the ending of the story?
That day Zarif wrote his first word.